Local Port Security Act of 2006
Latest action · Mar 3, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1681)
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.
- IntroducedMar 3, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Local Port Security Act of 2006 - Authorizes the owner of a U.S. port to file an action seeking relief (including nullification of any contractual obligation with any marine terminal operator) in U.S. district court if a merger, acquisition, or takeover would result in the ownership of a marine terminal operator being controlled by a foreign entity. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) review any such proposed change to determine any potential security concerns; and (2) transmit such review to the marine terminal operator and to the President for purposes of a certain mandatory investigation to determine the effects on national security of such mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers which could result in the ownership of a marine terminal operator within a U.S. port being controlled by a foreign entity.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Mar 3, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1680-1681)
- Mar 3, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1681)
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1680Text printed S1681 | Frank R. Lautenberg D-NJ (text) | Mar 3, 2006 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4839 | To prohibit entities owned or controlled by foreign governments from conducting certain operations at seaports in the United States, and from entering into agreements to conduct such operations. | Related bill | Mar 2, 2006 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide a cause of action for United States port operators with respect to the potential change of ownership of a terminal operator to a foreign entity, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Local Port Security Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil actions and liability
- Commerce
- Corporate mergers
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Dubai Ports World aftermath legislation
- Foreign corporations
- Foreign investments
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Governmental investigations
- Infrastructure
- International Affairs
- Law
- Marine safety
- Marine terminals
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2006Introduced in Senate
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