Florida and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have failed to reach an agreement over cruising's restart. The state of Florida is suing the CDC in an effort to eliminate restrictions for the resumption of cruise travel, saying that the agency is overstepping its authority. The two sides were ordered into mediation but both parties remain at an impasse. The CDC cited the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act, which allows foreign ships to operate in the state without stopping at an international port, as recognition of the authority of the CDC's conditional sailing order. Florida attorneys disputed the statement, arguing that the Act only applies to Alaska ships, adding that the CDC lacks the authority it claimed and needed congressional action to “allow it to apply its unlawful orders to Alaskan ships.”
In addition, as reported by KRBD, the CDC is arguing the need for its conditional sailing orders, saying eliminating the CSO would “end cruising in Alaska for the season,” since the Alaska Tourism Recovery Act that is temporarily permitting cruise ships to bypass Canada en route to Alaska specifies they are sailing under the CDC’s CSO, which, if eliminated, would also make cruising to Alaska under the new law void. The case will continue 10JUN in U.S. District Court.
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