VESSELS NOT REQUIRED TO ENTER.

SEC. 655. VESSELS NOT REQUIRED TO ENTER. Section 441 (19 U.S.C. 1441) is amended— (1) by amending the text preceding paragraph (1) to read as follows: “The following vessels shall not be required to make entry under section 434 or to obtain clearance under section 107 STAT. 22114197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. App. 91):”; (2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: “(3) Any vessel carrying passengers on excursion from the United States Virgin Islands to the British Virgin Islands and returning, if— “(A) the vessel does not in any way violate the customs or navigation laws of the United States; “(B) the vessel has not visited any hovering vessel; and “(C) the master of the vessel, if there is on board any article required by law to be entered, reports the article to the Customs Service immediately upon arrival.”; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (3) the following: “(4) Any United States documented vessel with recreational endorsement or any undocumented United States pleasure vessel not engaged in trade, if— “(A) the vessel complies with the reporting requirements of section 433, and with the customs and navigation laws of the United States; “(B) the vessel has not visited any hovering vessel; and “(C) the master of, and any other person on board, the vessel, if the master or such person has on board any article required by law to be entered or declared, reports such article to the Customs Service immediately upon arrival;”; (4) by amending paragraph (6) (as so redesignated) by striking out “enrolled and licensed to engage in the foreign and coasting trade in the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers” and inserting “documented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, with a Great Lakes endorsement”; and (5) by amending the section heading to read as follows: “SEC. 441. EXCEPTIONS TO VESSEL ENTRY AND CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS.”.