ʻO kahi bila e koi ai i nā luna hoʻomalu maluna o nā moku holoholo e holo ana mai nā awa Kaleponi i hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kāna kūpale mua ma ka Pōʻalua ʻoiai ke komite palekana lehulehu o ka Senate i neʻe e neʻe i mua i ke kaʻina kānāwai.
He mau kiaʻi kiaʻi kūʻokoʻa kēlā mau moku, akā ʻo ka nui o nā lawehala i manaʻo ʻia ma ke kai kiʻekiʻe ka mea i hoʻowalewale i nā mea i hōʻino ʻia a me ko lākou mau ʻohana e hoʻokuʻikuʻi aku no ka ʻoi aku ka nui. ʻO nā kānāwai pekelala a me nā ʻāpana kūwaho hoʻi e hoʻoponopono i nā moku holoholo, akā ʻo ka hapa nui o nā laina holina nui e hoʻopaʻa inoa i kā lākou mau moku i nā ʻāina ʻē e like me Liberia a me Panama a holo i loko o nā wai kūwaho, e hāpai ana i nā pilikia pili mana.
ʻO ka Senate Senate 1582, i kākoʻo ʻia e ka mokuʻāina ʻo Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), e kāhea ana i ke kālā no nā "rangers moana" me ka uku o ka poʻe holo kaʻa he $ 1 o ka lā. E kiaʻi ka poʻe kiaʻi i ka palekana o ka lehulehu a hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō ʻana o nā moku i nā rula o ke kaiapuni e pāpā ana iā lākou mai ka hoʻolei ʻōpala i loko o ʻekolu mile mai ka kapakai o ka mokuʻāina. Inā ua hoʻoholo ʻia, e hāʻawi ka pila iā Kaleponi i nā rula moku holoholo koʻikoʻi loa i ka lāhui.
Noonoo ke komite o ka nohona Senate o ka Senate i ka bila ma ka Poakahi. Ua ʻōlelo kahi hui kālepa no ka ʻoihana holo kai i ka Pōʻalua ua kūʻē aku i ka pila.
"Kākoʻo kēlā me kēia laina holo kai i kāu hana e hoʻopaʻi i ka lawehala ma nā moku holo moana," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Larry Kaye, ka loio moana no ka Cruise Line International Assn. Inc. “ʻAʻole hiki i kēia ʻoihana ke ola inā ʻaʻole palekana kā mākou poʻe ohua. Me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, e hoʻokipa mākou i kahi pila e hāʻawi ana iā Kaleponi i ke kuleana e hoʻokolokolo, hoʻokolokolo a hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia - a malia paha he luna hoʻokahi ke awa - akā ʻo ke kau ʻana i kahi ranger i loko o ka papa ʻaʻohe ona mana e keʻakeʻa ai i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana e ka. FBI, a ʻaʻole pono mākou e waiho i kēlā. ”
Akā i ka hoʻolohe ʻana ma Sacramento i ka Poalua, ua wehewehe ʻo Simitian a me nā mea i hōʻino ʻia i ka hewa ma luna o nā moku holoholo i kahi ʻano “lawless law” kahi e pale ai ka makemake nui o ka ʻoihana iā ia iho mai ke kuleana.
"Aia ka palekana pilikino i kahi kūlana pilikia i hoʻokumu ʻia," wahi a Simitian. "Pono e hopohopo ka palekana pilikino e pili ana i ka pilikia pili i ka lehulehu. . . . Pono lākou e hopohopo e pili ana i ke kuleana o kā lākou luna hana a aia lākou i nā manawa he nui e ʻimi nei i nā hewa i hana ʻia e ko lākou mau hoa hana. "
Pono e kiaʻi ʻia, wahi a Simitian, i lilo ʻole ka “hilinaʻi iā mākou” i mea maʻamau no ka mālama kānāwai ma luna o nā moku holoholo.
Ua haʻi aku me ke waimaka o ke kamaʻāina ʻo Sacramento ʻo Laurie Dishman i nā luna kau kānāwai ua hoʻomake ʻia ʻo ia ma kahi moku Royal Caribbean e holo ana mai Kaleponi Hema i 2006. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kāna hōʻike ʻana i kēia hanana i nā limahana o ka moku, hāʻawi lākou iā ia i nā ʻeke ʻōpala a haʻi iā ia e hōʻiliʻili i kāna hōʻike ponoʻī.
ʻO Kendall Carver, ka pelekikena o nā International Cruise Victims, i wehewehe i ka nalowale ʻana o kāna kaikamahine makua, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia i ka nalowale ʻana i ka FBI e Royal Caribbean a hiki i ʻelima mau pule ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kāna huakaʻi Alaskan i 2004. ʻAʻole i loaʻa.
ʻ sayslelo ka ʻoihana he "zero tolerance for criminality," i hōʻike ʻo Carver, akā "ʻo ka mea hope loa a lākou e makemake ai e hana, ʻo ia ke kūʻokoʻa i kēlā moku e hōʻoia i ka ʻole o kekahi mea."
ʻO Sen. Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles), ka luna o ke kōmike palekana, ua paipai i ka ʻoihana a me nā mea kōkua i hōʻeha ʻia e hana pū.
"Ua ʻoki ʻia kāu hana nāu," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Romero iā Simitian. "Manaʻo wau aia kekahi ma waena waena i loaʻa iā mākou. . . . He mea nui ka ʻoihana holo kai no Kaleponi. Makemake mākou e hōʻoia i ka palekana a me ka palekana a i ka manawa like ʻaʻole e holo i kai. ”
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Several federal and international laws and agencies regulate cruise ships, but most of the major cruise lines register their ships in foreign countries such as Liberia and Panama and sail in international waters, raising complicated jurisdictional issues.
- ʻO kahi bila e koi ai i nā luna hoʻomalu maluna o nā moku holoholo e holo ana mai nā awa Kaleponi i hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kāna kūpale mua ma ka Pōʻalua ʻoiai ke komite palekana lehulehu o ka Senate i neʻe e neʻe i mua i ke kaʻina kānāwai.
- Such ships generally have private security guards, but a spate of alleged crimes on the high seas has prompted victims and their families to push for greater oversight.
