SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Maritime Ac-
tivities through Risk-based Targeting for Port Security 
Act’’ or the ‘‘SMART Port Security Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is the following: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PORT 
SECURITY PROGRAMS 
Sec. 101. Updates of maritime operations coordination plan. 
Sec. 102. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine Asset 
Deployment. 
Sec. 103. Cost-benefit analysis of co-locating operational entities. 
Sec. 104. Study of maritime security redundancies. 
Sec. 105. Acquisition and strategic sourcing of marine and aviation assets. 
Sec. 106. Port security grant program management. 
Sec. 107. Port security grant funding for mandated security personnel. 
Sec. 108. Interagency operational centers for port security. 
Sec. 109. Report on DHS aviation assets. 
Sec. 110. Small vessel threat analysis. 
Sec. 111. U.S. Customs and Border Protection workforce plan. 
Sec. 112. Integrated cross-border maritime operations between the United 
States and Canada. 
Sec. 113. Training and certification of training for port security. 
Sec. 114. Northern border unmanned aerial vehicle pilot project. 
Sec. 115. Recognition of port security assessments conducted by other entities. 
Sec. 116. Use of port security grant funds for replacement of security equip-
ment or facilities. 
TITLE II—MARITIME SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY 
Sec. 201. Strategic plan to enhance the security of the international supply 
chain. 
Sec. 202. Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism. 
Sec. 203. Recognition of other countries’ trusted shipper programs. 
Sec. 204. Pilot program for inclusion of non-asset based third party logistics 
providers in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Ter-
rorism. 
Sec. 205. Transportation Worker Identification Credential process reform. 
Sec. 206. Expiration of certain transportation worker identification credentials. 
Sec. 207. Securing the Transportation Worker Identification Credential against 
use by unauthorized aliens. 
Sec. 208. Report on Federal transportation security credentialing programs.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
101). 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Homeland Security. 
(3) FUNCTION.—The term ‘‘function’’ includes 
authorities, powers, rights, privileges, immunities, 
programs, projects, activities, duties, and respon-
sibilities. 
(4) LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘local 
government’’ means— 
(A) a county, municipality, city, town, 
township, local public authority, school district, 
special district, intrastate district, council of 
governments (regardless of whether the council 
of governments is incorporated as a nonprofit 
corporation under State law), regional or inter-
state government entity, or agency or instru-
mentality of a local government; 
(B) an Indian tribe or authorized tribal or-
ganization, or in Alaska a Native village or 
Alaska Regional Native Corporation; and
(C) a rural community, unincorporated 
town or village, or other public entity. 
(5) PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘personnel’’ means 
officers and employees. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
and any possession of the United States. 
(8) TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘terrorism’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 2 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101). 
(9) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United 
States’’, when used in a geographic sense, means 
any State of the United States, the District of Co-
lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Vir-
gin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, any posses-
sion of the United States, and any waters within the 
jurisdiction of the United States.
TITLE 
I—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY PORT 
SECURITY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 101. UPDATES OF MARITIME OPERATIONS COORDINA-
TION PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2014, the 
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a maritime operations coordination plan for 
the coordination and cooperation of maritime operations 
undertaken by the agencies within the Department. Such 
plan shall update the maritime operations coordination 
plan released by the Department in July 2011, and shall 
address the following: 
(1) Coordination of planning, integration of 
maritime operations, and development of joint situa-
tional awareness of any office or agency of the De-
partment with responsibility for maritime homeland 
security missions. 
(2) Maintaining effective information sharing 
and, as appropriate, intelligence integration, with 
Federal, State, and local officials and the private 
sector, regarding threats to maritime security. 
(3) Leveraging existing departmental coordina-
tion mechanisms, including the Interagency Oper-
ational Centers, as authorized under section 70107A
of title 46, United States Code, the U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations 
Center, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
Operational Integration Center, and other regional 
maritime operational command centers. 
(4) Cooperation and coordination with other 
agencies of the Federal Government, and State and 
local agencies, in the maritime environment, in sup-
port of maritime homeland security missions. 
(5) Work conducted within the context of other 
national and Department maritime security strategic 
guidance. 
(b) ADDITIONAL UPDATES.—Not later than July 1, 
2019, the Secretary, acting through the Department’s Of-
fice of Operations Coordination and Planning, shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees an addi-
tional update to the maritime operations coordination 
plan. 
SEC. 102. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICE 
OF AIR AND MARINE ASSET DEPLOYMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any new asset deployment by the 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and 
Marine, following the date of the enactment of this Act, 
shall, to the greatest extent practicable, occur in accord-
ance with a risk-based assessment that considers mission
needs, performance results, threats, costs, and any other 
relevant factors identified by the Secretary. Specific fac-
tors to be included in such assessment shall include, at 
a minimum, the following: 
(1) Mission requirements that prioritize the 
operational needs of field commanders to secure the 
United States border and ports. 
(2) Other Department assets available to help 
address any unmet border and port security mission 
needs. 
(3) Risk analysis showing positioning of the 
asset at issue to respond to intelligence on emerging 
terrorist and other threats. 
(4) Cost-benefit analysis showing the relative 
ability to use the asset at issue in the most cost-ef-
fective way to reduce risk and achieve mission suc-
cess. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—An assessment required 
under subsection (a) shall consider applicable Federal 
guidance, standards, and agency strategic and perform-
ance plans, including the following: 
(1) The most recent Departmental Quadrennial 
Homeland Security Review, and any follow-up guid-
ance related to such Review.
(2) The Department’s Annual Performance 
Plans. 
(3) Department policy guiding use of integrated 
risk management in resource allocation decisions. 
(4) Department and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection Strategic Plans and Resource Deploy-
ment Plans. 
(5) Applicable aviation guidance from the De-
partment, including the DHS Aviation Concept of 
Operations. 
(6) Other strategic and acquisition guidance 
promulgated by the Federal Government as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
(c) AUDIT AND REPORT.—The Inspector General of 
the Department shall biennially audit the deployment of 
new assets within U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s 
Office of Air and Marine and submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the compliance of 
the Department with the requirements of this section. 
SEC. 103. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF CO-LOCATING OPER-
ATIONAL ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For all locations in which U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and Marine 
operates that are within 25 miles of locations where any 
other Department agency also operates air and marine as-
sets, the Secretary shall conduct a cost-benefit analysis to 
consider the potential cost of and savings derived from co- 
locating aviation and maritime operational assets of the 
different agencies of the Department. In analyzing the po-
tential cost savings achieved by sharing aviation and mari-
time facilities, the study shall consider at a minimum the 
following factors: 
(1) Potential enhanced cooperation derived 
from Department personnel being co-located. 
(2) Potential cost of, and savings derived 
through, shared maintenance and logistics facilities 
and activities. 
(3) Joint use of base and facility infrastructure, 
such as runways, hangars, control towers, operations 
centers, piers and docks, boathouses, and fuel de-
pots. 
(4) Short term moving costs required in order 
to co-locate facilities. 
(5) Acquisition and infrastructure costs for en-
larging current facilities as needed. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report sum-
marizing the results of the cost-benefit analysis required
under subsection (a) and any planned actions based upon 
such results. 
SEC. 104. STUDY OF MARITIME SECURITY REDUNDANCIES. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
by not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act— 
(1) conduct a review of port security and mari-
time law enforcement operations within the Depart-
ment to identify initiatives and programs with dupli-
cative, overlapping, or redundant goals and activi-
ties, including the cost of such duplication; and 
(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the findings of the study, in-
cluding— 
(A) recommendations for consolidation, 
elimination, or increased cooperation to reduce 
unnecessary duplication found in the study; and 
(B) an analysis of personnel, maintenance, 
and operational costs related to unnecessarily 
duplicative, overlapping, or redundant goals and 
activities found in the study. 
SEC. 105. ACQUISITION AND STRATEGIC SOURCING OF MA-
RINE AND AVIATION ASSETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Before initiating the acquisition 
of any new boat or aviation asset, the Secretary shall co-
ordinate across the agencies of the Department, as appro-
priate, to— 
(1) identify common mission requirements be-
fore initiating a new acquisition program; and 
(2) standardize, to the extent practicable, 
equipment purchases, streamline the acquisition 
process, and conduct best practices for strategic 
sourcing to improve control, reduce cost, and facili-
tate oversight of asset purchases prior to issuing a 
Request for Proposal. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF AVIATION AND MARITIME 
COORDINATION MECHANISM.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall establish a coordinating mechanism for aviation and 
maritime issues, including issues related to the acquisi-
tion, administration, operations, maintenance, and joint 
management across the Department, in order to decrease 
procurement and operational costs and increase effi-
ciencies. 
(c) SPECIAL RULE.—For the purposes of this section, 
a boat shall be considered any vessel less than 65 feet in 
length. 
SEC. 106. PORT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. 
(a) DETERMINATION
OF
APPLICATIONS.—Section 
70107(g) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Any entity’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any entity’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary shall, not later 
than 60 days after the date on which an applicant 
submits a complete application for a grant under 
this section, either approve or disapprove the appli-
cation.’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION OF COST SHARE DETERMINA-
TIONS.—Section 70107(c)(2) of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) HIGHER
LEVEL
OF
SUPPORT
RE-
QUIRED.—If the Secretary or the Secretary’s 
designee determines that a proposed project 
merits support and cannot be undertaken with-
out a higher rate of Federal support, then the 
Secretary or the Secretary’s designee may ap-
prove grants under this section for that project 
with a matching requirement other than that 
specified in paragraph (1).’’; and
mits a complete application for an extension of the 
period of performance for a grant, the Secretary 
shall either approve or disapprove the application.’’. 
SEC. 107. PORT SECURITY GRANT FUNDING FOR MAN-
DATED SECURITY PERSONNEL. 
Section 70107(b)(1) of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the period and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, including overtime and backfill costs incurred 
in support of other expenditures authorized under this 
subsection, except that not more than 50 percent of 
amounts received by a grantee under this section for a 
fiscal year may be used under this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 108. INTERAGENCY OPERATIONAL CENTERS FOR 
PORT SECURITY. 
(a) 
PARTICIPATING
PERSONNEL.—Section 
70107A(b)(1)(B) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, not less than part-time rep-
resentation from U. S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment,’’after ‘‘the Coast Guard’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the United States Customs and 
Border Protection, the United States Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement,’’.
(b) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act the Secretary (as that term 
is used in that section) shall transmit to the appropriate 
congressional committees an assessment of— 
(1) interagency operational centers under such 
section and the implementation of the amendments 
made by this section; 
(2) participation in such centers and by Federal 
agencies, State and local law enforcement agencies, 
port security agencies, and other public and private 
sector entities, including joint daily operational co-
ordination, training and certifying of non-Federal 
law enforcement personnel, and joint training exer-
cises; 
(3) deployment of interoperable communications 
equipment under subsection (e) of such section, in-
cluding— 
(A) an assessment of the cost-effectiveness 
and utility of such equipment for Federal agen-
cies, State and local law enforcement agencies, 
port security agencies, and other public and pri-
vate sector entities; 
(B) data showing which Federal agencies, 
State and local law enforcement agencies, port
security agencies, and other public and private 
sector entities are utilizing such equipment; 
(C) an explanation of the process in place 
to obtain and incorporate feedback from Fed-
eral agencies, State and local law enforcement 
agencies, port security agencies, and other pub-
lic and private sector entities that are utilizing 
such equipment in order to better meet their 
needs; and 
(D) an updated deployment schedule and 
life cycle cost estimate for the deployment of 
such equipment; and 
(4) mission execution and mission support ac-
tivities of such centers, including daily coordination 
activities, information sharing, intelligence integra-
tion, and operational planning. 
SEC. 109. REPORT ON DHS AVIATION ASSETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report that analyzes and com-
pares the costs, capabilities, and missions of different 
aviation assets, including unmanned aerial vehicles, uti-
lized by the Department to assess the relative costs of un-
manned aerial vehicles as compared to manned aerial vehi-
cles, and any increased operational benefits offered by un-
manned aerial vehicles as compared to manned aviation 
assets. 
(b) REQUIRED DATA.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall include a detailed assessment of costs 
for operating each type of asset described in such report, 
including— 
(1) fuel costs; 
(2) crew and staffing costs; 
(3) maintenance costs; 
(4) communication and satellite bandwidth 
costs; 
(5) costs associated with the acquisition of each 
type of such asset; and 
(6) any other relevant costs necessary to pro-
vide a holistic analysis and to identify potential cost 
savings. 
SEC. 110. SMALL VESSEL THREAT ANALYSIS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report analyzing the threat of, 
vulnerability to, and consequence of an act of terrorism 
using a small vessel to attack United States vessels, ports, 
or maritime interests.
SEC. 111. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WORK-
FORCE PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for 
optimizing staffing levels for U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection personnel to carry out the mission of the De-
partment, including optimal levels of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection staffing required to conduct all border 
security functions. 
(b) CONSIDERATION
OF
PRIOR
STAFFING
RE-
SOURCES.—The staffing plan required under subsection 
(a) shall consider previous staffing models prepared by the 
Department and assessments of threat and vulnerabilities. 
SEC. 112. INTEGRATED CROSS-BORDER MARITIME OPER-
ATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND 
CANADA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 432. INTEGRATED CROSS-BORDER MARITIME OPER-
ATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND 
CANADA. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized 
to establish an Integrated Cross-Border Maritime Oper-
ations Program to coordinate maritime security operations
between the United States and Canada (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Program’). 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall administer the 
Program in a manner that results in a cooperative ap-
proach between the United States and Canada to 
strengthen border security and detect, prevent, suppress, 
investigate, and respond to terrorism and violations of law 
related to border security. 
‘‘(c) TRAINING.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, may— 
‘‘(1) establish, as an element of the Program, 
a training program to create designated maritime 
law enforcement officers; 
‘‘(2) conduct training jointly with Canada, in-
cluding training— 
‘‘(A) on the detection and apprehension of 
suspected terrorists and individuals attempting 
to unlawfully cross or unlawfully use the inter-
national maritime border between the United 
States and Canada, to enhance border security; 
‘‘(B) on the integration, analysis, and dis-
semination of port security information between 
the United States and Canada;