WASHINGTON Florida’s U.S. Senators introduced legislation Tuesday to override the Centers for Disease Control’s existing framework cruise ships must follow to resume operations and replace current regulations with a new set of recommendations to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 aboard ships. Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio, along with Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan, all Republicans, introduced the .
CRUISE Act to Resume Cruise Line Operations Introduced
Tuesday PM (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 sai
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Scott, Rubio file bill to overturn CDC cruise rules, resume sailing soon
The bill seeks a new set of rules to clear a path cruises for a return to the seas.
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Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, at podium, speaks April 9 alongside port workers and elected officials asking for the CDC and the federal government to allow the return of cruising, during a news conference in front of Carnival Cruise Line s Carnival Horizon cruise ship docked at PortMiami in Miami. [Wilfredo Lee | Associated Press] [ WILFREDO LEE | AP ]
By Alex Daugherty
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Floridaâs U.S. Senators introduced legislation Tuesday to override the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs existing framework cruise ships must follow to resume operations and replace current regulations with a new set of recommendations to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 aboard ships.
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