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(A) how the centers collaborate 
and coordinate their efforts; and 
(B) the resources allocated by the 
Coast Guard to both initiatives. 
SEC. 705. MARITIME SECURITY RESPONSE TEAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 70106 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by striking 
subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) MARITIME SECURITY RESPONSE TEAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to the 
maritime safety and security teams, the 
Secretary shall establish no less than two 
maritime security response teams to act as 
the Coast Guard’s rapidly deployable 
counterterrorism and law enforcement re-
sponse units that can apply advanced 
interdiction skills in response to threats 
of maritime terrorism. 
‘‘(2) MINIMIZATION OF RESPONSE TIME.— 
The maritime security response teams 
shall be stationed in such a way to mini-
mize, to the extent practicable, the re-
sponse time to any reported maritime ter-
rorist threat. 
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‘‘(d) COORDINATION
WITH
OTHER
AGEN-
CIES.—To the maximum extent feasible, each 
maritime safety and security team and mari-
time security response team shall coordinate 
its activities with other Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement and emergency response 
agencies.’’. 
SEC. 706. COAST GUARD DETECTION CANINE TEAM PRO-
GRAM EXPANSION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion: 
(1) CANINE DETECTION TEAM.—The term 
‘‘detection canine team’’ means a canine 
and a canine handler that are trained to 
detect narcotics or explosives, or other 
threats as defined by the Secretary. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
(b) DETECTION CANINE TEAMS.— 
(1) INCREASED
CAPACITY.—Not later 
than 240 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall— 
(A) begin to increase the number 
of detection canine teams certified by 
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the Coast Guard for the purposes of 
maritime-related security by no fewer 
than 
canine 
teams 
annually 
through fiscal year 2012; and 
(B) encourage owners and opera-
tors of port facilities, passenger cruise 
liners, oceangoing cargo vessels, and 
other vessels identified by the Sec-
retary to strengthen security through 
the use of highly trained detection ca-
nine teams. 
(2) CANINE
PROCUREMENT.—The Sec-
retary, acting through the Commandant 
of the Coast Guard, shall— 
(A) 
procure 
detection 
canine 
teams as efficiently as possible, in-
cluding, to the greatest extent pos-
sible, 
through 
increased 
domestic 
breeding, while meeting the perform-
ance needs and criteria established by 
the Commandant; 
(B) support expansion and up-
grading of existing canine training 
facilities operated by the department 
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in which the Coast Guard is oper-
ating; and 
(C) as appropriate, partner with 
other Federal, State, or local agencies, 
nonprofit organizations, universities, 
or the private sector to increase the 
breeding and training capacity for 
Coast Guard canine detection teams. 
(c) 
DEPLOYMENT.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
prioritize deployment of the additional canine 
teams to ports based on risk, consistent with 
the Security and Accountability For Every Port 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–347). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this section 
for fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
SEC. 707. COAST GUARD PORT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 70110 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) COAST GUARD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
lend, lease, donate, or otherwise provide 
equipment, and provide technical train-
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ing and support, to the owner or operator 
of a foreign port or facility— 
‘‘(A) to assist in bringing the port 
or facility into compliance with appli-
cable International Ship and Port Fa-
cility Code standards; 
‘‘(B) to assist the port or facility in 
meeting standards established under 
section 70109A of this chapter; and 
‘‘(C) to assist the port or facility in 
exceeding the standards described in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS.—The Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall provide such assistance 
based upon an assessment of the risks 
to the security of the United States 
and the inability of the owner or oper-
ator of the port or facility otherwise to 
bring the port or facility into compli-
ance with those standards and to 
maintain compliance with them; 
‘‘(B) may not provide such assist-
ance unless the port or facility has 
been subjected to a comprehensive 
port security assessment by the Coast 
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Guard or a third party entity certified 
by 
the 
Secretary 
under 
section 
70110A(b) to validate foreign port or 
facility compliance with International 
Ship and Port Facility Code stand-
ards; and 
‘‘(C) may only lend, lease, or other-
wise provide equipment that the Sec-
retary has first determined is not re-
quired by the Coast Guard for the per-
formance of its missions.’’. 
SEC. 708. HOMELAND SECURITY IMPACT REVIEW OF LIQUE-
FIED NATURAL GAS FACILITIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT OF APPROVAL.—No Fed-
eral agency shall license, approve, or other-
wise authorize the construction, expansion, or 
operation of an offshore or waterfront facility 
for the transfer of liquefied natural gas from 
ships to land or from land to ships unless the 
Secretary of Homeland Security has approved 
such construction, expansion, or operation 
under this section. 
(b) HOMELAND SECURITY IMPACT REVIEW.— 
Upon receipt of notice of an application for a 
license, approval, or other authorization de-
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