Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaport Act of 2004
Latest action · Jul 14, 2004 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8122-8125)
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.
- IntroducedJul 14, 2004
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) entry by false pretenses to a secure area of a seaport; (2) knowingly failing to obey an order to heave to by an authorized Federal officer; (3) forcibly interfering with an authorized law enforcement action or providing false information during a boarding; and (4) willfully disabling a passenger vehicle.
Sets penalties for knowingly and intentionally: (1) placing in U.S. navigable waters a device or substance likely to destroy or damage a vessel or its cargo or likely to interfere with safe navigation or maritime commerce; (2) discharging or releasing into U.S. navigable water or onto an adjoining shoreline any substance that would endanger human life, health, or welfare or the marine environment; and (3) transporting aboard any vessel explosive, biological, chemical, or radioactive or nuclear material to be used to commit terrorism.
Sets penalties for: (1) knowingly transporting aboard any vessel a terrorist or terror suspect; (2) willfully causing destruction of a vessel or maritime facility; and (3) imparting or conveying false information concerning an attempt made to commit certain criminal acts
Expands the scope of a prohibition against theft of interstate or foreign shipments. Increases penalties for stowaways on vessels or aircraft. Prohibits bribery affecting port security.
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase penalties for noncompliance with manifest requirements and to expand the scope of those requirements to cover any responsible party, including non-vessel operating common carriers.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 14, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Jul 14, 2004 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jul 14, 2004 |
| D-SC | Ernest F. Hollings | Original | Jul 14, 2004 |
| R-VA | George Allen | Original | Jul 14, 2004 |
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Original | Jul 14, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Jul 14, 2004Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8122-8125)
- Jul 14, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8122)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Air cargo
- Aircraft
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arson
- Aviation safety
- Biological warfare
- Boats and boating
- Bribery
- Business records
- Capital punishment
- Chemical warfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Conspiracy
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Destruction of property
- EBB Terrorism
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Explosives
- Extraterritoriality
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fraud
- Freight
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Infrastructure
- International Affairs
- Jurisdiction
- Labor and Employment
- Labor disputes
- Larceny
- Law
- Life imprisonment
- Marine pollution
- Marine safety
- Marine terminals
- Marine transportation
- Navigational aids
- Nuclear fuels
- Nuclear terrorism
- Oil pollution
- Passenger ships
- Radioactive wastes
- Searches and seizures
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Sentencing guidelines
- Ships
- Sports and Recreation
- State laws
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation of hazardous substances
- Trucks
- Violence
- Water pollution control
- Weapons
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