,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgfh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ag1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,weber of ,texas 7for himself1
 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,richmond1
 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,louisiana1 ,mr4      
,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,young1 ,mr4  
,cloud1 ,mr4 ,olson1 and ,mr4 ,cuellar7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,immigration and ,nationality ,act to   
include aliens passing in transit       
through the ,united ,states to board a  
vessel on which the alien will perform  
ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer      
operations within a class of            
nonimmigrant aliens1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,keeping ,america's 
,energy ,resources ,moving ,act of      
#bjbj4  #b4 ,definition of nonimmigrant 
in transit ,subparagraph 7,c7 of section
 #aja7;a77#ae7 of the ,immigration and  
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         

#aaja7;a77#ae77 is amended to read as   
follows3  7,c7 7i7 an alien in immediate
 and continuous transit through the     
,united ,states not to exceed #bi days2 
7ii7 an alien who qualifies as a person 
entitled to pass in transit to and from 
the ,united ,nations ,headquarters      
,district and foreign countries1 under  
the provisions of paragraphs 7#c71 7#d71
 and 7#e7 of section #aa of the         
,headquarters ,agreement with the       
,united ,nations 7#fa ,stat4 #geh72 or  
7iii7 an alien passing in transit       
through the ,united ,states to board a  
vessel on which the alien will perform  
ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer      
operations to or from another vessel    
engaged in foreign trade for a period   
not to exceed #ahj days4  4  #c4        
,conditional permits to land temporarily
 ,section #beb7;a7 of the ,immigration  
and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4     
#abhb7;a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in         
paragraph 7#a71 by striking or at the   
end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by        

striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 or2 and  7#c7 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 either the same
 vessel or on a vessel other than the   
vessel on which the crewman arrived and 
that the crewman will perform           
ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer      
operations to or from any other vessel  
engaged in foreign trade during such    
period4  4