Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2005
Latest action · Apr 21, 2005 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 86.
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 15, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2005 - (Sec. 2) 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 law enforcement officer; (3) forcibly interfering with an authorized law enforcement action or providing materially false information during a boarding; and (4) willfully disabling a passenger vessel.
(Sec. 5) Sets penalties for knowingly and intentionally: (1) placing in U.S. navigable waters a device or dangerous substance likely to destroy or damage a vessel or its cargo or likely to interfere with safe navigation or maritime commerce (authorizes the death penalty if death results from such conduct); (2) discharging or releasing into U.S. navigable water or onto an adjoining shoreline any dangerous 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 (authorizes the death penalty if death results from such conduct).
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.
(Sec. 8) 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.
(Sec. 9) 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 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2005 to Apr 19, 2005; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| R-VA | George Allen | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Mar 16, 2005 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Apr 19, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2005Markup Apr 21, 2005Reported Apr 21, 2005 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2005Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Apr 21, 2005Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Apr 21, 2005Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 86.
- Feb 15, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Feb 15, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1419)
- Feb 15, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 S1500–S1502 | Dianne Feinstein D-CA | Feb 16, 2005 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1419 | Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE | Feb 15, 2005 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- May 2, 2005S. 378, Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2005<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 21, 2005</p>
- May 2, 2005S. 378, Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2005Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 21, 2005
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33395 | The Death Penalty: Capital Punishment Legislation in the 109th Congress Archived | Report | Dec 11, 2006 |
| RS22433 | The Death Penalty: An Abridged Look at Capital Punishment Legislation in the 109th Congress Archived | Report | Dec 11, 2006 |
| RL33027 | USA PATRIOT Act: Background and Comparison of House-and Senate-Approved Reauthorization and Related Legislative Action Archived | Report | Sep 15, 2005 |
| RS22216 | USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization in Brief Archived | Report | Sep 15, 2005 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2651 | Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2005 | Related bill | Jul 1, 2005 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to make it a criminal act to willfully use a weapon with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person while on board a passenger vessel, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2005
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
- 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
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2005Reported to Senate
- Feb 15, 2005Introduced in Senate
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.