CRUISE Act to Resume Cruise Line Operations Introduced
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(SitNews) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Rick Scott (R-Florida), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida.) today introduced the
Careful Resumption Under Improved Safety Enhancements (CRUISE) Act,which would revoke the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) current “Conditional Sailing Order” on cruises and require the CDC to provide COVID-19 mitigation guidance for cruise lines to resume safe operations. Representatives Don Young (R-Alaska) and María Elvira Salazar (R-Florida.) will soon be introducing companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
“Unlike the airlines, rail, and other modes of transportation—and all other sectors of the hospitality industry for that matter—the cruise lines have been denied clear direction from the CDC on how to resume operations. As a result, potential cruises this summer, when the President said the country will be able to return to normal with more and more Americans getting vaccinated, have been left adrift,”