‘‘(G) the time, date, and method of the ini-
tial report and the law enforcement authority to 
which the initial report was made; 
‘‘(H) the case number or other identifier 
provided by the law enforcement authority to 
which the initial report was made; and 
‘‘(I) whether the reported incident oc-
curred on land or onboard. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT TO REPORT CRIMES AND 
OTHER INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The master of a pas-
senger vessel to which this section applies— 
‘‘(i) shall contact the nearest Federal 
Bureau of Investigation Field Office or 
Legal Attache by telephone as soon as pos-
sible after the occurrence on board the ves-
sel of an incident involving homicide, sus-
picious death, a missing United States na-
tional, kidnapping, assault with serious 
bodily injury, any offense to which section 
2241, 2242, 2243, or 2244(a) or (c) of 
title 18, United States Code, applies, firing 
or tampering with the vessel, or theft of 
money or property in excess of $10,000 to 
report the incident; 
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‘‘(ii) shall furnish a written report of 
the incident by facsimile or electronic mail 
to the Coast Guard National Command 
Center and by facsimile to the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation; 
‘‘(iii) may report any serious incident 
that does not meet the reporting require-
ments of clause (i) and that does not re-
quire immediate attention by the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation to the nearest 
Field Office or Legal Attache by facsimile 
or electronic mail; and 
‘‘(iv) may report any other criminal 
incident involving passengers or crew-
members, or both, to the proper State or 
local government law enforcement author-
ity. 
‘‘(B) INCIDENTS
TO
WHICH
SUBPARA-
GRAPH (A) APPLIES.—Subparagraph (A) ap-
plies to an incident involving criminal activity 
if— 
‘‘(i) the ship, regardless of registry, is 
owned, in whole or in part, by a United 
States person, regardless of the nationality 
of the victim or perpetrator, and the inci-
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dent occurs when the vessel is within the 
admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the 
United States and outside the jurisdiction 
of any State; 
‘‘(ii) the incident concerns an offense 
by or against a United States national 
committed outside the jurisdiction of any 
nation; 
‘‘(iii) the incident occurs in the Terri-
torial Sea of the United States, regardless 
of the nationality of the vessel, the victim, 
or the perpetrator; or 
‘‘(iv) the incident concerns a victim or 
perpetrator who is a United States na-
tional on a vessel during a voyage that de-
parted from or will arrive at a United 
States port. 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY
OF
INCIDENT
DATA
VIA 
INTERNET.— 
‘‘(A) 
WEBSITE.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
maintain, on an Internet site of the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating, a nu-
merical accounting of the missing persons and 
alleged crimes recorded in each report filed 
under paragraph (1)(A). The data shall be up-
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dated no less frequently than quarterly, aggre-
gated by cruise line, and each cruise line shall 
be identified by name. 
‘‘(B) ACCESS TO WEBSITE.—Each cruise 
line taking on or discharging passengers in the 
United States shall include a link on its Inter-
net website to the website maintained by the 
Secretary under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(d) CREW DATABASE REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall prescribe regulations that require the owner 
of each vessel to which this section applies to participate 
in the establishment and maintenance of a database for 
reporting all individuals whose employment on such a ves-
sel has been terminated for a matter reported under sub-
section (c)(1)(A). 
‘‘(e) RAPE KITS.—The owner of a vessel to which this 
section applies shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain on the vessel adequate, in-date 
supplies of anti-retroviral medications and other 
medications used to prevent sexually transmitted 
diseases after a sexual assault; 
‘‘(2) maintain on the vessel equipment and ma-
terials for performing a medical examination to 
evaluate the patient for trauma, treat injury, and 
collect forensic evidence; 
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‘‘(3) make available on the vessel at all times 
an individual licensed to practice as a medical doctor 
in the United States who has received training in 
conducting forensic sexual assault examinations, to 
promptly perform such an examination upon request 
and to provide proper medical treatment of a victim, 
including antiretroviral medications and other medi-
cations that may prevent the transmission of human 
immunodeficiency virus and other sexually trans-
mitted diseases; 
‘‘(4) prepare, provide to the individual, and 
maintain written documentation of the performance 
and findings of such examination that is signed by 
the individual and ensure that no medical informa-
tion is released to the cruise line or any legal rep-
resentative thereof without the prior knowledge and 
approval in writing of the victim, or, if the victim is 
unable to provide written authorization, the victim’s 
next-of-kin; and 
‘‘(5) provide the individual free and immediate 
access to— 
‘‘(A) a description of the toll-free telephone 
number and website by which the individual 
may access the National Sexual Assault Hotline 
and the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline 
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