Kwileta yangolwesiHlanu, ummeli waseMelika uJoe Courtney ngowokugqibela ukuchasa isindululo esinokuthi sicuthe ixesha elichithwa ziinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa.

Abalawuli be-US Customs kunye noKhuseleko lweBorder bacebise ukuba kufuneke iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa ezineflegi yangaphandle ezisuka kwizibuko laseMelika ukuba zichithe ubuncinci iiyure ezingama-48 kwizibuko langaphandle.

Utshintsho olucetywayo kuMthetho weeNkonzo zePassenger Vessel ka-1886 lujolise ekuncedeni iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zase-US zikhuphisane nenqanawa ezineflegi yangaphandle kwimarike enengeniso yaseHawaii.

Kwinqanawa efana ne-ms Maasdam, ngenxa yeZibuko laseNew London ngoMeyi 8, oko kunokuthetha ukuphelisa utyelelo lwayo oluhlanu lwase-US ukuze uhlale ixesha elide kumazibuko amahlanu aseCanada kuhambo lwayo.

I-Courtney, iSithili se-D-2nd, icela i-arhente ukuba ithathele ingqalelo "izinto ezinokuthi zibekho zomgaqo ocetywayo kungekuphela nje kumzantsi-mpuma weConnecticut kodwa kushishino lweenqanawa zasekhaya ziphela."

"Ngexesha apho ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa (lifumana) nje iinyawo zalo emhlabeni kumzantsi-mpuma weConnecticut, lo mgaqo, ukuba uphunyeziwe, unokwenza umonakalo omkhulu kunokulunga," wabhala uCourneyney.

Kunyaka ophelileyo, iNew London yabamba abakhweli kunye nabasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-22,000, bechitha imali eqikelelwa kwi-60 yeedola ukuya kwi-100 yeedola ngosuku kwizibuko kunye nokukhulisa uqoqosho lwengingqi.

I-Customs iphonononga ngaphezu kwe-1,000 yezimvo ezifunyenweyo ziphikisana kunye kunye notshintsho olucetywayo lomgaqo, umlawuli uthe, kwaye iofisi iqhuba ngononophelo ngenxa yempendulo eqinile evela kushishino lweenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kunye nabaqhubi bezibuko kwilizwe lonke.

Oko kuquka impendulo evela kuGov. M. Jodi Rell, owathumela ileta kwintloko yoKhuseleko lweLizwe kunye namagosa erhafu kwiveki ephelileyo, kunye ne-Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce, eyabhala ileta eya kumagosa aseburhulumenteni egxeka umthetho, ngokutsho umongameli wegumbi.

Kwakhona, i-Cruise Lines International Association Inc., iqela labarhwebi, libongoze i-arhente ukuba irhoxise isiphakamiso sayo, esithi sinokuba nefuthe elibi “lokumisela kwangaphambili” kwishishini.

I-American Association of Port Authorities, emele amazibuko kwi-Western hemisphere, nayo iye yagxeka isiphakamiso.

Naluphi na utshintsho luya kufuneka lupapashwe kwiRejista ye-Federal ngaphambi kokuba isebenze.

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I-Customs iphonononga ngaphezu kwe-1,000 yezimvo ezifunyenweyo ziphikisana kunye kunye notshintsho olucetywayo lomgaqo, umlawuli uthe, kwaye iofisi iqhuba ngononophelo ngenxa yempendulo eqinile evela kushishino lweenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kunye nabaqhubi bezibuko kwilizwe lonke.
Jodi Rell, who sent a letter to the head of Homeland Security and to customs officials last week, and the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce, which drafted a letter to customs officials criticizing the rule, according to the chamber president.
Courtney, D-2nd District, asks the agency to consider the “potential wide-ranging ramifications of the proposed rule not only on southeastern Connecticut but on the domestic cruise ship industry as a whole.