3.0.0 746 2023-01-15T23:03:26Z 2023-01-15T23:03:26Z Senate S S 2003-03-31 108 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-03-31T22:41:44Z Anti-Terrorism and Port Security Act of 2003 108 2376 HR 2003-06-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2003-07-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8125) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-31 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4572-4577) IntroReferral 2003-03-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4570-4572) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2003-03-31 True C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2003-05-13 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2003-07-14 False Transportation and Public Works Administrative procedure Alien labor Armed Forces and National Security Arrest Arson Assault Bombings Business records Canals Capital punishment Coast guard Commerce Common carriers Congress Congressional reporting requirements Conspiracy Containerization Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Criminal negligence Customs administration Data banks Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Department of Transportation Destruction of property Driver licenses EBB Terrorism Electronic data interchange Embezzlement Emergency Management Energy Environmental Protection Evidence (Law) Explosives Federal aid to transportation Federal law enforcement officers Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Foreign Trade and International Finance Fraud Freight Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Harbors Identification devices Immigration Informers International Affairs Labor and Employment Larceny Law Liability for environmental damages Licenses Liens Lighting Maps Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Marine safety Marine terminals Merchant seamen Merchant ships Motor vehicle registration Nuclear fuels Nuclear terrorism Obstruction of justice Oil pollution Passenger ships Prosecution Radiation Radioactive wastes Receiving stolen goods Rescue work Sabotage Science, Technology, Communications Searches and seizures Security measures Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sentencing guidelines Ships St. Lawrence Seaway Standards Territorial waters Terrorism Transportation of hazardous substances U.S. Sentencing Commission Violence Waste disposal in the ocean Weapons Transportation and Public Works 00 2003-03-31 Introduced in Senate 2004-02-17T21:41:53Z Anti-Terrorism and Port Security Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful to: (1) destroy or interfere with vessels or maritime facilities; (2) put devices in U.S. waters that can destroy a ship or cargo or interfere with safe navigation or maritime commerce; (3) use a dangerous weapon or explosive to try to kill someone on board a passenger vessel; (4) fail to heave to (that is, to slow or stop) a vessel at the direction of a Coast Guard or other authorized Federal law enforcement official seeking to board that vessel, or to interfere with boarding by such an officer; (5) destroy an aid to maritime navigation (such as a buoy or shoal/breakwater light) maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation or the Coast Guard if this would endanger the safe navigation of a vessel; or (6) knowingly discharge or release oil, a hazardous substance, a noxious liquid substance or any other substance (malicious dumping) into U.S. navigable waters or the adjoining shoreline with intent to endanger human life, health, or welfare.

Revises piracy and privateering laws, increasing penalties.

Requires the Attorney General to coordinate port-related crime data collection.

Designates the Captain-of-the-Port as the primary authority for seaport security at each port.

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to specify mandatory information in cargo manifests, which must be transmitted electronically. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of requirements, and increases civil penalties.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) develop a shipment profiling plan to track containers (including empty containers) and shipments of merchandise to be imported into the United States; (2) submit to Congress a plan for inspecting merchandise and their transportation containers at foreign facilities before importation into the United States; (3) issue final regulations prescribing seaport security requirements, including unauthorized gun and explosives prohibitions, access restrictions, and specifications for biometric ("smart") identification cards for employees and other personnel; and (4) approve minimum standards for high security container seals meeting specified criteria, and award grants to developers of such seals.

Requires Captains-of-the-Port to secure and protect all sensitive information, including maps, blueprints, and information on the Internet.

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