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Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-043 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

U.S. Maritime Alert 2021-002A

2021-002A-Worldwide-All Air Passengers Entering the United States - Upcoming Mariner Travel Requirements Change

Maritime Administration, Office of Maritime Security · Maritime Administration; worldwide (mariners traveling by air to the United States) (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Maritime Administration; worldwide (mariners traveling by air to the United States)
Level
Federal
Authority
46 U.S.C. 50101 et seq.
Issued
2021-01-16 Jan. 16, 2021
Effective
2021-01-16
End
2021-01-26 (automatic expiry; the CDC testing order it announced ran to June 12, 2022) (read as 2021-01-26)
In force
Jan. 16, 2021 to Jan. 26, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q1
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • mariners
  • vessel operators and crewing agents
Functions reached
  • HR crew changes by air (pre-departure testing)
  • WF mariner availability
  • TV business travel of maritime personnel
Character
context
Collection
Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

Retransmittal of State Department COVID-19 Traveler Information dated January 12, 2021: 'Effective January 26, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will require all air passengers arriving in the United States (including U.S. citizens and Legal Permanent Residents) to [present a negative COVID-19 test result or documentation of recovery]'... This Alert will automatically expire on January 26, 2021.

Enforcement

CDC order enforced under 42 U.S.C. 271 and 42 C.F.R. 71.31 (airlines must deny boarding)

Notes

Carries the CDC air-passenger testing order into mariner crew-change logistics in 2021 Q1-Q3 (the CDC order remained in force through Sept. 30, 2021).

Retrieval note

Page text read in full; bracketed words complete the quoted State Department sentence from the page. 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).

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