I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3273 
To amend title 46, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Home-
land Security or of any other department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating to enter into agreements with foreign governments or inter-
national organizations for the performance of port security assessments 
on behalf of the Secretary, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 27, 2011 
Mr. RIGELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 46, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Homeland Security or of any other depart-
ment in which the Coast Guard is operating to enter 
into agreements with foreign governments or inter-
national organizations for the performance of port secu-
rity assessments on behalf of the Secretary, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Port Security Effi-
ciency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF PORT SECURITY ASSESSMENTS 
CONDUCTED BY OTHER ENTITIES. 
Section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) RECOGNITION OF ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED BY 
OTHER ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(1) CERTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF AS-
SESSMENTS.—For the purposes of this section and 
section 70109, the Secretary may treat an assess-
ment conducted by a foreign government or inter-
national organization as an assessment by the Sec-
retary required by subsection (a), if the Secretary 
certifies that the assessment was conducted in ac-
cordance with subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AGREE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may enter into agreements 
with a foreign government or international organiza-
tion, under which— 
‘‘(A) such government or organization 
may, on behalf of the Secretary, conduct an as-
sessment required under subsection (a), or 
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share with the Secretary information pertaining 
to such assessments; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary may, on behalf of such 
foreign government or organization, conduct an 
assessment described in subsection (a), or share 
with such foreign government or organization 
information pertaining to such assessments. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) Nothing in this subsection— 
‘‘(i) requires the Secretary to recog-
nize an assessment that a foreign govern-
ment or an international organization con-
ducts pursuant to this subsection; or 
‘‘(ii) limits the discretion or ability of 
the Secretary to conduct an assessment 
under this section. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary may not delegate the 
authority of the Secretary under this subsection 
to any other officer of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating.’’. 
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