International Port Security Enforcement Act

Subjects: Transportation and Public Works


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 832 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.


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                   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

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                                 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.

    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 ``International Port Security 
Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. FOREIGN PORT SECURITY ASSESSMENTS.

    Section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``provided that'' 
                and all that follows and inserting the following: 
                ``if--
                    ``(A) the Secretary certifies that the foreign 
                government or international organization--
                            ``(i) has conducted the assessment in 
                        accordance with subsection (b); and
                            ``(ii) has provided the Secretary with 
                        sufficient information pertaining to its 
                        assessment (including information regarding the 
                        outcome of the assessment); and
                    ``(B) the foreign government that conducted the 
                assessment is not a state sponsor of terrorism (as 
                defined in section 3316(h).''; and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
            ``(3) Limitations.--Nothing in this section may be 
        construed--
                    ``(A) to require the Secretary to treat an 
                assessment conducted by a foreign government or an 
                international organization as an assessment that 
                satisfies the requirement under subsection (a);
                    ``(B) to limit the discretion or ability of the 
                Secretary to conduct an assessment under this section;
                    ``(C) to limit the authority of the Secretary to 
                repatriate aliens to their respective countries of 
                origin; or
                    ``(D) to prevent the Secretary from requesting 
                security and safety measures that the Secretary 
                considers necessary to safeguard Coast Guard personnel 
                during the repatriation of aliens to their respective 
                countries of origin.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) State Sponsors of Terrorism and International Terrorist 
Organizations.--The Secretary--
            ``(1) may not enter into an agreement under subsection 
        (f)(2) with--
                    ``(A) a foreign government that is a state sponsor 
                of terrorism; or
                    ``(B) a foreign terrorist organization; and
            ``(2) shall--
                    ``(A) deem any port that is under the jurisdiction 
                of a foreign government that is a state sponsor of 
                terrorism as not having effective antiterrorism 
                measures for purposes of this section and section 
                70109; and
                    ``(B) immediately apply the sanctions described in 
                section 70110(a) to such port.''.
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