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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1509 
To create an inspection program that uses videophone systems at certain 
points of entry in Florida to satisfy customs and immigration reporting 
requirements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2005 
Mr. FOLEY (for himself and Mr. SHAW) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To create an inspection program that uses videophone sys-
tems at certain points of entry in Florida to satisfy 
customs and immigration reporting requirements. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recreational Boaters 
Streamlined Inspection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR VIDEOPHONE SYSTEMS AT POINTS 
OF ENTRY. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish an inspec-
tion program that uses a videophone system at each point 
of entry specified in subsection (c)— 
(1) through which a master of a recreational 
vessel may report to an appropriate official of the 
Department of Homeland Security for purposes of 
section 433 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1433); and 
(2) through which a master and the passengers 
of a recreational vessel may report to an appropriate 
official of such Department for purposes of satis-
fying requirements for lawful entry into the United 
States under immigration laws as defined in section 
101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)). 
(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall require that the program established under sub-
section (a) may be used only in a case in which the master 
of, and each passenger on, a recreational vessel is a citizen 
or lawful permanent resident of the United States. 
(c) POINTS OF ENTRY.—The program established 
under subsection (a) shall be accessible to a master or pas-
senger of a recreational vessel at each of the following 
points of entry in Florida: 
(1) Sebastian Inlet. 
(2) Fort Pierce Inlet.
(3) St. Lucie Inlet. 
(4) Jupiter Inlet. 
(5) Lake Worth Inlet. 
(6) Boynton Inlet. 
(7) Boca Raton Inlet. 
(8) Hillsboro Inlet. 
(9) Port Everglades Inlet. 
(10) Bakers Haulover Inlet. 
(11) Miami Harbor Inlet. 
(12) Islamorada. 
(13) Key West. 
(d) EFFECT ON AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—The 
program established under subsection (a) shall not affect 
the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
require a master or passenger of a recreational vessel to 
wait for a customs inspection or to report the arrival of 
the vessel to the nearest customs facility or such other 
place as the Secretary may prescribe by regulations. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) RECREATIONAL VESSEL.—The term ‘‘rec-
reational vessel’’ means a vessel— 
(A) manufactured for operation, or oper-
ated, primarily for pleasure; or 
(B) leased, rented, or chartered to another 
for the latter’s pleasure.
(2) 
VIDEOPHONE
SYSTEM.—The 
term 
‘‘videophone system’’ means a system that con-
tains— 
(A) a telephone that has a two-way visual 
and audio communication link between two peo-
ple; and 
(B) a video transceiver, monitor, facial 
camera, and document camera. 
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