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Section 1
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Jobs in American Ports Act.
Section 2
2. Coastwise endorsement for passenger vessels Section 12112(a)(2)(B) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— in clause (ii), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; in clause (iii), by striking ; and and inserting ; or; and by adding at the end the following: is a vessel that transports passengers between ports or places in the United States to which the coastwise laws apply, either directly or via a foreign port; and Section 12121 of title 46, United States Code, is repealed. 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 apply, either directly or via a foreign port, from any applicable law of the United States except as explicitly provided in such amendments. (iv)is a vessel that transports passengers between ports or places in the United States to which the coastwise laws apply, either directly or via a foreign port; and.