Coastwise endorsement for passenger vessels

(a) In general Section 12112(a)(2)(B) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking; or and inserting a semicolon; (2) in clause (iii), by striking; and and inserting; or; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (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. (b) Conforming amendment Section 12121 of title 46, United States Code, is repealed. (c) Rule of construction 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.