As a practical matter. requiring recreational boaters and their guests. many of them children. to carry a passport while boating. is quite unrealistic. I understand they can have the 168 instead. but the INS enacted regulations last week that attempt to simplify the process for obtaining these permits for some boaters by allowing applications to be made by mail. Well. this is a welcome change. but it does not alleviate the problem for most guests because the initial application must still be made at an immigration office. For these reasons. I hope the final version of the bill will strike the passport requirement. and we never required a passport for Canada. while retaining the 168 exemption for United States citizen passengers.
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