To prohibit entities owned or controlled by foreign governments from conducting certain operations at seaports in the United States, and from entering into agreements to conduct such operations.

3.0.0 2367 2023-01-13T04:48:51Z 2023-01-13T04:48:51Z Senate S S 2006-03-03 109 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-03-03T17:57:36Z To prohibit entities owned or controlled by foreign governments from conducting certain operations at seaports in the United States, and from entering into agreements to conduct such operations. 109 4839 HR 2006-03-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Related bill CRS 2006-03-03 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1681) IntroReferral 2006-03-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1680-1681) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N Transportation and Public Works Armed Forces and National Security Civil actions and liability Commerce Corporate mergers Crime and Law Enforcement Dubai Ports World aftermath legislation Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign corporations Foreign investments Governmental investigations Infrastructure International Affairs Law Marine safety Marine terminals Terrorism Transportation and Public Works

00 2006-03-03 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-09T23:03:27Z Local Port Security Act of 2006 - Authorizes the owner of a U.S. port to file an action seeking relief (including nullification of any contractual obligation with any marine terminal operator) in U.S. district court if a merger, acquisition, or takeover would result in the ownership of a marine terminal operator being controlled by a foreign entity. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) review any such proposed change to determine any potential security concerns; and (2) transmit such review to the marine terminal operator and to the President for purposes of a certain mandatory investigation to determine the effects on national security of such mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers which could result in the ownership of a marine terminal operator within a U.S. port being controlled by a foreign entity.

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Local Port Security Act of 2006 Display Title Local Port Security Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide a cause of action for United States port operators with respect to the potential change of ownership of a terminal operator to a foreign entity, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Local Port Security Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2367is/xml/BILLS-109s2367is.xml 2006-03-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1681) 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.