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nication capability around the entire vessel when 
operating in high risk areas (as defined by the 
United States Coast Guard). 
‘‘(2) FIRE SAFETY CODES.—In administering the 
requirements of paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall 
take into consideration fire safety and other applica-
ble emergency requirements established by the U. S. 
Coast Guard and under international law, as appro-
priate. 
‘‘(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the requirements of para-
graph (1) shall take effect 18 months after the 
date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Security 
and Safety Act of 2010. 
‘‘(B) LATCH
AND
KEY
REQUIREMENTS.— 
The requirements of paragraph (1)(C) take effect 
on the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Se-
curity and Safety Act of 2010. 
‘‘(b) VIDEO RECORDING.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT
TO
MAINTAIN
SURVEIL-
LANCE.—The owner of a vessel to which this section 
applies shall maintain a video surveillance system to 
assist in documenting crimes on the vessel and in
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providing evidence for the prosecution of such crimes, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) ACCESS TO VIDEO RECORDS.—The owner of 
a vessel to which this section applies shall provide to 
any law enforcement official performing official du-
ties in the course and scope of an investigation, upon 
request, a copy of all records of video surveillance that 
the official believes may provide evidence of a crime 
reported to law enforcement officials. 
‘‘(c) SAFETY INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) CRIMINAL ACTIVITY PREVENTION AND RE-
SPONSE GUIDE.—The owner of a vessel to which this 
section applies (or the owner’s designee) shall— 
‘‘(A) have available for each passenger a 
guide (referred to in this subsection as the ‘secu-
rity guide’), written in commonly understood 
English, which— 
‘‘(i) provides a description of medical 
and security personnel designated on board 
to prevent and respond to criminal and 
medical situations with 24 hour contact in-
structions; 
(ii) describes the jurisdictional author-
ity applicable, and the law enforcement 
processes available, with respect to the re-
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porting of homicide, suspicious death, a 
missing United States national, kidnap-
ping, assault with serious bodily injury, 
any offense to which section 2241, 2242, 
2243, or 2244(a) or (c) of title 18 applies, 
firing or tampering with the vessel, or theft 
of money or property in excess of $10,000, 
together with contact information for the 
appropriate law enforcement authorities for 
missing persons or reportable crimes which 
arise— 
‘‘(I) in the territorial waters of 
the United States; 
‘‘(II) on the high seas; or 
‘‘(III) in any country to be visited 
on the voyage; 
‘‘(B) provide a copy of the security guide to 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation for com-
ment; and 
‘‘(C) publicize the security guide on the 
website of the vessel owner. 
‘‘(2) EMBASSY
AND
CONSULATE
LOCATIONS.— 
The owner of a vessel to which this section applies 
shall provide in each passenger stateroom, and post 
in a location readily accessible to all crew and in
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other places specified by the Secretary, information 
regarding the locations of the United States embassy 
and each consulate of the United States for each coun-
try the vessel will visit during the course of the voy-
age. 
‘‘(d) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The owner of a vessel to 
which this section applies shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain on the vessel adequate, in-date 
supplies of anti-retroviral medications and other 
medications designed to prevent sexually transmitted 
diseases after a sexual assault; 
‘‘(2) maintain on the vessel equipment and ma-
terials for performing a medical examination in sex-
ual assault cases to evaluate the patient for trauma, 
provide medical care, and preserve relevant medical 
evidence; 
‘‘(3) make available on the vessel at all times 
medical staff who have undergone a credentialing 
process to verify that he or she— 
‘‘(A) possesses a current physician’s or reg-
istered nurse’s license and— 
‘‘(i) has at least 3 years of post-grad-
uate or post-registration clinical practice in 
general and emergency medicine; or
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‘‘(ii) holds board certification in emer-
gency medicine, family practice medicine, 
or internal medicine; 
‘‘(B) is able to provide assistance in the 
event of an alleged sexual assault, has received 
training in conducting forensic sexual assault 
examination, and is able to promptly perform 
such an examination upon request and provide 
proper medical treatment of a victim, including 
administration of anti-retroviral medications 
and other medications that may prevent the 
transmission of human immunodeficiency virus 
and other sexually transmitted diseases; and 
‘‘(C) meets guidelines established by the 
American College of Emergency Physicians relat-
ing to the treatment and care of victims of sex-
ual assault; 
‘‘(4) prepare, provide to the patient, and main-
tain written documentation of the findings of such ex-
amination that is signed by the patient; and 
‘‘(5) provide the patient free and immediate ac-
cess to— 
‘‘(A) contact information for local law en-
forcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
the United States Coast Guard, the nearest
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United States consulate or embassy, and the Na-
tional Sexual Assault Hotline program or other 
third party victim advocacy hotline service; and 
‘‘(B) a private telephone line and Internet- 
accessible computer terminal by which the indi-
vidual may confidentially access law enforcement 
officials, an attorney, and the information and 
support services available through the National 
Sexual Assault Hotline program or other third 
party victim advocacy hotline service. 
‘‘(e) CONFIDENTIALITY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAM-
INATION AND SUPPORT INFORMATION.—The master or other 
individual in charge of a vessel to which this section applies 
shall— 
‘‘(1) treat all information concerning an exam-
ination under subsection (d) confidential, so that no 
medical information may be released to the cruise 
line or other owner of the vessel or any legal rep-
resentative thereof without the prior knowledge and 
approval in writing of the patient, or, if the patient 
is unable to provide written authorization, the pa-
tient’s next-of-kin, except that nothing in this para-
graph prohibits the release of— 
‘‘(A) information, other than medical find-
ings, necessary for the owner or master of the
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vessel to comply with the provisions of subsection 
(g) or other applicable incident reporting laws; 
‘‘(B) information to secure the safety of pas-
sengers or crew on board the vessel; or 
‘‘(C) any information to law enforcement 
officials performing official duties in the course 
and scope of an investigation; and 
‘‘(2) treat any information derived from, or ob-
tained in connection with, post-assault counseling or 
other supportive services confidential, so no such in-
formation may be released to the cruise line or any 
legal representative thereof without the prior knowl-
edge and approval in writing of the patient, or, if the 
patient is unable to provide written authorization, 
the patient’s next-of-kin. 
‘‘(f) CREW ACCESS TO PASSENGER STATEROOMS.— 
The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall— 
‘‘(1) establish and implement procedures and re-
strictions concerning— 
‘‘(A) which crewmembers have access to pas-
senger staterooms; and 
‘‘(B) the periods during which they have 
that access; and
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‘‘(2) ensure that the procedures and restrictions 
are fully and properly implemented and periodically 
reviewed. 
‘‘(g) LOG BOOK AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The owner of a vessel to 
which this section applies shall— 
‘‘(A) record in a log book, either electroni-
cally or otherwise, in a centralized location read-
ily accessible to law enforcement personnel, a re-
port on— 
‘‘(i) all complaints of crimes described 
in paragraph (3)(A)(i), 
‘‘(ii) all complaints of theft of property 
valued in excess of $1,000, and 
‘‘(iii) all complaints of other crimes, 
committed on any voyage that embarks or dis-
embarks passengers in the United States; and 
‘‘(B) make such log book available upon re-
quest to any agent of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, any member of the United States 
Coast Guard, and any law enforcement officer 
performing official duties in the course and scope 
of an investigation.
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‘‘(2) DETAILS REQUIRED.—The information re-
corded under paragraph (1) shall include, at a min-
imum— 
‘‘(A) the vessel operator; 
‘‘(B) the name of the cruise line; 
‘‘(C) the flag under which the vessel was op-
erating at the time the reported incident oc-
curred; 
‘‘(D) the age and gender of the victim and 
the accused assailant; 
‘‘(E) the nature of the alleged crime or com-
plaint, as applicable, including whether the al-
leged perpetrator was a passenger or a crew-
member; 
‘‘(F) the vessel’s position at the time of the 
incident, if known, or the position of the vessel 
at the time of the initial report; 
‘‘(G) the time, date, and method of the ini-
tial report and the law enforcement authority to 
which the initial report was made; 
‘‘(H) the time and date the incident oc-
curred, if known; 
‘‘(I) the total number of passengers and the 
total number of crew members on the voyage; 
and
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‘‘(J) the case number or other identifier 
provided by the law enforcement authority to 
which the initial report was made. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT
TO
REPORT
CRIMES
AND 
OTHER INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The owner of a vessel to 
which this section applies (or the owner’s des-
ignee)— 
‘‘(i) shall contact the nearest Federal 
Bureau of Investigation Field Office or 
Legal Attache by telephone as soon as pos-
sible after the occurrence on board the vessel 
of an incident involving homicide, sus-
picious death, a missing United States na-
tional, kidnapping, assault with serious 
bodily injury, any offense to which section 
2241, 2242, 2243, or 2244(a) or (c) of title 
18 applies, firing or tampering with the 
vessel, or theft of money or property in ex-
cess of $10,000 to report the incident; 
‘‘(ii) shall furnish a written report of 
the incident to an Internet based portal 
maintained by the Secretary; 
‘‘(iii) may report any serious incident 
that does not meet the reporting require-
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ments of clause (i) and that does not require 
immediate attention by the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation via the Internet based por-
tal maintained by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(iv) may report any other criminal 
incident involving passengers or crew-
members, or both, to the proper State or 
local government law enforcement authority. 
‘‘(B) INCIDENTS TO WHICH SUBPARAGRAPH 
(A) APPLIES.—Subparagraph (A) applies to an 
incident involving criminal activity if— 
‘‘(i) the vessel, regardless of registry, is 
owned, in whole or in part, by a United 
States person, regardless of the nationality 
of the victim or perpetrator, and the inci-
dent occurs when the vessel is within the ad-
miralty and maritime jurisdiction of the 
United States and outside the jurisdiction 
of any State; 
‘‘(ii) the incident concerns an offense 
by or against a United States national 
committed outside the jurisdiction of any 
nation; 
‘‘(iii) the incident occurs in the Terri-
torial Sea of the United States, regardless of
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the nationality of the vessel, the victim, or 
the perpetrator; or 
‘‘(iv) the incident concerns a victim or 
perpetrator who is a United States national 
on a vessel during a voyage that departed 
from or will arrive at a United States port. 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY
OF
INCIDENT
DATA
VIA 
INTERNET.— 
‘‘(A) WEBSITE.—The Secretary shall main-
tain a statistical compilation of all incidents de-
scribed in paragraph (3)(A)(i) on an Internet 
site that provides a numerical accounting of the 
missing persons and alleged crimes recorded in 
each report filed under paragraph (3)(A)(i) that 
are no longer under investigation by the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation. The data shall be up-
dated no less frequently than quarterly, aggre-
gated by cruise line, each cruise line shall be 
identified by name, and each crime shall be 
identified as to whether it was committed by a 
passenger or a crew member. 
‘‘(B) ACCESS
TO
WEBSITE.—Each cruise 
line taking on or discharging passengers in the 
United States shall include a link on its Internet
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website to the website maintained by the Sec-
retary under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(h) ENFORCEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(A) CIVIL PENALTY.—Any person that vio-
lates this section or a regulation under this sec-
tion shall be liable for a civil penalty of not 
more than $25,000 for each day during which 
the violation continues, except that the max-
imum penalty for a continuing violation is 
$50,000. 
‘‘(B) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Any person that 
willfully violates this section or a regulation 
under this section shall be fined not more than 
$250,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or 
both. 
‘‘(2) DENIAL
OF
ENTRY.—The Secretary may 
deny entry into the United States to a vessel to which 
this section applies if the owner of the vessel— 
‘‘(A) commits an act or omission for which 
a penalty may be imposed under this subsection; 
or 
‘‘(B) fails to pay a penalty imposed on the 
owner under this subsection.
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‘‘(i) PROCEDURES.—Within 6 months after the date 
of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act 
of 2010, the Secretary shall issue guidelines, training cur-
ricula, and inspection and certification procedures nec-
essary to carry out the requirements of this section. 
‘‘(j) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary and the Com-
mandant shall each issue such regulations as are necessary 
to implement this section. 
‘‘(k) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—This section and section 
3508 apply to a passenger vessel (as defined in sec-
tion 2101(22)) that— 
‘‘(A) is authorized to carry at least 250 pas-
sengers; 
‘‘(B) has onboard sleeping facilities for each 
passenger; 
‘‘(C) is on a voyage that embarks or dis-
embarks passengers in the United States; and 
‘‘(D) is not engaged on a coastwise voyage. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL AND STATE VESSELS.—This sec-
tion and section 3508 do not apply to a vessel of the 
United States operated by the Federal Government or 
a vessel owned and operated by a State. 
‘‘(l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 3508:
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‘‘(1) COMMANDANT.—The term ‘Commandant’ 
means the Commandant of the Coast Guard. 
‘‘(2) OWNER.—The term ‘owner’ means the 
owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or other 
individual in charge of a vessel. 
‘‘§ 3508. Crime scene preservation training for pas-
senger vessel crewmembers 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 1 year after the date of 
enactment of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 
2010, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Maritime Ad-
ministration, shall develop training standards and cur-
ricula to allow for the certification of passenger vessel secu-
rity personnel, crewmembers, and law enforcement officials 
on the appropriate methods for prevention, detection, evi-
dence preservation, and reporting of criminal activities in 
the international maritime environment. The Adminis-
trator of the Maritime Administration may certify organi-
zations in the United States and abroad that offer the cur-
riculum for training and certification under subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—The standards estab-
lished by the Secretary under subsection (a) shall include— 
‘‘(1) the training and certification of vessel secu-
rity personnel, crewmembers, and law enforcement of-
ficials in accordance with accepted law enforcement
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and security guidelines, policies, and procedures, in-
cluding recommendations for incorporating a back-
ground check process for personnel trained and cer-
tified in foreign ports; 
‘‘(2) the training of students and instructors in 
all aspects of prevention, detection, evidence preserva-
tion, and reporting of criminal activities in the inter-
national maritime environment; and 
‘‘(3) the provision or recognition of off-site train-
ing and certification courses in the United States and 
foreign countries to develop and provide the required 
training and certification described in subsection (a) 
and to enhance security awareness and security prac-
tices related to the preservation of evidence in re-
sponse to crimes on board passenger vessels. 
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—Beginning 2 
years after the standards are established under subsection 
(b), no vessel to which this section applies may enter a 
United States port on a voyage (or voyage segment) on 
which a United States citizen is a passenger unless there 
is at least 1 crewmember onboard who is certified as having 
successfully completed training in the prevention, detection, 
evidence preservation, and reporting of criminal activities 
in the international maritime environment on passenger 
vessels under subsection (a).
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‘‘(d) INTERIM TRAINING REQUIREMENT.—No vessel to 
which this section applies may enter a United States port 
on a voyage (or voyage segment) on which a United States 
citizen is a passenger unless there is at least 1 crewmember 
onboard who has been properly trained in the prevention 
detection, evidence preservation and the reporting require-
ments of criminal activities in the international maritime 
environment. The owner of a such a vessel shall maintain 
certification or other documentation, as prescribed by the 
Secretary, verifying the training of such individual and 
provide such documentation upon request for inspection in 
connection with enforcement of the provisions of this sec-
tion. This subsection shall take effect 1 year after the date 
of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Safety and Security Act 
of 2010 and shall remain in effect until superseded by the 
requirements of subsection (c). 
‘‘(e) CIVIL PENALTY.—Any person that violates this 
section or a regulation under this section shall be liable for 
a civil penalty of not more than $50,000. 
‘‘(f) DENIAL OF ENTRY.—The Secretary may deny 
entry into the United States to a vessel to which this section 
applies if the owner of the vessel— 
‘‘(1) commits an act or omission for which a 
penalty may be imposed under subsection (e); or
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‘‘(2) fails to pay a penalty imposed on the owner 
under subsection (e).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘3507. Passenger vessel security and safety requirements 
‘‘3508. Crime scene preservation training for passenger vessel crewmembers’’. 
SEC. 4. OFFSET OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 
(a) REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORT REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1130 of the Coast Guard Authoriza-
tion Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2720 note) is amended 
by striking subsection (b). 
(2) Section 112 of the Maritime Transportation 
Security Act of 2002 (46 U.S.C. 70101 note) is re-
pealed. 
(3) Section 676 of title 14, United States Code, 
is amended by striking subsection (d). 
(4) Section 355 of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended by striking subsection (h) and redesig-
nating subsection (i) as subsection (h). 
(5) Section 205 of the Coast Guard and Mari-
time Transportation Act of 2004 (14 U.S.C. 637 note) 
is amended by striking subsection (d). 
(b) COMBINATION
OF
FISHERIES
ENFORCEMENT 
PLANS AND FOREIGN FISHING INCURSION REPORTS.—The 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating shall combine the reports required under section
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224 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act 
of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 1861b) and section 804 of the Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (16 
U.S.C. 1828) into a single annual report for fiscal years 
beginning after fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 5. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, 
submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on pas-
sage. 
Attest: 
Secretary.