H. R. 4954
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
An Act 
To improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Security and 
Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Port 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—SECURITY OF UNITED STATES SEAPORTS 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 101. Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan to include salvage response 
plan. 
Sec. 102. Requirements relating to maritime facility security plans. 
Sec. 103. Unannounced inspections of maritime facilities. 
Sec. 104. Transportation security card. 
Sec. 105. Study to identify redundant background records checks. 
Sec. 106. Prohibition of issuance of transportation security cards to persons con-
victed of certain felonies. 
Sec. 107. Long-range vessel tracking. 
Sec. 108. Establishment of interagency operational centers for port security. 
Sec. 109. Notice of arrival for foreign vessels on the Outer Continental Shelf. 
Sec. 110. Enhanced crewmember identification. 
Subtitle B—Port Security Grants; Training and Exercise Programs 
Sec. 111. Risk assessment tool. 
Sec. 112. Port security grants. 
Sec. 113. Port Security Training Program. 
Sec. 114. Port Security Exercise Program. 
Sec. 115. Facility exercise requirements. 
Subtitle C—Port Operations 
Sec. 121. Domestic radiation detection and imaging. 
Sec. 122. Inspection of car ferries entering from abroad. 
Sec. 123. Random searches of containers. 
Sec. 124. Work stoppages and employee-employer disputes. 
Sec. 125. Threat assessment screening of port truck drivers. 
Sec. 126. Border Patrol unit for United States Virgin Islands. 
Sec. 127. Report on arrival and departure manifests for certain commercial vessels 
in the United States Virgin Islands. 
Sec. 128. Center of Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness. 
TITLE II—SECURITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
Sec. 201. Strategic plan to enhance the security of the international supply chain.
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Sec. 202. Post-incident resumption of trade. 
Sec. 203. Automated Targeting System. 
Sec. 204. Container security standards and procedures. 
Sec. 205. Container Security Initiative. 
Subtitle B—Customs–Trade Partnership Against Terrorism 
Sec. 211. Establishment. 
Sec. 212. Eligible entities. 
Sec. 213. Minimum requirements. 
Sec. 214. Tier 1 participants in C–TPAT. 
Sec. 215. Tier 2 participants in C–TPAT. 
Sec. 216. Tier 3 participants in C–TPAT. 
Sec. 217. Consequences for lack of compliance. 
Sec. 218. Third party validations. 
Sec. 219. Revalidation. 
Sec. 220. Noncontainerized cargo. 
Sec. 221. C–TPAT program management. 
Sec. 222. Additional personnel. 
Sec. 223. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 231. Pilot integrated scanning system. 
Sec. 232. Screening and scanning of cargo containers. 
Sec. 233. International cooperation and coordination. 
Sec. 234. Foreign port assessments. 
Sec. 235. Pilot program to improve the security of empty containers. 
Sec. 236. Information sharing relating to supply chain security cooperation. 
TITLE III—ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 301. Office of Cargo Security Policy. 
Sec. 302. Reauthorization of Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory 
Committee. 
Sec. 303. Research, development, test, and evaluation efforts in furtherance of mar-
itime and cargo security. 
TITLE IV—AGENCY RESOURCES AND OVERSIGHT 
Sec. 401. Trade and customs revenue functions of the department. 
Sec. 402. Office of international trade; oversight. 
Sec. 403. Resources. 
Sec. 404. Negotiations. 
Sec. 405. International Trade Data System. 
Sec. 406. In-bond cargo. 
Sec. 407. Sense of the Senate. 
TITLE V—DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
Sec. 501. Establishment of Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. 
Sec. 502. Technology research and development investment strategy for nuclear 
and radiological detection. 
TITLE VI—COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE ALERTS 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Federal Communications Commission duties. 
Sec. 603. Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 604. Research and development. 
Sec. 605. Grant program for remote community alert systems. 
Sec. 606. Funding. 
Sec. 607. Essential services disaster assistance. 
Sec. 608. Community disaster loans. 
Sec. 609. Public facilities. 
Sec. 610. Expedited payments. 
Sec. 611. Use of local contracting. 
Sec. 612. FEMA programs. 
Sec. 613. Homeland security definition. 
TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 701. Security plan for essential air service and small community airports. 
Sec. 702. Disclosures regarding homeland security grants. 
Sec. 703. Trucking security. 
Sec. 704. Air and Marine Operations of the Northern Border Air Wing. 
Sec. 705. Phaseout of vessels supporting oil and gas development.
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Sec. 706. Coast Guard property in Portland, Maine. 
Sec. 707. Methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals. 
Sec. 708. Aircraft charter customer and lessee prescreening program. 
Sec. 709. Protection of health and safety during disasters. 
TITLE VIII—UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 801. Short title. 
Sec. 802. Prohibition on acceptance of any payment instrument for unlawful Inter-
net gambling. 
Sec. 803. Internet gambling in or through foreign jurisdictions.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—Except as 
otherwise provided, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means—
(A) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Finance of the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate; 
(E) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; 
(F) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives; 
(G) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives; 
(H) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(I) other congressional committees, as appropriate. 
(2) COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The 
term ‘‘Commercial Operations Advisory Committee’’ means the 
Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 9503(c) 
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (19 U.S.C. 
2071 note) or any successor committee. 
(3) COMMERCIAL SEAPORT PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘commer-
cial seaport personnel’’ includes any person engaged in an 
activity relating to the loading or unloading of cargo or pas-
sengers, the movement or tracking of cargo, the maintenance 
and repair of intermodal equipment, the operation of cargo-
related equipment (whether or not integral to the vessel), and 
the handling of mooring lines on the dock when a vessel is 
made fast or let go in the United States. 
(4) COMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commissioner’’ means the 
Commissioner responsible for the United States Customs and 
Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security. 
(5) CONTAINER.—The term ‘‘container’’ has the meaning 
given the term in the International Convention for Safe Con-
tainers, with annexes, done at Geneva, December 2, 1972 (29 
UST 3707). 
(6) CONTAINER
SECURITY
DEVICE.—The term ‘‘container 
security device’’ means a device, or system, designed, at a 
minimum, to identify positively a container, to detect and record 
the unauthorized intrusion of a container, and to secure a 
container against tampering throughout the supply chain. Such 
a device, or system, shall have a low false alarm rate as 
determined by the Secretary. 
(7) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ means the 
Department of Homeland Security.
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(8) EXAMINATION.—The term ‘‘examination’’ means an 
inspection of cargo to detect the presence of misdeclared, 
restricted, or prohibited items that utilizes nonintrusive 
imaging and detection technology. 
(9) INSPECTION.—The term ‘‘inspection’’ means the com-
prehensive process used by the United States Customs and 
Border Protection to assess goods entering the United States 
to appraise them for duty purposes, to detect the presence 
of restricted or prohibited items, and to ensure compliance 
with all applicable laws. The process may include screening, 
conducting an examination, or conducting a search. 
(10) INTERNATIONAL
SUPPLY
CHAIN.—The term ‘‘inter-
national supply chain’’ means the end-to-end process for ship-
ping goods to or from the United States beginning at the 
point of origin (including manufacturer, supplier, or vendor) 
through a point of distribution to the destination. 
(11) RADIATION DETECTION EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘‘radi-
ation detection equipment’’ means any technology that is 
capable of detecting or identifying nuclear and radiological 
material or nuclear and radiological explosive devices. 
(12) SCAN.—The term ‘‘scan’’ means utilizing nonintrusive 
imaging equipment, radiation detection equipment, or both, 
to capture data, including images of a container. 
(13) SCREENING.—The term ‘‘screening’’ means a visual 
or automated review of information about goods, including 
manifest or entry documentation accompanying a shipment 
being imported into the United States, to determine the pres-
ence of misdeclared, restricted, or prohibited items and assess 
the level of threat posed by such cargo. 
(14) SEARCH.—The term ‘‘search’’ means an intrusive exam-
ination in which a container is opened and its contents are 
devanned 
and 
visually 
inspected 
for 
the 
presence 
of 
misdeclared, restricted, or prohibited items. 
(15) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security. 
(16) TRANSPORTATION
DISRUPTION.—The term ‘‘transpor-
tation disruption’’ means any significant delay, interruption, 
or stoppage in the flow of trade caused by a natural disaster, 
heightened threat level, an act of terrorism, or any transpor-
tation security incident (as defined in section 70101(6) of title 
46, United States Code). 
(17) TRANSPORTATION
SECURITY
INCIDENT.—The term 
‘‘transportation security incident’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 70101(6) of title 46, United States Code. 
TITLE I—SECURITY OF UNITED STATES 
SEAPORTS 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SEC. 101. AREA MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SECURITY PLAN TO 
INCLUDE SALVAGE RESPONSE PLAN. 
Section 70103(b)(2) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended—