Port and Maritime Security Act of 2001
Latest action · Nov 14, 2002 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8810)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 3, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Secretary to develop standards and procedures for conducting seaport vulnerability assessments.
Directs the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to prescribe regulations to protect the public from threats of crime or terrorism from or to vessels in maritime transportation originating or terminating in a U.S. seaport, as well as to maritime or intermodal infrastructure associated with coastal, intercoastal, and inland marine terminals. Requires each port authority and marine terminal operator, or other entity connected with maritime commerce, for which a port security vulnerability assessment has been done to establish, subject to approval of the Captain-of-the-Port, a maritime transportation security program. Directs the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking to establish a program under which a port authority or marine terminal operator may access the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System for employees first hired after implementation of such program who may have access to ocean manifests in the scope of their employment.
Directs the Secretary to establish seaport security committees to: (1) review seaport security vulnerability assessments; and (2) conduct an exercise periodically to verify the effectiveness of each seaport authority and marine terminal security plan.
Sets forth requirements calling for: (1) the development of voluntary security guidance to serve as a benchmark for the review of security plans; (2) the adoption of such guidance and development of seaport security standards by other countries; and (3) the development of standards for the training and certification of maritime security professionals.
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to authorize the Secretary to make loan guarantees and provide grants for seaport security infrastructure improvements for eligible U.S. seaports.
Reauthorizes specified tonnage duties.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 29, 2001 to Mar 5, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Oct 29, 2001 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Oct 29, 2001 | |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Oct 29, 2001 | |
| D-IL | William O. Lipinski | Oct 29, 2001 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Nov 27, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Feb 26, 2002 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 26, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Nick Lampson | Feb 26, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 26, 2002 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Mar 5, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 5, 2002 | |
| D-FL | Carrie P. Meek | Mar 5, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Mar 5, 2002 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Oct 3, 2001 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Oct 4, 2001 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Oct 3, 2001 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8810)
- Jan 28, 2002Executive Comment Requested from Coast Guard.
- Jan 28, 2002Referred to Maritime Administration for report.
- Oct 4, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Oct 3, 2001Introduced in House
- Oct 3, 2001Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1214 | Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 | Related bill | Nov 25, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Transportation to take actions to improve security at the maritime borders of the United States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Port and Maritime Security Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative procedure
- Alien smuggling
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Assault
- Bribery
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Coast guard
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Conspiracy
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Criminal justice information
- Criminal justice information systems
- Criminal statistics
- Customs administration
- Data banks
- Department of Transportation
- Drug abuse
- Drug traffic
- EBB Terrorism
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic government information
- Employee selection
- Espionage
- Executive reorganization
- Explosives
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federal-state relations
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fingerprints
- Firearms
- Firearms control
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Freight
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publications
- Government publicity
- Harbors
- Identification devices
- Identification of criminals
- Immigration
- Imports
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Intermodal transportation
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Internet
- Kidnapping
- Labor and Employment
- Larceny
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Licenses
- Lighting
- Longshoremen
- Maps
- Marine terminals
- Marine transportation
- Merchant seamen
- Merchant ships
- Motor vehicles
- Murder
- Passenger ships
- Personnel records
- Police
- Police training
- Port authorities
- Private police
- Rape
- Right of privacy
- Risk assessment
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security classification (Government documents)
- Security measures
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Smuggling
- Tariff
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation planning
- Transportation workers
- Treason
- Video tape recording
- Weapons
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 3, 2001Introduced in House
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