MIAMI - Anthu opita kutchuthi omwe amapita kukagula ulendo wapamadzi atha kukhala ndi zinthu zambiri zoti aganizire kuposa mtengo ndi maulendo. Atha kuyerekeza kuchuluka kwa okwera omwe akuti adagwiriridwa, kubedwa kapena kutayika panyanja pansi pabilu yovomerezeka Lachinayi kuti kuvota ndi Nyumba ya Oyimilira ku US.
Komiti ya House Transportation and Infrastructure ikuvomeleza izi, kutsatira ndime ya komiti ya Senate, yakonza njira yovotera m'zipinda zonse ziwiri Congress itangobweranso kuchokera ku tchuthi cha Ogasiti.
Lamulo la Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act likuletsa zoletsa pamakampani omwe akhala akusaunika kwanthawi yayitali - mwa zina chifukwa cha zovuta zamalamulo apadziko lonse lapansi apanyanja.
Chifukwa nkhanza zachigololo ndi zina mwa milandu yomwe nthawi zambiri imanenedwa - ndipo ogwira nawo ntchito nthawi zambiri amanenedwa kuti ndi olakwa - lamulo limafuna kuti sitima iliyonse ikhale ndi zida zofufuzira zogwirira ntchito ndikulemba ntchito kapena kuphunzitsa wogwira ntchito kuti asunge umboni.
Zombo ziyeneranso kunyamula mankhwala ochepetsa mphamvu ya kachilombo ka HIV kuti athandize kupewa kufalikira kwa matenda opatsirana pogonana, kukweza mavidiyo owonetsera mavidiyo ndikuyika mabowo, zingwe zotetezera komanso zotsekera nthawi pazipinda zonse za alendo.
Bill amathandizira Sen. Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry ndi California Rep. Doris Matsui, onse a Democrats, anayamba kugwira ntchito pa nkhaniyi pambuyo poti anthu agawanika nkhani za kugwiriridwa, chisoni, mantha ndi kutaya okondedwa awo panyanja.
Ken Carver, yemwe adabweretsa nkhaniyi kwa Kerry, adayambitsa bungwe lopanda phindu lotchedwa International Cruise Victims mwana wake wamkazi atasowa m'sitima mu 2005. Akuti adanamizidwa ndi kumenyedwa ndi miyala pamene amayesa kudziwa zomwe zinamuchitikira. Okwera ena anenanso nkhani zofananira ndi umboni pamaso pa Congress.
"M'zaka zitatu zapitazi, ndakumana ndi mabanja ambiri aku America omwe adakumana ndi zovuta panthawi yomwe ikuyenera kukhala tchuthi chopumula," adatero Matsui. "Kwa nthawi yayitali kwambiri, mabanja aku America mosadziŵa akhala pachiwopsezo cha zombo zapamadzi."
Makampani poyamba adatsutsa biluyo, koma adasintha momwe amachitira mwezi uno. Bungwe la Cruise Lines International Association lati makampani ambiri amatsatira kale zomwe zaperekedwa ndikugawana zaupandu ndi Coast Guard.
"Mamiliyoni okwera chaka chilichonse amakhala ndi tchuthi chotetezeka, ndipo ngakhale zochitika zazikulu sizichitikachitika, ngakhale chochitika chimodzi chimakhala chochulukirapo," idatero CLIA m'mawu ake. "Monga makampani, tadzipereka kwathunthu ku chitetezo ndi chitetezo cha okwera ndi ogwira nawo ntchito."
Mlembi wa Transportation adzayambitsa tsamba lawebusayiti yatsopano yokhala ndi malipoti osinthidwa kotala lililonse la kuchuluka kwa milandu, chikhalidwe chawo komanso ngati okwera kapena ogwira nawo ntchito akuimbidwa mlandu. Msewu uliwonse wapaulendo uyeneranso kulumikizana ndi tsamba la ziwerengero zaupandu kuchokera patsamba lake.
