In the Senate of the United States, 
June 10, 2010. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3360) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 46, United 
States Code, to establish requirements to ensure the security 
and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels, and for 
other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Cruise vessel security and safety requirements. 
Sec. 4. Offset of administrative costs. 
Sec. 5. Budgetary effects. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings:
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(1) There are approximately 200 overnight 
ocean-going cruise vessels worldwide. The average 
ocean-going cruise vessel carries 2,000 passengers 
with a crew of 950 people. 
(2) In 2007 alone, approximately 12,000,000 
passengers were projected to take a cruise worldwide. 
(3) Passengers on cruise vessels have an inad-
equate appreciation of their potential vulnerability to 
crime while on ocean voyages, and those who may be 
victimized lack the information they need to under-
stand their legal rights or to know whom to contact 
for help in the immediate aftermath of the crime. 
(4) Sexual violence, the disappearance of pas-
sengers from vessels on the high seas, and other seri-
ous crimes have occurred during luxury cruises. 
(5) Over the last 5 years, sexual assault and 
physical assaults on cruise vessels were the leading 
crimes investigated by the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation with regard to cruise vessel incidents. 
(6) These crimes at sea can involve attacks both 
by passengers and crewmembers on other passengers 
and crewmembers. 
(7) Except for United States flagged vessels, or 
foreign flagged vessels operating in an area subject to 
the direct jurisdiction of the United States, there are
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no Federal statutes or regulations that explicitly re-
quire cruise lines to report alleged crimes to United 
States Government officials. 
(8) It is not known precisely how often crimes 
occur on cruise vessels or exactly how many people 
have disappeared during ocean voyages because cruise 
line companies do not make comprehensive, crime-re-
lated data readily available to the public. 
(9) Obtaining reliable crime-related cruise data 
from governmental sources can be difficult, because 
multiple countries may be involved when a crime oc-
curs on the high seas, including the flag country for 
the vessel, the country of citizenship of particular pas-
sengers, and any countries having special or mari-
time jurisdiction. 
(10) It can be difficult for professional crime in-
vestigators to immediately secure an alleged crime 
scene on a cruise vessel, recover evidence of an on-
board offense, and identify or interview potential wit-
nesses to the alleged crime. 
(11) Most cruise vessels that operate into and out 
of United States ports are registered under the laws 
of another country, and investigations and prosecu-
tions of crimes against passengers and crewmembers
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may involve the laws and authorities of multiple na-
tions. 
(12) The Department of Homeland Security has 
found it necessary to establish 500-yard security zones 
around cruise vessels to limit the risk of terrorist at-
tack. Recently piracy has dramatically increased 
throughout the world. 
(13) To enhance the safety of cruise passengers, 
the owners of cruise vessels could upgrade, modernize, 
and retrofit the safety and security infrastructure on 
such vessels by installing peep holes in passenger 
room doors, installing security video cameras in tar-
geted areas, limiting access to passenger rooms to se-
lect staff during specific times, and installing acoustic 
hailing and warning devices capable of commu-
nicating over distances. 
SEC. 3. CRUISE VESSEL SECURITY AND SAFETY REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 35 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 3507. Passenger vessel security and safety require-
ments 
‘‘(a) VESSEL DESIGN, EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, 
AND RETROFITTING REQUIREMENTS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each vessel to which this 
subsection applies shall comply with the following de-
sign and construction standards: 
‘‘(A) The vessel shall be equipped with ship 
rails that are located not less than 42 inches 
above the cabin deck. 
‘‘(B) Each passenger stateroom and crew 
cabin shall be equipped with entry doors that in-
clude peep holes or other means of visual identi-
fication. 
‘‘(C) For any vessel the keel of which is laid 
after the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel 
Security and Safety Act of 2010, each passenger 
stateroom and crew cabin shall be equipped 
with— 
‘‘(i) security latches; and 
‘‘(ii) time-sensitive key technology. 
‘‘(D) The vessel shall integrate technology 
that can be used for capturing images of pas-
sengers or detecting passengers who have fallen 
overboard, to the extent that such technology is 
available. 
‘‘(E) The vessel shall be equipped with a 
sufficient number of operable acoustic hailing or 
other such warning devices to provide commu-