I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1782 
To amend section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, to prohibit the 
Secretary of the Department in which the United States Coast Guard 
is operating from entering into an agreement relating to assessing the 
effectiveness of antiterrorism measures at a foreign port with any foreign 
government that is a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2023 
Mr. GIMENEZ (for himself and Ms. SALAZAR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, 
to prohibit the Secretary of the Department in which 
the United States Coast Guard is operating from enter-
ing into an agreement relating to assessing the effective-
ness of antiterrorism measures at a foreign port with 
any foreign government that is a state sponsor of ter-
rorism, 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 ‘‘International Port Se-
curity Enforcement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FOREIGN PORT SECURITY ASSESSMENTS. 
Section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘provided 
that’’ and all that follows through the end and 
inserting the following: ‘‘if— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary certifies that the for-
eign government or international organization— 
‘‘(i) has conducted the assessment in 
accordance with subsection (b); and 
‘‘(ii) has provided the Secretary with 
sufficient information pertaining to its as-
sessment (including information regarding 
the outcome of the assessment); and 
‘‘(B) the foreign government that con-
ducted the assessment is not a state sponsor of 
terrorism (as defined in section 3316(h)).’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed— 
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‘‘(A) to require the Secretary to treat an 
assessment conducted by a foreign government 
or an international organization as an assess-
ment that satisfies the requirement under sub-
section (a); 
‘‘(B) to limit the discretion or ability of the 
Secretary to conduct an assessment under this 
section; 
‘‘(C) to limit the authority of the Secretary 
to repatriate aliens to their respective countries 
of origin; or 
‘‘(D) to prevent the Secretary from re-
questing security and safety measures that the 
Secretary considers necessary to safeguard 
Coast Guard personnel during the repatriation 
of aliens to their respective countries of ori-
gin.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM AND INTER-
NATIONAL
TERRORIST
ORGANIZATIONS.—The 
Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(1) may not enter into an agreement under 
subsection (f)(2) with— 
‘‘(A) a foreign government that is a state 
sponsor of terrorism; or 
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‘‘(B) a foreign terrorist organization; and 
‘‘(2) shall— 
‘‘(A) deem any port that is under the juris-
diction of a foreign government that is a state 
sponsor of terrorism as not having effective 
antiterrorism measures for purposes of this sec-
tion and section 70109; and 
‘‘(B) immediately apply the sanctions de-
scribed in section 70110(a) to such port.’’. 
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