3.0.0 1587 2023-01-15T07:03:00Z 2023-01-15T07:03:00Z Senate S S 2003-09-05 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-09-05T18:28:15Z 2003-09-05 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11164-11167) IntroReferral 2003-09-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11163-11164) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-09-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE N S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2003-09-05 True H000725 Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] ERNEST HOLLINGS D SC FREDERICK 2003-09-05 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2003-09-05 True S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2003-09-09 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2003-09-09 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2003-09-10 False B000780 Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] JOHN BREAUX D LA BERLINGER 2003-09-15 False M001141 Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] ZELL MILLER D GA 2003-09-26 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2003-10-14 False 2003-01-26 C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2003-10-14 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2004-02-10 False A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2004-02-10 False Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative procedure Air cargo Americans in foreign countries Armed Forces and National Security Arson Assault Biological warfare Chemical warfare Collection of accounts Congress Congressional reporting requirements Conspiracy Containerization Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Criminal liability Criminal negligence Data banks Department of Justice Destruction of property EBB Terrorism Emergency Management Energy Environmental Protection Environmental law enforcement Evidence (Law) Explosives Federal law enforcement officers Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fines (Penalties) Firearms Fraud Freight Fugitives from justice Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Harbors Immigration Intermodal transportation International Affairs Jurisdiction Labor and Employment Labor disputes Larceny Law Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Marine safety Marine terminals Merchant seamen Merchant ships Murder Navigation Navigational aids Nuclear fuels Nuclear terrorism Obstruction of justice Passenger ships Prosecution Radioactive wastes Science, Technology, Communications Searches and seizures Security measures Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sentencing guidelines Ships St. Lawrence Seaway Terminals (Transportation) Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Transportation of hazardous substances Trucks U.S. Sentencing Commission Violence Waste disposal in the ocean Weapons Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2003-09-05 Introduced in Senate 2004-08-20T18:46:36Z Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) entry by false pretenses to a secure area of a seaport; (2) knowingly failing to obey an order to heave to by an authorized Federal officer; (3) forcibly interfering with an authorized law enforcement action or providing false information during a boarding; (4) willfully disabling a passenger vehicle; and (5) unlawfully and intentionally destroying any aid to maritime navigation maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation that endangers safe navigation.

Sets penalties for knowingly and intentionally: (1) placing in U.S. waters a device or substance likely to destroy or damage a vessel or its cargo or likely to interfere with safe navigation or maritime commerce; (2) discharging or releasing into U.S. navigable water or adjoining shoreline any substance that would endanger human life, health, or welfare or the marine environment; (3) transporting aboard any vessel explosive, biological, chemical, or radioactive or nuclear material to be used to commit a Federal crime of terrorism.

Sets penalties for: (1) transporting aboard any vessel a terrorist or terror suspect; (2) willfully causing destruction of a vessel or maritime facility; (3) imparting or conveying false information concerning an attempt made to commit certain criminal acts; and (4) knowingly carrying a weapon, explosive, incendiary device, or loaded firearm on a vessel or at a seaport.

Requires the Attorney General to issue regulations to require the reporting of cargo theft.

Expands the scope of a prohibition against theft of interstate or foreign shipments.

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase penalties for noncompliance with manifest requirements.

]]> Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaport Act of 2003 Display Title Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaport Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to make it a criminal act to willfully use a weapon, explosive, chemical weapon, or nuclear or radioactive material with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person while on board a passenger vessel, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaport Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-09-05T04:00:00Z 2003-09-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11164-11167) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.