{"format":1,"id":"117-s-5168","congress":117,"number":"S. 5168","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include aliens passing in transit through the United States to board a vessel on which the alien will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations within a class of nonimmigrant aliens, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include aliens passing in transit through the United States to board a vessel on which the alien will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations within a class of nonimmigrant aliens, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House","title":"Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act of 2022"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-360","introduced":"2022-12-01","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-12-21","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h533","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act","result":"Passed","yea":394,"nay":19,"present":0,"not_voting":17,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll533.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2022-12-15","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent."}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2023-01-05"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-360.","date":"2023-01-05"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-01-05","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill authorizes an alien crewman to obtain a permit to land in the United States for up to 180 days if, during this period, the crewman will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations involving a vessel engaged in foreign trade. Currently, an alien crewman may obtain a permit to land for up to 29 days."}],"words":64},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to add nonimmigrant categories and a 180-day permit to land for aliens and crewmen who perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations involving vessels engaged in foreign trade.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/5168/text/enr#H23CD0589CFB64053BC7A7CB6BB0C50C1:~:text=2.%20Changes%20in%20nonimmigrant%20categories"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/5168/text/enr#H4C4C2B3C6F994F18B2D71A7112B8FC46:~:text=3.%20Conditional%20permits%20to%20land%20temporarily"}]},"core_areas":["Nonimmigrant classification for aliens in transit and crewmen performing ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations","Conditional permits for crewmen to land temporarily for up to 180 days"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Rewrites the transit category of nonimmigrant aliens in section 101(a)(15)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to keep the 29-day transit and United Nations Headquarters categories and add a third category.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/5168/text/enr#H23CD0589CFB64053BC7A7CB6BB0C50C1:~:text=2.%20Changes%20in%20nonimmigrant%20categories"}},{"text":"Adds to the transit category an alien passing in transit through the United States to board, or to disembark from, a vessel on which the alien performs ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations to or from another vessel engaged in foreign trade, for a period not to exceed 180 days.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/5168/text/enr#H23CD0589CFB64053BC7A7CB6BB0C50C1:~:text=2.%20Changes%20in%20nonimmigrant%20categories"}},{"text":"Adds to the alien crewman category a crewman who performs ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations to or from another vessel engaged in foreign trade and who lands temporarily solely in pursuit of crewman responsibilities, for a period not to exceed 180 days.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/5168/text/enr#H23CD0589CFB64053BC7A7CB6BB0C50C1:~:text=2.%20Changes%20in%20nonimmigrant%20categories"}},{"text":"Allows an immigration officer to permit a crewman to land temporarily for 180 days if the crewman intends to depart within that period and will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations to or from any other vessel engaged in foreign trade.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/5168/text/enr#H4C4C2B3C6F994F18B2D71A7112B8FC46:~:text=3.%20Conditional%20permits%20to%20land%20temporarily"}},{"text":"Provides that a crewman's performance of ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations to or from another vessel engaged in foreign trade is not considered, for immigration purposes, services, work, labor or employment within the United States.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/5168/text/enr#HA51B91D5457649A98C29C678162F4560:~:text=4.%20Rule%20of%20construction"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/5168/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/5168","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/5168/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-5168.png","v":"471942a77132","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 5168, 117th Congress: Energy Security and Lightering Independence Act of 2022. House: 394 Yea, 19 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 5 Jan 2023."}}