,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dedj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ac1     
#bjbd,mr4 ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to enable passenger vessels that were
 not built in the ,united ,states to    
receive coastwise endorsement1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,protecting    
,jobs in ,american ,ports ,act4  #b4    
,coastwise endorsement for passenger    
vessels  7a7 ,in general ,section       
#abaab7;a77#b77;,b7 of title #df1       
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in clause 7ii71 by striking 2 or and   
inserting a semicolon2  7#b7 in clause  
7iii71 by striking 2 and and inserting 2
 or2 and  7#c7 by adding at the end the 
following3  7iv7 is a vessel that       
transports passengers between ports or  
places in the ,united ,states to which  
the coastwise laws apply1 either        

directly or via a foreign port2 and  4  
7b7 ,conforming amendment ,section      
#ababa of title #df1 ,united ,states    
,code1 is repealed4  7c7 ,rule of       
construction ,nothing in the amendments 
made by this section shall be construed 
to exempt a vessel that transports      
passengers between ports or places in   
the ,united ,states to which the        
coastwise laws apply1 either directly or
 via a foreign port1 from any applicable
 law of the ,united ,states except as   
explicitly provided in such amendments4