The COVID Project
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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Coast Guard; nationwide
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 33 C.F.R. 160.216; 33 C.F.R. 160.111; 42 C.F.R. 71.21
- Issued
- 2021-01-29 Jan. 29, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-01-29
- End
- 2021-05-05 (superseded by Change 7) (read as 2021-05-05)
- In force
- Jan. 29, 2021 to May 5, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther
- Addressees
- all vessels arriving at or traveling between U.S. ports
- cruise ships
- masters
- crewmembers
- Functions reached
- DR/PT all vessel arrivals
- HR crew confined aboard (country-list vessels)
- TV cruise ships under the Conditional Sailing Order
- SC inbound cargo
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS
Operative words
Vessel arriving to or traveling between any U.S. port or place must follow reporting and infection control measures to maintain the safety of personnel onboard vessels as well as within the port. Vessel Reporting Requirements: Illness of a person onboard any vessel that may adversely affect the safety of a vessel or port facility is a hazardous condition per 33 C.F.R. 160.216 and must be reported immediately to the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP).... Presidential Proclamations have placed entry restrictions from persons arriving from or through the following countries... embarked crewmembers from the countries noted above within the last 14 days, with no sick crewmembers, will be permitted to enter the U.S. and conduct normal operations, provided they remain aboard the vessel except to conduct specific activities directly [related to vessel cargo or provisioning operations].
Enforcement
33 C.F.R. 160.216; COTP orders under 33 C.F.R. 160.111
Notes
Continues the crew-restriction and reporting regime into 2021 with the Conditional Sailing Order in place of the No Sail Order.
Retrieval noteText read in full. it carries no independent legal effect. The enforceable instruments are the COTP orders, 33 C.F.R. 160.216, 33 C.F.R. 105.125 and the CDC orders the bulletin describes (already cited in the record's enforcement field). Cite the bulletin as evidence of the operating regime, not as an order).