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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3273 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3273

 To amend title 46, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Homeland Security or of any other department in which the Coast Guard 
   is operating to enter into agreements with foreign governments or 
   international organizations for the performance of port security 
    assessments on behalf of the Secretary, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 2011

  Mr. Rigell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend title 46, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Homeland Security or of any other department in which the Coast Guard 
   is operating to enter into agreements with foreign governments or 
   international organizations for the performance of port security 
    assessments on behalf of the Secretary, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Port Security Efficiency Act''.

SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF PORT SECURITY ASSESSMENTS CONDUCTED BY OTHER 
              ENTITIES.

    Section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Recognition of Assessment Conducted by Other Entities.--
            ``(1) Certification and treatment of assessments.--For the 
        purposes of this section and section 70109, the Secretary may 
        treat an assessment conducted by a foreign government or 
        international organization as an assessment by the Secretary 
        required by subsection (a), if the Secretary certifies that the 
        assessment was conducted in accordance with subsection (b).
            ``(2) Authorization to enter into agreements.--The 
        Secretary may enter into agreements with a foreign government 
        or international organization, under which--
                    ``(A) such government or organization may, on 
                behalf of the Secretary, conduct an assessment required 
                under subsection (a), or share with the Secretary 
                information pertaining to such assessments; and
                    ``(B) the Secretary may, on behalf of such foreign 
                government or organization, conduct an assessment 
                described in subsection (a), or share with such foreign 
                government or organization information pertaining to 
                such assessments.
            ``(3) Limitations.--
                    ``(A) Nothing in this subsection--
                            ``(i) requires the Secretary to recognize 
                        an assessment that a foreign government or an 
                        international organization conducts pursuant to 
                        this subsection; or
                            ``(ii) limits the discretion or ability of 
                        the Secretary to conduct an assessment under 
                        this section.
                    ``(B) The Secretary may not delegate the authority 
                of the Secretary under this subsection to any other 
                officer of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
                operating.''.
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