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‘‘(E) The vessel shall be equipped with a sufficient 
number of operable acoustic hailing or other such warning 
devices to provide communication 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 require-
ments of paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall take into consid-
eration fire safety and other applicable emergency requirements 
established by the U. S. Coast Guard and under international 
law, as appropriate. 
‘‘(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), the requirements of paragraph (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 require-
ments of paragraph (1)(C) take effect on the date of enact-
ment of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010. 
‘‘(b) VIDEO RECORDING.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN SURVEILLANCE.—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 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 enforce-
ment official performing official duties 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
RESPONSE 
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 ‘security 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 
instructions; 
(ii) 
describes 
the 
jurisdictional 
authority 
applicable, and the law enforcement processes avail-
able, with respect to the reporting of homicide, sus-
picious death, a missing United States national, kid-
napping, 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 voy-
age;
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‘‘(B) provide a copy of the security guide to the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation for comment; 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 other places specified by the Secretary, 
information regarding the locations of the United States 
embassy and each consulate of the United States for each 
country the vessel will visit during the course of the voyage. 
‘‘(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 materials for 
performing a medical examination in sexual 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 registered 
nurse’s license and— 
‘‘(i) has at least 3 years of post-graduate or post- 
registration clinical practice in general and emergency 
medicine; or 
‘‘(ii) holds board certification in emergency medi-
cine, 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 administra-
tion of anti-retroviral medications and other medications 
that may prevent the transmission of human immuno-
deficiency virus and other sexually transmitted diseases; 
and 
‘‘(C) meets guidelines established by the American Col-
lege of Emergency Physicians relating to the treatment 
and care of victims of sexual assault; 
‘‘(4) prepare, provide to the patient, and maintain written 
documentation of the findings of such examination that is 
signed by the patient; and 
‘‘(5) provide the patient free and immediate access to— 
‘‘(A) contact information for local law enforcement, the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Coast 
Guard, the nearest United States consulate or embassy, 
and the National 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 individual may confiden-
tially 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.
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‘‘(e) CONFIDENTIALITY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAMINATION 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 examination 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 representative thereof without the prior knowledge 
and approval in writing of the patient, or, if the patient is 
unable to provide written authorization, the patient’s next- 
of-kin, except that nothing in this paragraph prohibits the 
release of— 
‘‘(A) information, other than medical findings, nec-
essary for the owner or master of the vessel to comply 
with the provisions of subsection (g) or other applicable 
incident reporting laws; 
‘‘(B) information to secure the safety of passengers 
or crew on board the vessel; or 
‘‘(C) any information to law enforcement officials per-
forming official duties in the course and scope of an inves-
tigation; and 
‘‘(2) treat any information derived from, or obtained in 
connection with, post-assault counseling or other supportive 
services confidential, so no such information may be released 
to the cruise line or any legal representative thereof without 
the prior knowledge 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 restrictions 
concerning— 
‘‘(A) which crewmembers have access to passenger 
staterooms; and 
‘‘(B) the periods during which they have that access; 
and 
‘‘(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 electronically or other-
wise, in a centralized location readily accessible to law 
enforcement personnel, a report 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 disembarks pas-
sengers in the United States; and 
‘‘(B) make such log book available upon request to 
any agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, any 
member of the United States Coast Guard, and any law 
enforcement officer performing official duties in the course 
and scope of an investigation. 
‘‘(2) DETAILS REQUIRED.—The information recorded under 
paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum—
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‘‘(A) the vessel operator; 
‘‘(B) the name of the cruise line; 
‘‘(C) the flag under which the vessel was operating 
at the time the reported incident occurred; 
‘‘(D) the age and gender of the victim and the accused 
assailant; 
‘‘(E) the nature of the alleged crime or complaint, as 
applicable, including whether the alleged perpetrator was 
a passenger or a crewmember; 
‘‘(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 initial report 
and the law enforcement authority to which the initial 
report was made; 
‘‘(H) the time and date the incident occurred, if known; 
‘‘(I) the total number of passengers and the total 
number of crew members on the voyage; and 
‘‘(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 INFORMA-
TION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The owner of a vessel to which 
this section applies (or the owner’s designee)— 
‘‘(i) shall contact the nearest Federal Bureau of 
Investigation Field Office or Legal Attache by tele-
phone as soon as possible after the occurrence on board 
the vessel of an incident involving homicide, suspicious 
death, a missing United States national, 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 excess of $10,000 to 
report the incident; 
‘‘(ii) shall furnish a written report of the incident 
to an Internet based portal maintained by the Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(iii) may report any serious incident that does 
not meet the reporting requirements of clause (i) and 
that does not require immediate attention by the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation via the Internet based 
portal maintained by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(iv) may report any other criminal incident 
involving passengers or crewmembers, 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, regard-
less of the nationality of the victim or perpetrator, 
and the incident occurs when the vessel is within the 
admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United 
States and outside the jurisdiction of any State;