b'Thissituationwhetheritisanattemptednew civil penalty of $1,000 for a person whothe lack of enforcement action against persons suicide, a stunt, or an effort to get out frominterferes with the safe operation of a vessel, sowho jump the wakes of passenger vessels in paying the farecreates havoc for the captainas to endanger the life, limb, or property of aviolationoftheexistingprohibitionunder and crew of commercial passenger vessels. Theperson. Activities subject to this penalty maysection 2302(a) of title 46 against operating a crew, by law, is obligated to render necessaryinclude jumping off a commercial passengervessel in a negligent manner. While the Com-assistance to rescue the party in the water butvessel while the vessel is in operation, inter- mitteeisawareofnumerouseffortsbythe in so doing often is forced into difficult and,fering with the duties of the master or otherCoast Guard Auxiliary and others to educate depending on the state and circumstance ofcrew members, or operating a vessel in a man- the boating public about the dangers of these the cruise, dangerous maneuvers to completener which interferes with the safe operation ofpractices,directenforcementactionagainst the rescue. These maneuvers can have the un- another vessel. thisactivityshouldbetakenbytheCoast intendedconsequenceofinjuringonboardGuard if this unsafe activity is to be curtailed. passengers when the vessel, for example, veersThe[House]Committee[onTransporta- TheCommitteeurgestheCoastGuardto sharply to return to the scene of the incident.tion and Infrastructure] is concerned aboutmake a concerted effort to improve the safety [R]ailjumpingandotherconsciousand deliberate individual actions which endanger Back in 1997, PVA placed at the top of its legislative wish listPublic Tickets & enactment of languagePrivate Chartersimposing a federal.together at lastpenalty on rail jumpers and other individualsEFFORTLESSEFFORTLESSRESERVATIONS CONTRACTSwho interfere with+ TICKETING for Private Chartersthe safe operation offor Public Cruises and Group Bookingsa vessel. We achieved Integrated online,Custom PDF contracts our goal! phone and walk-upwith fully-trackable bookings versioningAutomated conrmation,Support for private reminder and follow-upcharters, schools and the operation of a commercial passenger ves- emails tour groupssel and, hence, the public on board are safety threats that should be outlawed by CongressMarketing and SearchDetailed reports for and the perpetrators should be prosecuted byEngine Optimizationevent planning and U.S. Coast Guard accordingly. (SEO) nancial trackingWhen Cornel testified, the then-existing fed- Personalized set-up, eral law allowed for a sanction against a vesseltraining and supportResource tracking for operator whose conduct endangers others, butincluded multi-use inventorythe statute was not broad enough to apply to rail jumpers. Rail jumping is not a hypothetical danger; every year, several PVA operators expe-rience this alarming behavior by passengers.The House of Representatives passed its firstManage your entire version of the rail jumper provision on Oct.business from a single, 21, 1997. The report accompanying the legis- integrated platformlation explains the provision: Section 302 of this bill [H.R. 2204] amends section 2302(a) of title 46 United States Code to establish aSCHEDULE A DEMOWWW.STARBOARDSUITE.COM23 APRIL 2023'