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Creates new consumer-protection requirements and victim-support services for passengers on covered passenger vessels and directs the Department of Transportation and the department that houses the U.S. Coast Guard to strengthen prevention, reporting, and response to crimes at sea. It requires DOT to review which cruise-line “bill of rights” items are legally enforceable, establish a federal victim-support office (including a director, 24/7 toll-free number, and written summary of rights), publish public incident data online, and convene an advisory committee to recommend consumer-protection improvements. It also requires the Coast Guard’s parent department to publish standards and training for certifying passenger-vessel security staff, crewmembers, and law enforcement, tighten controls on crew entry into passenger staterooms, and ensure certain incident reports are filed even if a Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation has not been opened.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced August 1, 2025 by Richard Blumenthal · Last progress August 1, 2025