GATE Act
Latest action · Feb 11, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Guarding American Trade Enterprises Act or GATE Act - Amends Federal maritime law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to include within the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan a plan for ensuring that the flow of cargo through U.S. ports is reestablished as efficiently and quickly as possible after a transportation security incident or instance of attempted transport of any implement of terrorism through the port.
Requires (currently authorizes) the Secretary to develop and implement a long-range automated vessel tracking system for all vessels in U.S. waters equipped with the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System or equivalent satellite technology. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees a plan to develop and implement such system no later than December 31, 2004. Authorizes the Secretary to use the nonprofit Maritime Information Services of North America Automated Secure Vessel Tracking System as a pilot program for purposes of long-range vessel tracking.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Feb 10, 2004Introduced in House
- Feb 10, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Alaska
- Communication satellites
- Computer software
- Computers
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- EBB Terrorism
- Electronic government information
- Florida
- Freight
- Geographic information systems
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Harbors
- Identification devices
- Infrastructure
- International Affairs
- Louisiana
- Marine safety
- Marine terminals
- Marine transportation
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- New York City
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Ships
- Telecommunication systems
- Terrorism
- Texas
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation planning
- Virginia
- Washington State
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 10, 2004Introduced in House
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