To amend the Act of July 5, 1884, to permit the imposition of taxes on vessels operating as tourist accommodations, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9543 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9543

To amend the Act of July 5, 1884, to permit the imposition of taxes on
  vessels operating as tourist accommodations, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2026

   Mr. Case introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on
  Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Act of July 5, 1884, to permit the imposition of taxes on
  vessels operating as tourist accommodations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. IMPOSITION OF TAXES ON VESSELS OPERATING AS TOURIST
              ACCOMMODATIONS.

    Section 4 of the Act of July 5, 1884 (33 U.S.C. 5), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``or'' at the
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) taxes on vessels operating as cruise ships, or the
        passengers or crew of such vessels.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Consent of Congress.--Any non-Federal interest may levy and
collect any of the impositions in paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3),
and (b)(4) under clauses 2 and 3 of section 10, and under clause 3 of
section 8, of Article 1 of the Constitution.
    ``(d) Cruise Ship Defined.--In this section, the term `cruise ship'
means any vessel that--
            ``(1) docks at any port in the United States; and
            ``(2) charges a fee for and provides an accommodation or
        living quarter on such vessel to transients.''.
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