Secure COAST Act
Latest action · May 20, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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 12, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Secure Containers from Overseas and Seaports from Terrorism Act (Secure COAST Act) - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security, to: (1) establish standards and verification procedures (including those for seal verifications for cargo containers at loading) for the security of maritime cargo containers moving within the intermodal transportation system; (2) evaluate the benefits of existing technology for container tracking; (3) evaluate trade information, in addition to cargo manifest information, which would help the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to carry out container risk analysis; and (4) evaluate the practices and policies in place to secure shipment of empty containers at U.S. ports.
Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to conduct on site validations of security measures of individuals and entities in the intermodal transportation system participating in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program. Directs the Commissioner to deploy radiation detection portal equipment at all U.S. seaports, other U.S. ports of entry, and major facilities (including foreign seaports participating in the Container Security Initiative (CSI)).
Amends federal shipping law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to require uncleared, imported merchandise remaining on a pier for more than seven days to be removed and deposited in the public stores or a general order warehouse where it can be inspected and a delivery permit may be granted.
Replaces the Secretary of Transportation with the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security with respect to the establishment of a grant program to implement Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans and help fund compliance with the Federal security plan among port authorities, facility operators, and relevant State and local agencies.
Changes from discretionary to mandatory the Secretary's authority to issue a plan to develop and implement a long-range automated vessel tracking system for all vessels in U.S. waters that are equipped with the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System.
Authorizes appropriations for: (1) a grant to assist the maritime industry to develop and operate a collaborative maritime information sharing and analysis capability; (2) the acquisition and construction of vessels, aircraft, shore and offshore facilities associated with the Integrated Deepwater System program; (3) the acquisition and construction of shore-based equipment and infrastructure associated with the Automated Identification System (AIS); and (4) an increase in Coast Guard personnel.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 12, 2004 to Sep 15, 2004; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-TX | Jim Turner | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | May 12, 2004 |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-PA | Joseph M. Hoeffel | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Max Sandlin | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Robert T. Matsui | Jun 15, 2004 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Sep 15, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Sep 15, 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 12, 2004 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred May 13, 2004 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 12, 2004 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred May 20, 2004 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- May 13, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- May 12, 2004Introduced in House
- May 12, 2004Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To strengthen port security by establishing an improved container security regime, to expand on the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, to strengthen the Coast Guard port security mission, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Secure COAST Act
- Secure Containers from Overseas and Seaports from Terrorism Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative procedure
- Americans in foreign countries
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Authorization
- Biological warfare
- Business records
- Chemical warfare
- Coast guard
- Commemorations
- Commerce
- Communication satellites
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Containerization
- Cost accounting
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Customs administration
- Data banks
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Transportation
- EBB Terrorism
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic data interchange
- Electronic government information
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federal employees
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fissionable materials
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Freight
- Geographic information systems
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Harbors
- Identification devices
- Infrastructure
- Intermodal transportation
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Law
- Licenses
- Marine safety
- Marine terminals
- Marine transportation
- Merchant seamen
- Merchant ships
- Metropolitan areas
- Military personnel
- Names
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- Passenger ships
- Patrol aircraft
- Patrol ships
- Port authorities
- Private police
- Radiation
- Risk
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Ships
- Technology assessment
- Telecommunication systems
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation planning
- Transportation safety
- Urban affairs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 12, 2004Introduced in House
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