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or engaging in a violation of law relating to a threat or an act 
of terrorism (as that term is defined in section 3077 of title 18) 
against a vessel, facility, port, or waterway. 
‘‘(c) INFORMATION; TRAINING.— 
‘‘(1) INFORMATION.—The Secretary may establish, as an 
element of the Program, a network of individuals and commu-
nity-based organizations that encourage the public and industry 
to recognize activities referred to in subsection (b), promote 
voluntary reporting of such activity, and enhance the situa-
tional awareness within the Nation’s ports and waterways. 
Such network shall, to the extent practicable, be conducted 
in cooperation with Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
agencies. 
‘‘(2) TRAINING.—The Secretary may provide training in— 
‘‘(A) observing and reporting on covered activities; and 
‘‘(B) sharing such reports and coordinating the response 
by Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. 
‘‘(d) VOLUNTARY
PARTICIPATION.—Participation in the Pro-
gram— 
‘‘(1) shall be wholly voluntary; 
‘‘(2) shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for, or receipt 
of, any other service or assistance from, or to participation 
in, any other program of any kind; and 
‘‘(3) shall not require disclosure of information regarding 
the individual reporting covered activities or, for proprietary 
purposes, the location of such individual. 
‘‘(e) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordinate the Pro-
gram with other like watch programs. The Secretary shall submit, 
concurrent with the President’s budget submission for each fiscal 
year, a report on coordination of the Program and like watch pro-
grams within the Department of Homeland Security to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated for the purposes of this section $3,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2011 through 2016. Such funds shall remain 
available until expended.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for chapter 
701 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 70121 the following: 
‘‘70122. Waterway watch program.’’. 
SEC. 802. TRANSPORTATION WORKER IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after completing 
the pilot program under section 70105(k)(1) of title 46, United 
States Code, to test TWIC access control technologies at port facili-
ties and vessels nationwide, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate, and to the Comptroller General a 
report containing an assessment of the results of the pilot. The 
report shall include— 
(1) the findings of the pilot program with respect to key 
technical and operational aspects of implementing TWIC tech-
nologies in the maritime sector;
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(2) a comprehensive listing of the extent to which estab-
lished metrics were achieved during the pilot program; and 
(3) an analysis of the viability of those technologies for 
use in the maritime environment, including any challenges 
to implementing those technologies and strategies for miti-
gating identified challenges. 
(b) GAO ASSESSMENT.—The Comptroller General shall review 
the report and submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate an assessment of the 
report’s findings and recommendations. 
SEC. 803. INTERAGENCY OPERATIONAL CENTERS FOR PORT SECURITY. 
Section 70107A(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (3); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs 
(2) and (3), respectively; 
(3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 
the following: 
‘‘(1)(A) include— 
‘‘(i) information management systems, and 
‘‘(ii) sensor management systems; and 
‘‘(B) where practicable, provide for the physical co-location 
of the Coast Guard and, as the Secretary determines appro-
priate, representatives of the United States Customs and 
Border Protection, the United States Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the 
Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, and other 
Federal agencies, State and local law enforcement or port secu-
rity personnel, members of the Area Maritime Security Com-
mittee, and other public and private sector stakeholders 
adversely affected by a transportation security incident or 
transportation disruption;’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘existing centers, including—’’ and 
inserting ‘‘existing centers;’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (A) and (B); and 
(5) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (3), as so 
redesignated. 
SEC. 804. DEPLOYABLE, SPECIALIZED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 70106 of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 70106. Deployable, specialized forces 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To enhance the domestic maritime secu-
rity capability of the United States, the Secretary shall estab-
lish deployable specialized forces of varying capabilities as are 
needed to safeguard the public and protect vessels, harbors, 
ports, facilities, and cargo in waters subject to the jurisdiction 
of the United States from destruction, loss or injury from crime, 
or sabotage due to terrorist activity, and to respond to such 
activity in accordance with the transportation security plans 
developed under section 70103. 
‘‘(2) ENHANCED
TEAMS.—Such specialized forces shall 
include no less than two enhanced teams to serve as deployable
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forces capable of combating terrorism, engaging in interdiction, 
law enforcement, and advanced tactical maritime security oper-
ations to address known or potentially armed security threats 
(including non-compliant actors at sea), and participating in 
homeland security, homeland defense, and counterterrorism 
exercises in the maritime environment. 
‘‘(b) MISSION.—The combined force of the specialized forces 
established under subsection (a) shall be trained, equipped, and 
capable of being deployed to— 
‘‘(1) deter, protect against, and rapidly respond to threats 
of maritime terrorism; 
‘‘(2) conduct maritime operations to protect against and 
disrupt illegal use, access to, or proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction; 
‘‘(3) enforce moving or fixed safety or security zones estab-
lished pursuant to law; 
‘‘(4) conduct high speed intercepts; 
‘‘(5) board, search, and seize any article or thing on or 
at, respectively, a vessel or facility found to present a risk 
to the vessel or facility, or to a port; 
‘‘(6) rapidly deploy to supplement United States armed 
forces domestically or overseas; 
‘‘(7) respond to criminal or terrorist acts so as to minimize, 
insofar as possible, the disruption caused by such acts; 
‘‘(8) assist with facility vulnerability assessments required 
under this chapter; and 
‘‘(9) carry out any other missions of the Coast Guard as 
are assigned to it by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) MINIMIZATION OF RESPONSE TIMES.—The enhanced teams 
established under subsection (a)(2) shall, to the extent practicable, 
be stationed in such a way so as to minimize the response time 
to maritime terrorist threats and potential or actual transportation 
security incidents. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—To the maximum 
extent feasible, the combined force of the specialized forces estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall coordinate their activities with 
other Federal, State, and local law enforcement and emergency 
response agencies.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for chapter 
701 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 70106 and inserting the following: 
‘‘70106. Deployable, specialized forces.’’. 
SEC. 805. COAST GUARD DETECTION CANINE TEAM PROGRAM EXPAN-
SION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) CANINE DETECTION TEAM.—The term ‘‘detection canine 
team’’ means a canine and a canine handler that are trained 
to detect narcotics or explosives, or other threats as defined 
by the Secretary. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Homeland Security. 
(b) DETECTION CANINE TEAMS.— 
(1) INCREASED CAPACITY.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Secretary shall—
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(A) begin to increase the number of detection canine 
teams certified by the Coast Guard for the purposes of 
maritime-related security by no fewer than 10 canine teams 
annually through fiscal year 2012; and 
(B) encourage owners and operators of port facilities, 
passenger cruise liners, oceangoing cargo vessels, and other 
vessels identified by the Secretary to strengthen security 
through the use of highly trained detection canine teams. 
(2) CANINE PROCUREMENT.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall procure detection 
canine teams as efficiently as possible, including, to the greatest 
extent possible, through increased domestic breeding, while 
meeting the performance needs and criteria established by the 
Commandant. 
(c) DEPLOYMENT.—The Secretary shall prioritize deployment 
of the additional canine teams to ports based on risk, consistent 
with the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–347). 
SEC. 806. COAST GUARD PORT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) FOREIGN PORT ASSESSMENT.—Chapter 701 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end of section 70108 the following: 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—The absence 
of an inspection of a foreign port shall not bar the Secretary from 
making a finding that a port in a foreign country does not maintain 
effective antiterrorism measures.’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘If the Secretary, after conducting an assess-
ment under section 70108, finds that a port in a foreign country 
does not maintain effective antiterrorism measures,’’ in section 
70109(a) and inserting ‘‘Unless the Secretary finds that a port 
in a foreign country maintains effective antiterrorism meas-
ures,’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘If the Secretary finds that a foreign port 
does not maintain effective antiterrorism measures,’’ in section 
70110(a) and inserting ‘‘Unless the Secretary finds that a for-
eign port maintains effective antiterrorism measures,’’. 
(b) ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Section 70110 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) COAST GUARD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may lend, lease, donate, 
or otherwise provide equipment, and provide technical training 
and support, to the owner or operator of a foreign port or 
facility— 
‘‘(A) to assist in bringing the port or facility into compli-
ance with applicable International Ship and Port Facility 
Code standards; and 
‘‘(B) to assist the port or facility in correcting defi-
ciencies identified in periodic port assessments and 
reassessments required under section 70108 of this title. 
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS.—The Secretary— 
‘‘(A) may provide such assistance based upon an assess-
ment of the risks to the security of the United States 
and the inability of the owner or operator of the port 
or facility to bring the port or facility into compliance 
with those standards and to maintain compliance with, 
or exceed, such standards;