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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6023 
To prohibit the owner of a foreign vessel having the capacity to transport 
more than 100 passengers from using a United States port if the owner 
does not notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation within 24 hours 
of a crime against the person of a United States citizen on the vessel, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2006 
Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. ABERCROMBIE) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
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 prohibit the owner of a foreign vessel having the capacity 
to transport more than 100 passengers from using a 
United States port if the owner does not notify the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation within 24 hours of a 
crime against the person of a United States citizen on 
the vessel, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. NOTIFICATION OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF IN-
VESTIGATION. 
If a citizen of the United States is the victim of a 
crime of violence against the person of the victim (as de-
fined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code) while 
at sea on a foreign vessel (other than a ferry) that has 
the capacity to transport more than 100 passengers, the 
owner or operator of the vessel shall notify the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and shall provide 
to the Director all information concerning such incident, 
not later than 24 hours after the owner or operator be-
comes aware of the incident. 
SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT. 
If the owner or operator of a foreign vessel does not 
notify and provide information following an incident de-
scribed in section 1 within the 24-hour period required by 
section 1, that vessel and any other foreign vessel under 
the control of the owner or operator may not use a port 
of the United States, except during an emergency as de-
fined by the Secretary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating. 
SEC. 3. STATISTICS. 
The Attorney General shall keep statistics on the 
crimes reported pursuant to section 1 and shall periodi-
cally publish a report on such statistics. 
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SEC. 4. REGULATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating shall issue such regulations as 
may be necessary to carry out section 2 of this Act. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the terms ‘‘citizen of the United States’’, 
‘‘foreign vessel’’, ‘‘passenger’’, and ‘‘United States’’ have 
the meaning such terms have under section 2101 of title 
46, United States Code. 
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