Port Security Improvements Act of 2003
Latest action · Jun 9, 2004 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Port Security Improvements Act of 2003 - Makes available to the Secretary of Homeland Security for security enhancements at each port over each of the next five fiscal years 30 percent of the difference between the amount of duties collected at each port and the port's security costs.
Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue: (1) final regulations governing biometric transportation security cards within one year; and (2) regulations that establish a national minimum set of standard security requirements for each port in the United States, each facility in a port in the United States, and each vessel entering a U.S. port.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2003 to May 4, 2004; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | Edward L. Schrock | Original | May 21, 2003 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Original | May 21, 2003 |
| R-CA | Jerry Lewis | Original | May 21, 2003 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | May 21, 2003 |
| R-SD | William J. Janklow | Original | May 21, 2003 |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | Jun 2, 2003 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 3, 2003 | |
| R-FL | Adam H. Putnam | Jun 5, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 9, 2003 | |
| R-LA | Richard H. Baker | Jun 12, 2003 | |
| D-NC | Frank W. Ballance Jr. | Jun 17, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Jun 17, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jun 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Jun 18, 2003 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Jun 19, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jun 19, 2003 | |
| D-PA | Joseph M. Hoeffel | Jun 19, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jun 24, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Jun 26, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Jun 26, 2003 | |
| D-PR | Anibal Acevedo-Vila | Jul 7, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 7, 2003 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Jul 7, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jul 8, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 10, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Nov 7, 2003 | |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Mar 30, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | May 4, 2004 |
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 May 21, 2003 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2003Hearings Jun 9, 2004 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 21, 2003 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred May 27, 2003 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2004Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- May 27, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- May 22, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- May 21, 2003Introduced in House
- May 21, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1041)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 108-31 | H.R. 3039, THE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 200357 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Sep 11, 2003 |
| Serial No. 108-12 | PROTECTING OUR COMMERCE: ENHANCING THE SECURITY OF AMERICA'S PORTS82 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jun 21, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide funding for port security enhancements, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Port Security Improvements Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative procedure
- Coast guard
- Construction costs
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of Defense
- Department of Homeland Security
- EBB Terrorism
- Employee training
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Harbors
- Identification devices
- Identification of criminals
- Infrastructure
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Longshoremen
- Maintenance and repair
- Marine safety
- Marine terminals
- Security measures
- Ships
- Tariff
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation workers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2003Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.