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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4355

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2004

Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. TURNER of Texas, Mr. 

MARKEY, Mr. DICKS, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MEEK of Florida, and Mr. CHANDLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred 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 

A BILL

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.

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 ‘‘Secure Containers 

3 from Overseas and Seaports from Terrorism Act’’ or the 

4 ‘‘Secure COAST Act’’. 

5 TITLE I—BUREAU OF CUSTOMS 

6 AND BORDER PROTECTION 

7 SECURITY PROGRAMS 

8 SEC. 101. AMENDMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT 

9 OF 2002. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Homeland Secu11 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by 

12 adding at the end the following new subtitle: 

13 ‘‘Subtitle G—Bureau of Customs 

14 and Border Protection Security 

15 Programs 

16 ‘‘SEC. 481. STANDARDS AND VERIFICATION PROCEDURES 

17 FOR THE SECURITY OF MARITIME CARGO 

18 CONTAINERS. 

19 ‘‘(a) STANDARDS AND VERIFICATION PROCE20 DURES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

21 enactment of the Secure COAST Act, the Secretary, act22 ing through the Under Secretary for Border and Trans23 portation Security, shall establish standards and 

24 verification procedures for the security of maritime cargo 

25 containers moving within the intermodal transportation 
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1 system, including standards for sealing and procedures for 

2 seal verifications for cargo containers at loading. 

3 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The standards and 

4 verification procedures established pursuant to subsection 

5 (a) shall be consistent with the cargo container security 

6 recommendations of Operation Safe Commerce, the inter7 agency Container Working Group, and the Smart and Se8 cure Trade Lane program and shall meet the following 

9 additional requirements: 

10 ‘‘(1) SEAL STANDARDS.—Maritime cargo con11 tainers shall at a minimum be affixed with a secu12 rity seal equivalent to the level ‘D’ high security seal 

13 (as certified by the International Organization for 

14 Standardization (ISO); Certification No. 17712) at 

15 loading. 

16 ‘‘(2) SEAL VERIFICATION.—Procedures shall be 

17 established for the verification of security seals de18 scribed in paragraph (1), including procedures to de19 termine which individuals and entities in the inter20 modal transportation system are responsible for seal21 ing maritime cargo containers, recording of seal 

22 numbers, changes to such numbers if a container is 

23 opened, and anomalies relating to security seals. 
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1 ‘‘(c) EVALUATION OF CONTAINER TRACKING TECH2 NOLOGIES, CONTAINER TARGETING, AND SECURITY OF

3 EMPTY CONTAINERS.—

4 ‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—The Secretary, acting 

5 through the Under Secretary for Border and Trans6 portation Security, shall carry out the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) CONTAINER TRACKING TECH8 NOLOGIES.—The Secretary shall evaluate the 

9 security benefits of existing technology for con10 tainer tracking from the point of loading to its 

11 final destination, such as electronic seals or in12 trusion detection devices that can detect a phys13 ical breach of a container. In addition to deter14 mining the security benefits, the Secretary shall 

15 determine the costs, infrastructure, communica16 tion system, required to deploy such technology 

17 in the intermodal transportation system, includ18 ing incentives for investment in such tech19 nology. 

20 ‘‘(B) CONTAINER TARGETING.—The Sec21 retary shall evaluate trade information, in addi22 tion to cargo manifest information, such as pur23 chase orders, port of origin data, and trans24 shipment data, which would improve the ability 
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1 of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protec2 tion to carry out risk analysis of containers. 

3 ‘‘(C) SECURITY OF EMPTY CONTAINERS.—

4 The Secretary shall evaluate the practices and 

5 policies in place to secure shipment of empty 

6 containers at United States ports and shall de7 velop recommendations with respect to whether 

8 additional regulations or legislation is necessary 

9 to ensure the safe and secure delivery of cargo 

10 and to prevent potential acts of terrorism in11 volving such containers. 

12 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

13 the date of the enactment of the Secure COAST 

14 Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the 

15 appropriate congressional committees a report that 

16 contains the results of the evaluations carried out 

17 under paragraph (1), including any recommenda18 tions thereto. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 482. VALIDATION OF SECURITY MEASURES UNDER 

20 THE C-TPAT PROGRAM. 

21 ‘‘(a) GENERAL VALIDATION.—Not later than Sep22 tember 30, 2005, and on an annual basis thereafter, the 

23 Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Pro24 tection shall conduct on site validations of each individual 

25 and entity participating in the C-TPAT program to ensure 
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1 that the individual or entity is implementing appropriate 

2 security measures under the program. The Commissioner 

3 may certify private security companies to carry out the 

4 validation process described in the preceding sentence. 

5 ‘‘(b) SPECIFIC VALIDATION.—The Commissioner 

6 shall establish inspection teams under the C-TPAT pro7 gram to evaluate the program’s security requirements and, 

8 as circumstances warrant, to carry out unannounced in9 spections of individuals and entities participating in the 

10 program to ensure compliance with the security require11 ments. 

12 ‘‘(c) PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.—The Com13 missioner shall establish penalties for non-compliance with 

14 the requirements of the C-TPAT program by individuals 

15 and entities participating in the program, including proba16 tion or expulsion from the program, as appropriate. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 483. DEPLOYMENT OF RADIATION DETECTION POR18 TAL EQUIPMENT; INTEGRATED CARGO IN19 SPECTION SYSTEM. 

20 ‘‘(a) DEPLOYMENT OF RADIATION DETECTION POR21 TAL EQUIPMENT.—

22 ‘‘(1) DEPLOYMENT.—Not later than September 

23 30, 2005, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Cus24 toms and Border Protection shall deploy radiation 

25 detection portal equipment at all United States sea-
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1 ports, other United States ports of entry, and major 

2 facilities as determined by the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 

4 2004, the Commissioner shall submit to the appro5 priate congressional committees a report on the im6 plementation of the requirement under paragraph 

7 (1). 

8 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

9 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Com10 missioner $297,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry 

11 out this subsection. 

12 ‘‘(b) INTEGRATED CARGO INSPECTION SYSTEM.—

13 ‘‘(1) PLAN.—The Commissioner of the Bureau 

14 of Customs and Border Protection shall develop a 

15 plan to integrate radiation detection portal equip16 ment with gamma-ray inspection technology equip17 ment at United States seaports and foreign seaports 

18 that are participating the Container Security Initia19 tive in order to facilitate the detection of nuclear 

20 weapons in maritime cargo containers. Such plan 

21 shall include methods for automatic identification of 

22 containers and vehicles for inspection in a timely 

23 manner and a data sharing network capable of 

24 transmitting gamma-ray images and cargo data 

25 among relevant ports and the National Targeting 
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1 Center of the Bureau of Customs and Border Pro2 tection. 

3 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of the Secure COAST 

5 Act, the Commissioner shall prepare and submit to 

6 the appropriate congressional committees a report 

7 that contains—

8 ‘‘(A) a description of the plan developed 

9 under paragraph (1), including any infrastruc10 ture improvements required at the seaports in11 volved; 

12 ‘‘(B) an estimate of the costs associated 

13 with implementation of the plan; and 

14 ‘‘(C) an estimate of the timeframe for im15 plementation of the plan. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 484. STAFFING ASSESSMENT OF SEAPORT SECURITY 

17 MISSIONS. 

18 ‘‘(a) STUDY.—The Commissioner of the Bureau of 

19 Customs and Border Protection shall conduct a study to 

20 determine the number of Bureau inspectors and other ap21 propriate personnel that should be stationed at United 

22 States seaports and foreign seaports that are participating 

23 in the Container Security Initiative (CSI) to support in24 creased inspections of low risk cargo, deployment of per25 sonnel at foreign seaports for a period of at least one year, 
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1 and the manning of radiation portal monitors installed at 

2 such seaports. In determining such number of Bureau in3 spectors, the Commissioner shall take into account the re4 quirements contained in the other sections of this subtitle. 

5 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of the Secure COAST Act, the Com7 missioner shall prepare and submit to the appropriate con8 gressional committees a report that contains the results 

9 of the study conducted under subsection (a). 

10 ‘‘SEC. 485. CSI REPORT. 

11 ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact12 ment of the Secure COAST Act, and on an annual basis 

13 thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Commis14 sioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, 

15 shall prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional 

16 committees a report that contains all cargo inspection data 

17 at foreign seaports participating in the Container Security 

18 Initiative (CSI) for the prior year. The initial report shall 

19 include the plan for the ‘strategic port’ phase of the CSI. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 486. DEFINITIONS. 

21 ‘‘In this subtitle: 

22 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT23 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com24 mittees’ means—
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1 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the 

2 Committee on Ways and Means, the Select 

3 Committee on Homeland Security (or any suc4 cessor committee), and the Committee on 

5 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 

6 of Representatives; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 

8 Committee on Finance, the Committee on Com9 merce, Science, and Transportation, and the 

10 Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Sen11 ate. 

12 ‘‘(2) BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PRO13 TECTION OR BUREAU.—The term ‘Bureau of Cus14 toms and Border Protection’ or ‘Bureau’ means the 

15 Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the 

16 Department. 

17 ‘‘(3) COMMISSIONER.—The term ‘Commis18 sioner’ means the Commissioner of the Bureau of 

19 Customs and Border Protection. 

20 ‘‘(4) CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE OR

21 CSI.—The term ‘Container Security Initiative’ or 

22 ‘CSI’ means the program carried out by the Bureau 

23 of Customs and Border Protection under which Bu24 reau personnel are deployed to major seaports out-
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1 side the United States to work with their host coun2 try counterparts to—

3 ‘‘(A) establish security criteria to identify 

4 high-risk maritime cargo containers bound for 

5 the United States based on advance informa6 tion; 

7 ‘‘(B) identify and pre-screen such maritime 

8 cargo containers for chemical, biological, or nu9 clear weapons through examination or inspec10 tion; and 

11 ‘‘(C) develop secure or ‘smart’ maritime 

12 cargo containers. 

13 ‘‘(5) C-TPAT PROGRAM.—The term ‘C-TPAT 

14 program’ means the Customs-Trade Partnership 

15 Against Terrorism program carried out by the Bu16 reau of Customs and Border Protection under which 

17 importers, brokers, air, sea, and land carriers, and 

18 other individuals and entities in the intermodal 

19 transportation system voluntarily enter into partner20 ships with the Bureau to establish and carry out a 

21 validation process to ensure that participants are im22 plementing appropriate security measures to protect 

23 the system from being compromised by individual 

24 terrorists and terrorist organizations. 
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1 ‘‘(6) INTERAGENCY CONTAINER WORKING

2 GROUP.—The term ‘Interagency Container Working 

3 Group’ means the working group consisting of rep4 resentatives of the former United States Customs 

5 Service and the National Infrastructure Security 

6 Committee of the Department of Transportation 

7 that provided recommendations relating to the secu8 rity of intermodal cargo containers to the Office of 

9 Homeland Security in the Executive Office of the 

10 President. 

11 ‘‘(7) OPERATION SAFE COMMERCE.—The term 

12 ‘Operation Safe Commerce’ means the program car13 ried out by the Department of Transportation and 

14 the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to 

15 fund business initiatives designed to enhance secu16 rity for maritime cargo containers moving within the 

17 intermodal transportation system. 

18 ‘‘(8) SMART AND SECURE TRADE LANE PRO19 GRAM.—The term ‘Smart and Secure Trade Lane 

20 Program’ means the program carried out by the 

21 intermodal transportation industry to provide secu22 rity and ensure efficiency throughout the intermodal 

23 transportation system, specifically by developing 

24 technology to improve the security of intermodal 

25 cargo containers and to improve information sharing 
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1 within the industry relating to such security and ef2 ficiency.’’

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

4 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

5 amended by adding after the items relating to subtitle F 

6 of title IV the following new items:

‘‘Subtitle G—Bureau of Customs and Border Protection Security Programs 

‘‘Sec. 481. Standards for the security of maritime cargo containers. 

‘‘Sec. 482. Validation of security measures under the C-TPAT program. 

‘‘Sec. 483. Deployment of radiation detection portal equipment; integrated 

cargo inspection system. 

‘‘Sec. 484. Staffing assessment of seaport security missions. 

‘‘Sec. 485. CSI report. 

‘‘Sec. 486. Definitions.’’.

7 SEC. 102. REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF UNCLAIMED MER8 CHANDISE. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 701 of title 46, United 

10 States Code, is amended—

11 (1) by redesignating section 70117 as section 

12 70118; and 

13 (2) by inserting after section 70116 the fol14 lowing new section: 

15 ‘‘§ 70117. Removal and storage of unclaimed mer16 chandise 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro18 vision of law, the Secretary shall require any uncleared, 

19 imported merchandise remaining on the pier or wharf onto 

20 which it was unladen for more than 7 calendar days to 

21 be removed from the pier or wharf and deposited in the 
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1 public stores or a general order warehouse, where it shall 

2 be inspected for determination of contents, and thereafter 

3 a permit for its delivery may be granted. 

4 ‘‘(b) PENALTY.—The Secretary may impose an ad5 ministrative penalty of $5,000 for each bill of lading for 

6 general order merchandise remaining on a wharf or pier 

7 in violation of subsection (a).’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis 

9 for chapter 701 of title 46, United States Code, is amend10 ed by striking the last item and inserting the following:

‘‘70117. Removal and storage of unclaimed merchandise. 

‘‘70118. Civil penalty.’’.

11 TITLE II—PORT SECURITY 

12 SEC. 201. ADMINISTRATION OF PORT SECURITY GRANTS BY 

13 SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 

14 (a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—Section 70107(a) of title 

15 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Under Secretary for 

17 Border and Transportation Security of the Department of 

18 Homeland Security shall establish a grant program for 

19 making a fair and equitable allocation of funds to imple20 ment Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans and 

21 to help fund compliance with Federal security plan among 

22 port authorities, facility operators, and State and local 

23 agencies required to provide security services. Grants shall 

24 be made on the basis of the need to address vulnerabilities 
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1 in security subject to review and comment by the appro2 priate Federal Maritime Security Coordinators and the 

3 Maritime Administration. The grant program shall take 

4 into account national economic and strategic defense con5 cerns and shall be coordinated with the Director of the 

6 Office of Domestic Preparedness to ensure that the grant 

7 process is consistent with other Department of Homeland 

8 Security grant programs.’’. 

9 (b) LETTER OF INTENT.—

10 (1) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE.—The Secretary of 

11 Homeland Security may issue a letter of intent to a 

12 seaport committing to obligate from future budget 

13 authority available for grants under section 70107 of 

14 title 46, United States Code,, an amount equal to 

15 not more than the Federal share of the costs of a 

16 security improvement project (including project de17 sign and interest costs) having a total cost of 

18 $10,000,000 or more. 

19 (2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 

20 shall transmit to the Committees on Appropriations 

21 and Homeland Security of the House of Representa22 tives and the Committees on Appropriations and 

23 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen24 ate a written notification at least 3 days before the 

25 issuance of a letter of intent under this subsection. 
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1 (3) LIMITATIONS.—A letter of intent issued 

2 under this subsection is not an obligation of the 

3 Government for purposes of section 1501 of title 31, 

4 United States Code, and shall not be considered to 

5 be an administrative commitment for financing. An 

6 obligation or administrative commitment pursuant to 

7 a letter of intent issued under this subsection may 

8 be made only as amounts are provided in appropria9 tions Acts to carry out the project that is the subject 

10 of the letter. 

11 (4) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

12 this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the ob13 ligation of amounts pursuant to a letter of intent 

14 under this subsection in the same fiscal year as the 

15 letter of intent is issued. 

16 (5) APPLICATION OF ADDITIONAL REQUIRE17 MENTS.—The Secretary may require as a condition 

18 for issuance of a letter of intent under this sub19 section such reasonable administrative requirements 

20 as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 

21 SEC. 202. PORT SECURITY GRANT FUNDING. 

22 Section 70107(h) of title 46, United States Code, is 

23 amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

3 out subsections (a) through (g)—

4 ‘‘(1) $537,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and 

5 ‘‘(2) such sums as are necessary for each subse6 quent fiscal year.’’. 

7 SEC. 203. DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-RANGE VESSEL TRACK8 ING SYSTEM. 

9 Section 70115 of title 46, United States Code, is 

10 amended—

11 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) In General.—’’ before the 

12 first sentence; 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 

14 and 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(b) PLAN.—(1) The Secretary shall, by no later 

17 than December 31, 2004, issue a plan to develop and im18 plement the vessel tracking system required by subsection 

19 (a). 

20 ‘‘(2) The plan—

21 ‘‘(A) shall be designed to ensure that the vessel 

22 tracking system is capable of providing information 

23 regarding the position of each vessel traveling to the 

24 United States from an overseas port, throughout the 

25 voyage of the vessel; 
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1 ‘‘(B) shall designate—

2 ‘‘(i) the Federal agencies that are respon3 sible for the operation of the system; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) the Federal, State, and local agencies 

5 and persons in the private sector that will have 

6 access to the information provided by the sys7 tem; 

8 ‘‘(C) shall include timelines, costs, and other re9 sources required to operate such a system; and 

10 ‘‘(D) shall require that, during the 96-hour pe11 riod preceding the entry of a vessel into a port in 

12 the United States, information regarding the loca13 tion of the vessel—

14 ‘‘(i) shall be submitted to the Secretary; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(ii) shall be available to Federal, State, 

17 and local agencies and persons in the private 

18 sector that are otherwise authorized to have ac19 cess to the information. 

20 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall submit the plan to the Com21 mittee of Appropriations, the Committee on Transpor22 tation and Infrastructure, and the Select Committee on 

23 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 

24 the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Com25 merce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee 
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1 on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, by not later than 

2 the 180 days after the date of the enactment of this sub3 section.’’. 

4 SEC. 204. MARITIME INFORMATION REPORT. 

5 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

7 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan 

8 for the implementation of section 70113 of title 46, United 

9 States Code. The plan shall—

10 (1) identify all Federal agencies with maritime 

11 information relating to vessels, crew, passengers, 

12 cargo, and cargo shippers; 

13 (2) establish a timeline for coordinating the ef14 forts of those Federal agencies in the collection of 

15 maritime information; 

16 (3) establish a timeline for the incorporation 

17 into implementation of such section of information 

18 on vessel movements derived through the implemen19 tation of sections 70114 and 70115 of title 46, 

20 United States Code; and 

21 (4) include recommendations on co-locating 

22 agency personnel in order to maximize expertise, 

23 minimize cost, and avoid redundancy. 
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1 SEC. 205. NATIONAL MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SECU2 RITY PLAN. 

3 No later than 180 days after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

5 submit to the appropriate congressional committees the 

6 National Maritime Transportation Security Plan required 

7 under section 70103 of title 46, United States Code. 

8 SEC. 206. FUNDING FOR COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM FOR 

9 DEVELOPMENT OF MARITIME INFORMATION 

10 SHARING AND ANALYSIS CAPABILITY. 

11 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2005.—Of the amounts authorized 

12 to be appropriated to the Department of Homeland Secu13 rity, $3,000,000 shall be available for a grant to assist 

14 the maritime industry to develop and operare a 

15 colloaborative maritime information sharing and analysis 

16 capability. 

17 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con18 gress that—

19 (1) the President should include in budget re20 quests submitted for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 suf21 ficient funds to ensure that such a maritime infor22 mation sharing and analysis capability is fully oper23 ational before fiscal year 2008; and 

24 (2) the maritime industry should pay at least 

25 half of the operating costs of such capability in26 curred in fiscal year 2008 and thereafter. 
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1 SEC. 207. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 

2 DEFINED. 

3 In this title the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com4 mittees’’ means the Committee on Transportation and In5 frastructure, the Select Committee on Homeland Security, 

6 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

7 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science 

8 and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations 

9 of the Senate. 

10 TITLE III—STRENGTHENING THE 

11 COAST GUARD 

12 SEC. 301. ACCELERATION OF INTEGRATED DEEPWATER 

13 PROGRAM. 

14 In addition to any other amounts authorized, there 

15 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Home16 land Security $1,892,000,000 for the acquisition and con17 struction of vessels, aircraft, shore and offshore facilities 

18 and other components associated with the Integrated 

19 Deepwater System in accordance with the report required 

20 by section 888 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (116 

21 Stat. 2250). 

22 SEC. 302. AIS INFRASTRUCTURE. 

23 In addition to any other amounts authorized, there 

24 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Home25 land Security $4,000,000 for the acquisition and construc26 tion of shore-based equipment and infrastructure associ-
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1 ated with the Automated Identification System authorized 

2 by section 70114 of title 46, United States Code, for ports 

3 that do not have Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Services. 

4 SEC. 303. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED COAST GUARD PER5 SONNEL. 

6 The Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-year 

7 strength for active duty personnel of 50,000 as of Sep8 tember 30 of each of 2004, 2005, and 2006. 

9 SEC. 304. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING 

10 NEW VESSELS UNDER THE DEEPWATER PRO11 GRAM FOR CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 

12 It is the sense of the Congress that the Coast Guard 

13 should consider including in its naming protocols for new 

14 vessels constructed under the Deepwater Program the 

15 names of cities of the United States, in recognition of their 

16 support and friendly relationship to the Coast Guard and 

17 the challenge to cities in the United States from terrorism.

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