,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #feeh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ag1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,weber of ,texas 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,young1 and   
,mr4 ,cloud7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend the ,immigration and          
,nationality ,act by extending the      
period of time for which a conditional  
permit to land temporarily may be       
granted to an alien seafarer engaged in 
ship-to-ship cargo transfer operations1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,landing ,pass ,extension ,act of #bjbj4
  #b4 ,extension of time for a          
conditional permit to land temporarily  
,section #beb of the ,immigration and   
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         
#abhb7;a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in         
subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in the matter     
preceding paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 by       
striking 7a7 ,no alien crewman and      

inserting 7a77#a7 ,no alien crewman2    
7ii7 by striking he may and inserting   
the immigration officer may2 and  7iii7 
by striking his discretion and inserting
 the immigration officer's discretion2  
7,b7 by redesignating paragraphs 7#a71  
7#b71 and 7#c7 as subparagraphs 7,a71   
7,b71 and 7,c71 respectively2  7,c7 in  
subparagraph 7,a71 as redesignated-- 7i7
 by striking twenty-nine and inserting  
#bi2  7ii7 by striking he each place    
such term appears and inserting the     
crewman2 and  7iii7 by striking or at   
the end2  7,d7 in subparagraph 7,b71 as 
redesignated-- 7i7 by striking          
twenty-nine and inserting #bi2  7ii7 by 
striking he each place such term appears
 and inserting the crewman2  7iii7 by   
striking one and inserting vessel or    
aircraft2 and  7iv7 by striking the     
period at the end and inserting 2 or2   
and  7,e7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,c7 #ahj days1 if the      
immigration officer is satisfied that   
the crewman intends to depart1 within   

the period for which the crewman is     
permitted to land1 on a vessel other    
than the vessel on which the crewman    
arrived and that the crewman will       
perform ship-to-ship cargo transfer     
operations to or from any other vessel  
engaged in foreign trade4  7#b7         
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the period of admission for an     
alien who is a nonimmigrant under       
section #aja7;a77#ae77;,c7 in immediate 
and continuous transit through the      
,united ,states to a vessel performing  
ship-to-ship cargo transfer operations  
shall be up to1 but shall not exceed1   
#ahj days4  2 and  7#b7 in subsection   
7b71 by striking subsection 7a77#a7 and 
inserting subsection 7a77#a77;,a74