for an additional fine of not more than $50,000 or impris-
onment for not more than 5 years, or both.’’. 
SEC. 222. SHIPMENT PROFILING PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall develop a shipment profiling plan to track con-
tainers and shipments of merchandise to be imported into 
the United States. The tracking system shall be designed 
to identify any shipment that is a threat to the security 
of the United States before such shipment enters the 
United States. 
(b) INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) CONTENT.—The shipment profiling plan re-
quired by subsection (a) shall at a minimum—
(A) require common carriers, shippers, and 
ocean transportation intermediaries to provide 
appropriate information regarding each ship-
ment of merchandise to the Secretary of Home-
land Security; and 
(B) require shippers to use a standard 
international bill of lading for each shipment 
that includes—
(i) the weight of the cargo; 
(ii) the value of the cargo; 
(iii) the vessel name; 
(iv) the voyage number;
(v) a description of each container; 
(vi) a description of the nature, type, 
and contents of the shipment; 
(vii) the code number from the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule; 
(viii) the port of destination; 
(ix) the final destination of the cargo; 
(x) the means of conveyance of the 
cargo; 
(xi) the origin of the cargo; 
(xii) the name of the precarriage de-
liverer or agent; 
(xiii) the port at which the cargo was 
loaded; 
(xiv) the name of the formatting 
agent; 
(xv) the bill of lading number; 
(xvi) the name of the shipper; 
(xvii) the name of the consignee; 
(xviii) the universal transaction num-
ber or carrier code assigned to the shipper 
by the Secretary; 
(xix) the information contained in the 
continuous synopsis record for the vessel 
transporting the shipment; and
(xx) any additional information that 
the Secretary by regulation determines is 
reasonably necessary to ensure seaport 
safety. 
(2) 
CONTINUOUS
SYNOPSIS
RECORD
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘continuous 
synopsis record’’ means the continuous synopsis 
record required by regulation 5 of chapter XI–1 of 
the Annex to the International Convention of the 
Safety of Life at Sea, 1974. 
(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The requirement im-
posed under clause (xix) of paragraph (1)(B) shall 
take effect on July 1, 2004. 
(c) CREATION
OF
PROFILE.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall combine the information de-
scribed in subsection (b) with other law enforcement and 
national security information that the Secretary deter-
mines useful to assist in locating containers and shipments 
that could pose a threat to the security of the United 
States and to create a profile of every container and every 
shipment within the container that will enter the United 
States. 
(d) CARGO SCREENING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Officers of the Directorate 
shall review the profile of a shipment that a shipper
desires to transport into the United States to deter-
mine whether the shipment or the container in which 
it is carried should be subjected to additional inspec-
tion by the Directorate. In making such a deter-
mination, an officer shall consider, in addition to 
any other relevant factors—
(A) whether the shipper has regularly 
shipped cargo to the United States in the past; 
and 
(B) the specificity of the description of the 
shipment’s contents. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall transmit to the shipper and the 
person in charge of the vessel, aircraft, or vehicle on 
which a shipment is located a notification of whether 
the shipment is to be subjected to additional inspec-
tion as described in paragraph (1). 
(e) CONSISTENCY WITH THE NATIONAL CUSTOMS 
AUTOMATION PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
shall ensure that the National Customs Automation Pro-
gram established pursuant to section 411 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1411) is compatible with the shipment 
profile plan developed under this section.
SEC. 223. INSPECTION OF MERCHANDISE AT FOREIGN FA-
CILITIES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub-
mit to Congress a plan to—
(1) station inspectors from the Directorate, 
other Federal agencies, or the private sector at the 
foreign facilities of manufacturers or common car-
riers to profile and inspect merchandise and the con-
tainers or other means by which such merchandise 
is transported as they are prepared for shipment on 
a vessel that will arrive at any port or place in the 
United States; 
(2) develop procedures to ensure the security of 
merchandise inspected as described in paragraph (1) 
until it reaches the United States; and 
(3) permit merchandise inspected as described 
in paragraph (1) to receive expedited inspection 
upon arrival in the United States. 
Subtitle D—Security of Seaports 
and Containers 
SEC. 231. SEAPORT SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall issue final regulations setting forth 
minimum security requirements, including security per-
formance standards for United States seaports. The regu-
lations shall—
(1) limit private vehicle access to the terminal 
area of a United States seaport to vehicles that are 
registered at such seaport and display a seaport reg-
istration pass; 
(2) prohibit individuals, other than law enforce-
ment officers, from carrying firearms or explosives 
inside a United States seaport without written au-
thorization from the Captain-of-the-Port; 
(3) prohibit individuals from physically access-
ing the terminal area of a United States seaport 
without a seaport specific access pass; 
(4) require that officers of the Directorate, and 
other appropriate law enforcement officers, at 
United States seaports be provided with, and utilize, 
personal radiation detection pagers to increase the 
ability of such officers to accurately detect radio-
active materials that could be used to commit ter-
rorist acts in the United States; 
(5) require that the terminal area of each 
United States seaport be equipped with—
(A) a secure perimeter; 
(B) monitored or locked access points; and 
(C) sufficient lighting; and
(6) include any additional security requirement 
that the Secretary determines is reasonably nec-
essary to ensure seaport security. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(c), any United States seaport that does not meet the min-
imum security requirements described in subsection (a) is 
prohibited from—
(1) handling, storing, stowing, loading, dis-
charging, or transporting dangerous cargo; and 
(2) transferring passengers to or from a pas-
senger vessel that—
(A) weighs more than 100 gross tons; 
(B) carries more than 12 passengers for 
hire; and 
(C) has a planned voyage of more than 24 
hours, part of which is on the high seas. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity may waive 1 or more of the minimum requirements 
described in subsection (a) for a United States seaport if 
the Secretary determines that it is not appropriate for 
such seaport to implement the requirement. 
SEC. 232. SEAPORT SECURITY CARDS. 
Section 70105 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—(1) Unless the requirements of 
paragraph (2) are met, the Secretary shall prescribe regu-
lations to prohibit—
‘‘(A) an individual from entering an area of a 
vessel or facility that is designated as a secure area 
by the Secretary for purposes of a security plan for 
the vessel or facility that is approved by the Sec-
retary under section 70103 of this title; and 
‘‘(B) an individual who is regularly employed at 
a United States seaport or who is employed by a 
common carrier that transports merchandise to or 
from a United States seaport from entering a 
United States seaport. 
‘‘(2) The prohibition imposed under paragraph (1) 
may not apply to—
‘‘(A) an individual who—
‘‘(i) holds a transportation security card 
issued under this section; and 
‘‘(ii) is authorized to be in area in accord-
ance with the plan if the individual is attempt-
ing to enter an area of a vessel or facility that 
is designated as a secure area by the Secretary 
for purposes of a security plan for the vessel or
facility approved by the Secretary under section 
70103 of this title; or 
‘‘(B) an individual who is accompanied by an-
other individual who may access the secure area or 
United States seaport in accordance with this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(3) A person may not admit an individual into a 
United States seaport or a secure area unless the indi-
vidual is in compliance with this subsection.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2) of subsection (b)—
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as 
subparagraph (G); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) an individual who is regularly employed at 
a United States seaport or who is employed by a 
common carrier that transports merchandise to or 
from a United States seaport; and’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1) of subsection (c)—
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon and 
‘‘or’’; and
(C) at the end, by inserting the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) has not provided sufficient information to 
allow the Secretary to make the determinations de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D).’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (f); and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(f) DATA
ON CARDS.—A transportation security 
card issued under this section shall—
‘‘(1) be tamper resistant; and 
‘‘(2) contain—
‘‘(A) the number of the individual’s com-
mercial driver’s license issued under chapter 
313 of title 49, if any; 
‘‘(B) the State-issued vehicle registration 
number of any vehicle that the individual de-
sires to bring into the United States seaport, if 
any; 
‘‘(C) the work permit number issued to the 
individual, if any; 
‘‘(D) a unique biometric identifier to iden-
tify the license holder; and 
‘‘(E) a safety rating assigned to the indi-
vidual by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ALIEN.—The term ‘alien’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 101(a)(3) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3)). 
‘‘(2) UNITED
STATES
SEAPORT.—The term 
‘United States seaport’ means a place in the United 
States on a waterway with shoreside facilities for the 
intermodal transfer of cargo containers that are 
used in international trade.’’. 
SEC. 233. SECURING SENSITIVE INFORMATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Captain-of-the-Port of 
each United States seaport shall secure and protect all 
sensitive information, including information that is cur-
rently available to the public, related to the seaport. 
(b) SENSITIVE INFORMATION.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘sensitive information’’ means—
(1) maps of the seaport; 
(2) blueprints of structures located within the 
seaport; and 
(3) any other information related to the secu-
rity of the seaport that the Captain-of-the-Port de-
termines is appropriate to secure and protect. 
SEC. 234. CONTAINER SECURITY. 
(a) CONTAINER SEALS.—