[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1508 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1508

 To prohibit entry of the Russian vessel KAPITAN MAN into any port in 
  the United States at which there is a United States naval presence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 1999

  Mr. Hunter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit entry of the Russian vessel KAPITAN MAN into any port in 
  the United States at which there is a United States naval presence.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) United States intelligence reports indicate that 
        vessels of the Far East Shipping Company (a corporation having 
        its principal place of business in Vladivostok, Russia) 
        actively support the Russian military.
            (2) The Russian merchant vessel KAPITAN MAN (Russian 
        registry number 840 6690) is a vessel in the Far East Shipping 
        Company fleet.
            (3) During a joint boarding by the United States Customs 
        Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service in April 
        1993, the KAPITAN MAN was discovered to have on board devices 
        known as Expendable Bathythermographs. The devices were T7 
        models, which are manufactured only for United States military 
        use. The sole purpose of the devices is improved sonar 
        prediction in antisubmarine warfare and other military 
        applications.
            (4) In April 1994, during an inspection of the KAPITAN MAN 
        by the United States Customs Service and the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service, sonabuoys were discovered in an obscure 
        compartment that had been sprayed with dog repellent. Such 
        devices are used in the detection of submarines.
            (5) On April 4, 1997, the KAPITAN MAN was in Puget Sound 
        near Seattle, Washington, when it was photographed from a 
        Canadian military helicopter on a routine surveillance mission.
            (6) United States Navy intelligence officer Lieutenant Jack 
        Daly was on board the helicopter during that mission. Upon 
        returning from the mission, Lieutenant Daly and the Canadian 
        pilot, Captain Patrick Barnes, reported injuries that, upon 
        evaluation, were consistent with injuries caused by a laser.
            (7) Lieutenant Daly and Captain Barnes continue to suffer 
        severe physical effects from the KAPITAN MAN laser incident.
            (8) The KAPITAN MAN is suspected by the United States 
        intelligence community of conducting surveillance against 
        United States ballistic missile submarines and aircraft carrier 
        battle groups.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY OF KAPITAN MAN INTO CERTAIN UNITED STATES 
              PORTS.

    Notwithstanding any other law, the vessel KAPITAN MAN shall be 
denied entry to any port in the United States at which there is a 
United States naval presence.
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