U.S. Senator from Louisiana Bill Cassidy (R-LA) has introduced the American Offshore Worker Fairness Act, a bill he says will provide a level playing field between U.S. and foreign-flagged vessels conducting offshore energy activities in U.S. waters.
The bill also seeks to improve the oversight of foreign-flagged vessels and the mariners who work on these vessels.
“U.S. and Louisiana mariners and maritime companies lose when foreign vessels, which do not pay U.S. taxes, business taxes or payroll taxes, take advantage of loopholes to hire foreign workers for half the cost,” said Cassidy. “This bill levels the playing field to give the American worker a fair shot.”
