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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 832 

To amend section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, to prohibit the 

Secretary of the Department in which the United States Coast Guard 

is operating from entering into an agreement relating to assessing the 

effectiveness of antiterrorism measures at a foreign port with any foreign 

government that is a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 16, 2023 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of Florida) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, 

to prohibit the Secretary of the Department in which 

the United States Coast Guard is operating from entering into an agreement relating to assessing the effectiveness of antiterrorism measures at a foreign port with 

any foreign government that is a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Port Se3 curity Enforcement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FOREIGN PORT SECURITY ASSESSMENTS. 

5 Section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (f)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘provided 

9 that’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol10 lowing: ‘‘if— 

11 ‘‘(A) the Secretary certifies that the for12 eign government or international organization— 

13 ‘‘(i) has conducted the assessment in 

14 accordance with subsection (b); and 

15 ‘‘(ii) has provided the Secretary with 

16 sufficient information pertaining to its as17 sessment (including information regarding 

18 the outcome of the assessment); and 

19 ‘‘(B) the foreign government that con20 ducted the assessment is not a state sponsor of 

21 terrorism (as defined in section 3316(h).’’; and 

22 (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

23 follows: 

24 ‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section 

25 may be construed— 


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1 ‘‘(A) to require the Secretary to treat an 

2 assessment conducted by a foreign government 

3 or an international organization as an assess4 ment that satisfies the requirement under sub5 section (a); 

6 ‘‘(B) to limit the discretion or ability of the 

7 Secretary to conduct an assessment under this 

8 section; 

9 ‘‘(C) to limit the authority of the Secretary 

10 to repatriate aliens to their respective countries 

11 of origin; or 

12 ‘‘(D) to prevent the Secretary from re13 questing security and safety measures that the 

14 Secretary considers necessary to safeguard 

15 Coast Guard personnel during the repatriation 

16 of aliens to their respective countries of ori17 gin.’’; and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(g) STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM AND INTER20 NATIONAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.—The Sec21 retary— 

22 ‘‘(1) may not enter into an agreement under 

23 subsection (f)(2) with— 

24 ‘‘(A) a foreign government that is a state 

25 sponsor of terrorism; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) a foreign terrorist organization; and 

2 ‘‘(2) shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) deem any port that is under the juris4 diction of a foreign government that is a state 

5 sponsor of terrorism as not having effective 

6 antiterrorism measures for purposes of this sec7 tion and section 70109; and 

8 ‘‘(B) immediately apply the sanctions de9 scribed in section 70110(a) to such port.’’. 

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