Lawmakers push cruise-safety bill
Friday, March 13, 2009 - 02:16
in Health & Medicine
The measure includes requiring cruise lines to install peepholes on cabin doors and report crimes at sea to U.S. agencies. Just days after FBI agents boarded a Princess Cruises ship in Los Angeles and booked a head waiter on suspicion of rape, lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday that would require cruise lines to report crimes at sea, improve ship safety and employ doctors trained in assault examinations.