HR 4954 ENR: Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006
U.S. House of Representatives
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006
or the SAFE Port Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—Security of United States Seaports
Subtitle A—General Provisions
Sec. 101. Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan to include salvage response plan.
Sec. 102. Requirements relating to maritime facility security plans.
Sec. 103. Unannounced inspections of maritime facilities.
Sec. 104. Transportation security card.
Sec. 105. Study to identify redundant background records checks.
Sec. 106. Prohibition of issuance of transportation security cards to persons convicted of certain felonies.
Sec. 107. Long-range vessel tracking.
Sec. 108. Establishment of interagency operational centers for port security.
Sec. 109. Notice of arrival for foreign vessels on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Sec. 110. Enhanced crewmember identification.
Subtitle B—Port Security Grants; Training and Exercise Programs
Sec. 111. Risk assessment tool.
Sec. 112. Port security grants.
Sec. 113. Port Security Training Program.
Sec. 114. Port Security Exercise Program.
Sec. 115. Facility exercise requirements.
Subtitle C—Port Operations
Sec. 121. Domestic radiation detection and imaging.
Sec. 122. Inspection of car ferries entering from abroad.
Sec. 123. Random searches of containers.
Sec. 124. Work stoppages and employee-employer disputes.
Sec. 125. Threat assessment screening of port truck drivers.
Sec. 126. Border Patrol unit for United States Virgin Islands.
Sec. 127. Report on arrival and departure manifests for certain commercial vessels in the United States Virgin Islands.
Sec. 128. Center of Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness.
TITLE II—Security of the International Supply Chain
Subtitle A—General Provisions
Sec. 201. Strategic plan to enhance the security of the international supply chain.
Sec. 202. Post-incident resumption of trade.
Sec. 203. Automated Targeting System.
Sec. 204. Container security standards and procedures.
Sec. 205. Container Security Initiative.
Subtitle B—Customs–Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
Sec. 211. Establishment.
Sec. 212. Eligible entities.
Sec. 213. Minimum requirements.
Sec. 214. Tier 1 participants in C–TPAT.
Sec. 215. Tier 2 participants in C–TPAT.
Sec. 216. Tier 3 participants in C–TPAT.
Sec. 217. Consequences for lack of compliance.
Sec. 218. Third party validations.
Sec. 219. Revalidation.
Sec. 220. Noncontainerized cargo.
Sec. 221. C–TPAT program management.
Sec. 222. Additional personnel.
Sec. 223. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 231. Pilot integrated scanning system.
Sec. 232. Screening and scanning of cargo containers.
Sec. 233. International cooperation and coordination.
Sec. 234. Foreign port assessments.
Sec. 235. Pilot program to improve the security of empty containers.
Sec. 236. Information sharing relating to supply chain security cooperation.
TITLE III—Administration
Sec. 301. Office of Cargo Security Policy.
Sec. 302. Reauthorization of Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee.
Sec. 303. Research, development, test, and evaluation efforts in furtherance of maritime and cargo security.
TITLE IV—Agency resources and oversight
Sec. 401. Trade and customs revenue functions of the department.
Sec. 402. Office of international trade; oversight.
Sec. 403. Resources.
Sec. 404. Negotiations.
Sec. 405. International Trade Data System.
Sec. 406. In-bond cargo.
Sec. 407. Sense of the Senate.
TITLE V—Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
Sec. 501. Establishment of Domestic Nuclear Detection Office.
Sec. 502. Technology research and development investment strategy for nuclear and radiological detection.
TITLE VI—Commercial mobile service alerts
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Federal Communications Commission duties.
Sec. 603. Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee.
Sec. 604. Research and development.
Sec. 605. Grant program for remote community alert systems.
Sec. 606. Funding.
Sec. 607. Essential services disaster assistance.
Sec. 608. Community disaster loans.
Sec. 609. Public facilities.
Sec. 610. Expedited payments.
Sec. 611. Use of local contracting.
Sec. 612. FEMA programs.
Sec. 613. Homeland security definition.
TITLE VII—Other Matters
Sec. 701. Security plan for essential air service and small community airports.
Sec. 702. Disclosures regarding homeland security grants.
Sec. 703. Trucking security.
Sec. 704. Air and Marine Operations of the Northern Border Air Wing.
Sec. 705. Phaseout of vessels supporting oil and gas development.
Sec. 706. Coast Guard property in Portland, Maine.
Sec. 707. Methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals.
Sec. 708. Aircraft charter customer and lessee prescreening program.
Sec. 709. Protection of health and safety during disasters.
TITLE VIII—Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement
Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Prohibition on acceptance of any payment instrument for unlawful Internet gambling.
Sec. 803. Internet gambling in or through foreign jurisdictions.
2.In this Act:
(1)Appropriate congressional committeesExcept as otherwise provided, the term appropriate congressional committees means—
(A)the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(B)the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;
(C)the Committee on Finance of the Senate;
(D)the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
(E)the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives;
(F)the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives;
(G)the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives;
(H)the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and
(I)other congressional committees, as appropriate.
(2) Commercial operations advisory committeeThe term Commercial Operations Advisory Committee means the Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 9503(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (19 U.S.C. 2071 note) or any successor committee.
(3)Commercial seaport personnelThe term commercial seaport personnel includes any person engaged in an activity relating to the loading or unloading of cargo or passengers, the movement or tracking of cargo, the maintenance and repair of intermodal equipment, the operation of cargo-related equipment (whether or not integral to the vessel), and the handling of mooring lines on the dock when a vessel is made fast or let go in the United States.
(4)The term Commissioner means the Commissioner responsible for the United States Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security.
(5)The term container has the meaning given the term in the International Convention for Safe Containers, with annexes, done at Geneva, December 2, 1972 (29 UST 3707).
(6)Container security deviceThe term container security device means a device, or system, designed, at a minimum, to identify positively a container, to detect and record the unauthorized intrusion of a container, and to secure a container against tampering throughout the supply chain. Such a device, or system, shall have a low false alarm rate as determined by the Secretary.
(7)The term Department means the Department of Homeland Security.
(8)The term examination means an inspection of cargo to detect the presence of misdeclared, restricted, or prohibited items that utilizes nonintrusive imaging and detection technology.
(9)The term inspection means the comprehensive process used by the United States Customs and Border Protection to assess goods entering the United States to appraise them for duty purposes, to detect the presence of restricted or prohibited items, and to ensure compliance with all applicable laws. The process may include screening, conducting an examination, or conducting a search.
(10)International supply chainThe term international supply chain means the end-to-end process for shipping goods to or from the United States beginning at the point of origin (including manufacturer, supplier, or vendor) through a point of distribution to the destination.
(11)Radiation detection equipmentThe term radiation detection equipment means any technology that is capable of detecting or identifying nuclear and radiological material or nuclear and radiological explosive devices.
(12)The term scan means utilizing nonintrusive imaging equipment, radiation detection equipment, or both, to capture data, including images of a container.
(13)The term screening means a visual or automated review of information about goods, including manifest or entry documentation accompanying a shipment being imported into the United States, to determine the presence of misdeclared, restricted, or prohibited items and assess the level of threat posed by such cargo.
(14)The term search means an intrusive examination in which a container is opened and its contents are devanned and visually inspected for the presence of misdeclared, restricted, or prohibited items.
(15)The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(16)Transportation disruptionThe term transportation disruption means any significant delay, interruption, or stoppage in the flow of trade caused by a natural disaster, heightened threat level, an act of terrorism, or any transportation security incident (as defined in section 70101(6) of title 46, United States Code).
(17)Transportation security incidentThe term transportation security incident has the meaning given the term in section 70101(6) of title 46, United States Code.
<enum>I</enum><header>Security of United States Seaports</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H717C9702CF80493F9C9BA369053C9640"><enum>A</enum><header>General Provisions</header>
<section commented="no" id="H8537055EA7D24F66AA6DC0FDABB0BDD5"><enum>101.</enum><header>Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan to include salvage response plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70103">Section 70103(b)(2)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H617A58C2E2CB4AA0A0B6495F6EB639E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8A4585EE350C4E4F952DAD7E13A09817"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA86DB66BDF9B415BA3CF4680228DFD91"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA151EB0BBA274C1E91E390B07EA5BBBB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H12464FE986D844A391F8DDA8FAEC23E3" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>include a salvage response plan—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H648FBDEB4F65461B9FD2BD382117399C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to identify salvage equipment capable of restoring operational trade capacity; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HAAE5BD691F2245E298466C114B7D3085"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to ensure that the waterways are cleared and the flow of commerce through United States ports is reestablished as efficiently and quickly as possible after a maritime transportation security incident; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="HA225A0B9B13C4A38A8A44C2F59405BA0"><enum>102.</enum><header>Requirements relating to maritime facility security plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70103">Section 70103(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD754C6CFFDDA4428AD3F25D0C285C5FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBD3FBB07CAF94BF1B56821201944C3E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking <quote>facility</quote> and inserting <quote>facility, including access by persons engaged in the surface transportation of intermodal containers in or out of a port facility</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H592132D7A12C4B298B7F554B0000A3E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEBA1D310525D44678D90311B791515E5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H81077E5F80324CCC883718A6F4C19366"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HECAE58010F5946CB85D9D94EBC86BCA8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA4935DEAEF3B4E72A2A950D7B83C0017" indent="up1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in the case of a security plan for a facility, be resubmitted for approval of each change in the ownership or operator of the facility that may substantially affect the security of the facility.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7E45A522E6B946A2916844797ED8818"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5AA3A03CDCA24A6DBD7B681FF5AE7F94" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4435994620E348618524991303AF165E" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE8211224352B46B0B7AB982D011CF436"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall require that the qualified individual having full authority to implement security actions for a facility described in paragraph (2) shall be a citizen of the United States.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB0E143AE6AC0410EB397A8EDA711C170" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary may waive the requirement of subparagraph (A) with respect to an individual if the Secretary determines that it is appropriate to do so based on a complete background check of the individual and a review of all terrorist watch lists to ensure that the individual is not identified on any such terrorist watch list.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="H2D3AC36976704AEE92DD9CA8DC00649C"><enum>103.</enum><header>Unannounced inspections of maritime facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70103">Section 70103(c)(4)(D)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC59AEA0F159E4EF4A4401727E431346D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H626CA7ABDA514FDEB003869008A17E1E" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>subject to the availability of appropriations, verify the effectiveness of each such facility security plan periodically, but not less than 2 times per year, at least 1 of which shall be an inspection of the facility that is conducted without notice to the facility.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H6F03AC3C25C145FE8EB7EC771FA54D8B"><enum>104.</enum><header>Transportation security card</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA5D2DA8860954B968141AC7C94EC213B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70105">Section 70105</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBE12838B70954BA48C2E11A9F1755138" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H5C75C8D4E5684F5E9DB41599D3F55D84"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Applications for merchant mariners’ documents</header><text>The Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall concurrently process an application from an individual for merchant mariner’s documents under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/73">chapter 73</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, and an application from that individual for a transportation security card under this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H216D75E37C0C4F3386895030CA133F63"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Fees</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the fees charged each individual applying for a transportation security card under this section who has passed a background check under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5103a">section 5103a(d)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, and who has a current hazardous materials endorsement in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/49/1572">section 1572</external-xref> of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and each individual with a current merchant mariners’ document who has passed a criminal background check under section 7302(d)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3FB51B9864CE4F4E981FF92B000567C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are for costs associated with the issuance, production, and management of the transportation security card, as determined by the Secretary; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9E27171654334F609C3BE1EC46799DEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>do not include costs associated with performing a background check for that individual, except for any incremental costs in the event that the scope of such background checks diverge.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H76CCBFEF76FF47B800FC77D24DB6E75F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Implementation schedule</header><text>In implementing the transportation security card program under this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF73EC08304704BC786B62676882C79B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish a priority for each United States port based on risk, including vulnerabilities assessed under section 70102; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6A36A424D41548D980B05FA2CC72BDD7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implement the program, based upon such risk and other factors as determined by the Secretary, at all facilities regulated under this chapter at—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H23E41CB234844EA6842B65DA38EB41A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the 10 United States ports that the Secretary designates top priority not later than July 1, 2007;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC593334A4BDA47A60064C6BE9BFF04F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the 40 United States ports that are next in order of priority to the ports described in subparagraph (A) not later than January 1, 2008; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H42A97FE75C794900A2D7F97FA9C63778"><enum>(C)</enum><text>all other United States ports not later than January 1, 2009.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCE667DCC61044A9CBE34B7BF21E51F4F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Transportation security card processing deadline</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2009, the Secretary shall process and issue or deny each application for a transportation security card under this section for individuals with current and valid merchant mariners’ documents on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDD3E87F1B8484CEE8E80007C785F62E2"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Deployment of transportation security card readers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCB2068C4EB2E4B58AEAC4E5045568409"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pilot program</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H43FF8568CC80423F003BCB40002B8F1B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a pilot program to test the business processes, technology, and operational impacts required to deploy transportation security card readers at secure areas of the marine transportation system.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEF854C1345F54B4F878433C0AB82429"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Geographic locations</header><text>The pilot program shall take place at not fewer than 5 distinct geographic locations, to include vessels and facilities in a variety of environmental settings.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H91F57E61D1F542CF9EEDC96C29BE81F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Commencement</header><text>The pilot program shall commence not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1BD5970DBBFB47B285A14586BDC701D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Correlation with transportation security cards</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3022E83166284A1A8DDA6023B532DFF9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The pilot program described in paragraph (1) shall be conducted concurrently with the issuance of the transportation security cards described in subsection (b) to ensure card and card reader interoperability.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H783F0552458D468C83E1B91778B2765E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fee</header><text>An individual charged a fee for a transportation security card issued under this section may not be charged an additional fee if the Secretary determines different transportation security cards are needed based on the results of the pilot program described in paragraph (1) or for other reasons related to the technology requirements for the transportation security card program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF1575DA5577B4222A4B7411843C4CE79"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the commencement of the pilot program under paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary, after a notice and comment period that includes at least 1 public hearing, shall promulgate final regulations that require the deployment of transportation security card readers that are consistent with the findings of the pilot program and build upon the regulations prescribed under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBD460EF1F17B49C4A168DEDF6129FD8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 120 days before the promulgation of regulations under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall submit a comprehensive report to the appropriate congressional committees (as defined in section 2(1) of <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>) that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0FEB772D721E48F0B0C22653DB8C9EDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the findings of the pilot program with respect to technical and operational impacts of implementing a transportation security card reader system;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBC3EDF282CD6423C9F555533C7BF9105"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any actions that may be necessary to ensure that all vessels and facilities to which this section applies are able to comply with such regulations; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H21E4519DE3414E68B2DDE4DC85835984"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an analysis of the viability of equipment under the extreme weather conditions of the marine environment.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HAAE1F0F38C014AA0B6365502C5066F04"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Progress reports</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>, and every 6 months thereafter until the requirements under this section are fully implemented, the Secretary shall submit a report on progress being made in implementing such requirements to the appropriate congressional committees (as defined in section 2(1) of the <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4F4502EEC2104AE7B0C79233E84B02D5"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may not require the placement of an electronic reader for transportation security cards on a vessel unless—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1A9E8B5102E84ECDA003927200412C89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the vessel has more individuals on the crew that are required to have a transportation security card than the number the Secretary determines, by regulation issued under subsection (k)(3), warrants such a reader; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4CDDBD2A7E8B46549506C17794257843"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that the vessel is at risk of a severe transportation security incident.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8DC85E368594411DAB206099924278B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification of eligibility for transportation security cards</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70105">Section 70105</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEF624048437F4E98A2125142343BCAA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H34D79347EF4C406E8FC23211D6895BB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB8B6C380FD0F4B04B743A7F02D240649"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3D4DEF61E4294DFAB9B985B151855A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAE4FDA25BEB14B82BDDEC424E083D23D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC743FB4F7F724D7B836550ADF0AE237E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>other individuals as determined appropriate by the Secretary including individuals employed at a port not otherwise covered by this subsection.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H38DE3C0D0F9B47448CF6DDA1B87D066D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by inserting <quote>subparagraph (A), (B), or (D)</quote> before <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE12E486941224A9D824092103F056174"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadline for Section <enum-in-header>70105</enum-in-header> Regulations</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2007, the Secretary shall promulgate final regulations implementing the requirements for issuing transportation security cards under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70105">section 70105</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code. The regulations shall include a background check process to enable newly hired workers to begin working unless the Secretary makes an initial determination that the worker poses a security risk. Such process shall include a check against the consolidated and integrated terrorist watch list maintained by the Federal Government.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H66DBC32571654111B3D02421EC8C4C6C"><enum>105.</enum><header>Study to identify redundant background records checks</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3B57B44DB5F242E8B375A6FB0E3F3A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of background records checks carried out for the Department that are similar to the background records check required under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/5103a">section 5103a</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, to identify redundancies and inefficiencies in connection with such checks.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3DACE9895A564EA8B0285016A6792110"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to Congress on the results of the study, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8A71068F764B4423BCB11216DF9F19DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an identification of redundancies and inefficiencies referred to in subsection (a); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF36A5AD7888C4C5AB7345468C4000016"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations for eliminating such redundancies and inefficiencies.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H3FED00A9CB9A4E2981E26DC8606E00EE"><enum>106.</enum><header>Prohibition of issuance of transportation security cards to persons convicted of certain felonies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary, in issuing a final rule pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70105">section 70105</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, shall provide for the disqualification of individuals who have been found guilty or have been found not guilty by reason of insanity of a felony, involving—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H580F637F81784DA20012EC2598DD78CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">treason, or conspiracy to commit treason;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF6DE109AFC50441AA7F70011E8586F16"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">espionage, or conspiracy to commit espionage;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB1535DCE96ED4F1D83187893474C3B99"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sedition, or conspiracy to commit sedition; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HACBC226DD439448EA82733ACD6C661C8"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a crime listed in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/113B">chapter 113B</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, a comparable State law, or conspiracy to commit such crime.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="H5FE8DCFC349B43A4B42BB42DEA4C7984"><enum>107.</enum><header>Long-range vessel tracking</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8E1BE95D4CA9461288C5B816976FE9FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70115">Section 70115</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than April 1, 2007, the Secretary</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9F1378F1EF2646CA99958C4C543DE7B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Voluntary program</header><text>The Secretary may issue regulations to establish a voluntary long-range automated vessel tracking system for vessels described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70115">section 70115</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, during the period before regulations are issued under such section.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H4F635E387C954A8EA6D9AE567BC59088"><enum>108.</enum><header>Establishment of interagency operational centers for port security</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB32009A0F31945E986196E86B8D81180"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/701">Chapter 701</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70107">section 70107</external-xref> the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="H2DACFDB30306467B93416350A897857E"><enum>70107A.</enum><header>Interagency operational centers for port security</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H148CE2582721467DB5F54B489C461237"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish interagency operational centers for port security at all high-priority ports not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H789CF2C8556E4001A2F5464931374BAC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Characteristics</header><text>The interagency operational centers established under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA0F2B6BD05FA4914A700F776AFFB8922"><enum>(1)</enum><text>utilize, as appropriate, the compositional and operational characteristics of existing centers, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF5C574BC267543F7BC20C7067339292C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the pilot project interagency operational centers for port security in Miami, Florida; Norfolk/Hampton Roads, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; and San Diego, California; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HECB0CBCF1310412BB50011FC30034B70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the virtual operation center of the Port of New York and New Jersey;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1199496D3E5A44C4B8AE71524797D514"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be organized to fit the security needs, requirements, and resources of the individual port area at which each is operating;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0572B5D1D9B74604897C372CDF89E2B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in addition to the Coast Guard, provide, as the Secretary determines appropriate, for participation by representatives of the United States Customs and Border Protection, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, and other Federal agencies, State and local law enforcement or port security personnel, members of the Area Maritime Security Committee, and other public and private sector stakeholders adversely affected by a transportation security incident or transportation disruption; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H35C6B7C4A01F499DA649307BCC82003D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>be incorporated in the implementation and administration of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3509D1E9BB464839B8993BB51153C602"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maritime transportation security plans developed under section 70103;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCC947522FA5B41DC9BE417C6D63BB83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maritime intelligence activities under section 70113 and information sharing activities consistent with section 1016 of the National Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/485">6 U.S.C. 485</external-xref>) and the Homeland Security Information Sharing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/481">6 U.S.C. 481 et seq.</external-xref>);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H838F0A6E8B2B47E188BED01002F8330"><enum>(C)</enum><text>short- and long-range vessel tracking under sections 70114 and 70115;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE48071BF8E7E42B28887171E69193CF8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>protocols under section 201(b)(10) of the <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H215D20CEDE6F480D94626C402523B66C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the transportation security incident response plans required by section 70104; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H178BDF8153204B3C908E1973C9D4F585"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other activities, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE9656A2CAC594F4F865FB658CD7095F5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Security clearances</header><text>The Secretary shall sponsor and expedite individuals participating in interagency operational centers in gaining or maintaining their security clearances. Through the Captain of the Port, the Secretary may identify key individuals who should participate. The port or other entities may appeal to the Captain of the Port for sponsorship.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB28FE6AA643B4919993F111414006429"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Security incidents</header><text>During a transportation security incident on or adjacent to waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, the Coast Guard Captain of the Port designated by the Commandant of the Coast Guard in a maritime security command center described in subsection (a) shall act as the incident commander, unless otherwise directed by the President.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H30FA16D8210145A5B5EDE5BBE3947448"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the normal command and control procedures for operational entities in the Department, unless so directed by the Secretary.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3D73C64B620A4D23ACFBB0C751ED0D7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $60,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2012 to carry out this section.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HAF7F1463C1C84B04B5AEB38DF7953BB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report requirement</header><text>Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section relieves the Commandant of the Coast Guard from complying with the requirements of section 807 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/293">Public Law 108–293</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 1082). The Commandant shall utilize the information developed in making the report required by that section in carrying out the requirements of this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB0D7DF4436984741850054AD324BAE43"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Budget and cost-Sharing analysis</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a proposed budget analysis for implementing <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70107A">section 70107A</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), including cost-sharing arrangements with other Federal departments and agencies involved in the interagency operation of the centers to be established under such section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H966CA4350D2641FBB72DC01299A44477"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The chapter analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/701">chapter 701</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70107">section 70107</external-xref> the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">70107A. Interagency operational centers for port security</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H22E82B2450BA423C90C54823EBE0C139"><enum>109.</enum><header>Notice of arrival for foreign vessels on the Outer Continental Shelf</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H55683F5F1CA2483BA4BF4B168F51217E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notice of arrival</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall update and finalize the rulemaking on notice of arrival for foreign vessels on the Outer Continental Shelf.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H86E76DBA25C241598EA4E3FDE53249AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content of regulations</header><text>The regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be consistent with information required under the Notice of Arrival under <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/33/160.206">section 160.206</external-xref> of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H722B956997594B74B2FEE9AB4464E2B2"><enum>110.</enum><header>Enhanced crewmember identification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70111">Section 70111</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1FB18437FACD4432B0091C108024A0A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a) by striking “The” and inserting “Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>, the”; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6DA372C5035E469100E95900984336C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b) by striking “The” and inserting “Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>, the”.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H2FB384345AC04BA0947E8B9373E6AE42"><enum>B</enum><header>Port Security Grants; Training and Exercise Programs</header>
<section commented="no" id="H9D1CA286A34F4AED8CBDEB947E9E831B"><enum>111.</enum><header>Risk assessment tool</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In updating Area Maritime Security Plans required under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70103">section 70103(b)(2)(F)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, and in applying for grants under section 70107 of such title, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall make available, and Area Maritime Security Committees may use a risk assessment tool that uses standardized risk criteria, such as the Maritime Security Risk Assessment Tool used by the Coast Guard.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H5D2F47E7720D4E7888A1085225007044"><enum>112.</enum><header>Port security grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE86A1E7D463F492988B150E5AAA9CFEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Basis for grants</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70107">Section 70107(a)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>for making a fair and equitable allocation of funds</quote> and inserting <quote>for the allocation of funds based on risk</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H03DBFB897BC8495E00A54CA0107CA22F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible uses</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70107">Section 70107(b)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H162BD701719247E58386D646CDB2BB28"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting after “crewmembers.” the following: “Grants awarded under this section may not be used to construct buildings or other physical facilities, except those which are constructed under terms and conditions consistent with the requirements under section 611(j)(8) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121(j)(8)</external-xref>), including those facilities in support of this paragraph, and specifically approved by the Secretary. Costs eligible for funding under this paragraph may not exceed the greater of—</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H024316D0D0714356BB4714702C2BABAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,000,000 per project; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD19F1E7AAEB345260048FAFE897D7700"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such greater amount as may be approved by the Secretary, which may not exceed 10 percent of the total amount of the grant.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4B3A74B0028246EF95F84E96F533E000"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H0B23D35D605A4B5CB69351B91D90182D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The cost of conducting exercises or training for prevention and detection of, preparedness for, response to, or recovery from terrorist attacks.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H930D3B1344954DEE8EAAFF7677F59CC8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The cost of establishing or enhancing mechanisms for sharing terrorism threat information and ensuring that the mechanisms are interoperable with Federal, State, and local agencies.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H115DC39BB53E459A9D2F2466F1DA9852"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The cost of equipment (including software) required to receive, transmit, handle, and store classified information.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2A0DE347CEA44DE5A1B200CB49251C09"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Multiple-Year projects, Etc</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70107">Section 70107</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7A51333B4F9946C9B81D76BE02090600"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (i), (j), (k), (l), and (m), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HBB24EFB5865B46A9825300AA89163C81"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Multiple-Year projects</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H41733B6623F744409F079BCF00AF02B8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Letters of intent</header><text>The Secretary may execute letters of intent to commit funding to such authorities, operators, and agencies.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7E7031FE5094476C8195589BFAB1C97C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Not more than 20 percent of the grant funds awarded under this subsection in any fiscal year may be awarded for projects that span multiple years.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H90AC3850C54647DCB181E68B61AEEB8E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Consistency with plans</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that each grant awarded under subsection (e)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H42699BC80D864C9AB273A2B98F9F92E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is used to supplement and support, in a consistent and coordinated manner, the applicable Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2F273705B7DA45E79B512F6FF7500184"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is coordinated with any applicable State or Urban Area Homeland Security Plan.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2AEFB4BF75484BAA9D9982943291A99E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>Any entity subject to an Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan may submit an application for a grant under this section, at such time, in such form, and containing such information and assurances as the Secretary may require.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB4A75EA1EA1B4619BAAFA5EC8B487B17"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>, the Secretary, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall submit a report to Congress, in a secure format, describing the methodology used to allocate port security grant funds on the basis of risk.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5B99A9BDFE2C4233B629FA6C7926FFED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(1), as redesignated, by striking <quote>program</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H325CE1352A2449DA8ED91B0057696374"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70107">Section 70107(l)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, as redesignated, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H85AE7D0CB8CC4EA380C78E62006BE8B"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011 to carry out this section.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H48592C88FE544741AB3967827662D5FE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Basis for grants</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70107">Section 70107(a)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>national economic and strategic defense concerns</quote> and inserting <quote>national economic, energy, and strategic defense concerns based upon the most current risk assessments available</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H4B73773BFEEB49268F343061BB136C52"><enum>113.</enum><header>Port Security Training Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6023CB3DA33E4C58BBE048D4DD10A4AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Preparedness and in coordination with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall establish a Port Security Training Program (referred to in this section as the <quote>Training Program</quote>) for the purpose of enhancing the capabilities of each facility required to submit a plan under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70103">section 70103(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, to prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate against, and recover from threatened or actual acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1C7FE88B28C94A0F8F222599BFB16E99"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Training Program shall provide validated training that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4CD3AD5FBB634327848266CCEE3446B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reaches multiple disciplines, including Federal, State, and local government officials, commercial seaport personnel and management, and governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5805A78A730E4021A5009E62961499C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides training at the awareness, performance, and management and planning levels;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9505BA95FE3B40A7963BAD7BDC000022"><enum>(3)</enum><text>utilizes multiple training mediums and methods;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC63270C1E93847D988CE12AB9F2CF53F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>addresses port security topics, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E6CB3ABC144438A84EAEF4D3068BD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>facility security plans and procedures, including how security plans and procedures are adjusted when threat levels increase;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H984CDBCE2F5D465FA1D464C8B1438F8D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facility security force operations and management;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA14ED1139D4C4E9BB8CC3C3F8DF460E5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>physical security and access control at facilities;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H89935B7B3BF440CC8CA6162C282F0358"><enum>(D)</enum><text>methods of security for preventing and countering cargo theft;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H777F2A067FC84FE3833987372625E571"><enum>(E)</enum><text>container security;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1B4FF5AEFE384D0BB1CF5F7697EF566C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>recognition and detection of weapons, dangerous substances, and devices;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H53AC7E920B024E37A7B1451C00D62E1E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>operation and maintenance of security equipment and systems;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H075DEF4798F44518BE8508D5A01400E9"><enum>(H)</enum><text>security threats and patterns;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1C9AA990626E4A79B4F1A0B557AC90AD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>security incident procedures, including procedures for communicating with governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD669C5F3F6744E6AACABA800D4C77AD"><enum>(J)</enum><text>evacuation procedures;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2E1E38C8AC50401387A8E88242D65C89"><enum>(5)</enum><text>is consistent with, and supports implementation of, the National Incident Management System, the National Response Plan, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the National Preparedness Guidance, the National Preparedness Goal, the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan, and other such national initiatives;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H03EF8BDB482F4168A33EEA12D725B9E0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>is evaluated against clear and consistent performance measures;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB91419EE990045550000793F10E400B7"><enum>(7)</enum><text>addresses security requirements under facility security plans; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H94792DDCB981489A9400742195BFB02"><enum>(8)</enum><text>educates, trains, and involves individuals in neighborhoods around facilities required to submit a plan under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70103">section 70103(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, on how to observe and report security risks.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBEA64B6991074A20B5B0763E6C1E0E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Vessel and facility security plans</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70103">Section 70103(c)(3)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE2DCA8F6F84A4EC0A1B1004D3322BEAC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H) (as added by section 102(1)(D)) as subparagraphs (G), (H), and (I), respectively; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6BDC71E9ACC745FBACF53FE3FA153C14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H10A019A7AA414AC283097F0899AB6489" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>provide a strategy and timeline for conducting training and periodic unannounced drills;</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDC62FB5C9A544ADF91CC85CCD955A056"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that, in carrying out the Program, the Office of Grants and Training shall consult with commercial seaport personnel and management.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9C022A0D1D28430DB8404482BD70B31"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Training partners</header><text>In developing and delivering training under the Training Program, the Secretary, in coordination with the Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation, and consistent with section 109 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70101">46 U.S.C. 70101</external-xref> note), shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H80AAE272325745799F21E18992A46507"><enum>(1)</enum><text>work with government training facilities, academic institutions, private organizations, employee organizations, and other entities that provide specialized, state-of-the-art training for governmental and nongovernmental emergency responder providers or commercial seaport personnel and management; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDA165C37E2334D288F051FC58C9373C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>utilize, as appropriate, government training facilities, courses provided by community colleges, public safety academies, State and private universities, and other facilities.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H7F84C517BA204B3DB17F57761F0654DF"><enum>114.</enum><header>Port Security Exercise Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF330D1E9F7484A0D98C0FF11D982A755"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Preparedness and in coordination with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall establish a Port Security Exercise Program (referred to in this section as the <quote>Exercise Program</quote>) for the purpose of testing and evaluating the capabilities of Federal, State, local, and foreign governments, commercial seaport personnel and management, governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers, the private sector, or any other organization or entity, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, to prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies at facilities required to submit a plan under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70103">section 70103(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H14EC64C5F405479F9D5839256B94739F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the Exercise Program—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H473401B7C2F248D7A3B03DF4FB051C75"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conducts, on a periodic basis, port security exercises at such facilities that are—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC4172DFF019A425F8DED92E400D0F73E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>scaled and tailored to the needs of each facility;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2294A0CDC0734FFD8EB8037D976D4366"><enum>(B)</enum><text>live, in the case of the most at-risk facilities;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3B3E379115D84C7AB18BFF4350F79238"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as realistic as practicable and based on current risk assessments, including credible threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9DF3D85B116D4344A44EC781D3CA5C7D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>consistent with the National Incident Management System, the National Response Plan, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the National Preparedness Guidance, the National Preparedness Goal, the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan, and other such national initiatives;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9A0ADC8F9FAC411C842302F7D658D5A0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>evaluated against clear and consistent performance measures;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H383CC6ED2A6B408F819C1534091C03F9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>assessed to learn best practices, which shall be shared with appropriate Federal, State, and local officials, commercial seaport personnel and management, governmental and nongovernmental emergency response providers, and the private sector; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4BA199F5447A4676AC65FAD814B6A658"><enum>(G)</enum><text>followed by remedial action in response to lessons learned; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF728F3CE44684354A7F1119343EB79A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assists State and local governments and facilities in designing, implementing, and evaluating exercises that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7909AEA6720648809F5251DFF334FA3F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conform to the requirements of paragraph (1); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H15C9BA5CF6864757AD1BD7D215600053"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are consistent with any applicable Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan and State or Urban Area Homeland Security Plan.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H27F6D9D6594747BEA0D4D618F23291EF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Improvement Plan</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a port security exercise improvement plan process to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H277C9E248E7A4986AEFE35CCA4F5BF13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify and analyze each port security exercise for lessons learned and best practices;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE1E03C8EBE0B49E3958B8636193B8FAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>disseminate lessons learned and best practices to participants in the Exercise Program;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H440B4A94440F4433AB8949307F04A400"><enum>(3)</enum><text>monitor the implementation of lessons learned and best practices by participants in the Exercise Program; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB8268AF2B9724086B0345B67D600D532"><enum>(4)</enum><text>conduct remedial action tracking and long-term trend analysis.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HB1BA02DBB4294F8AABD9F7B14CA56730"><enum>115.</enum><header>Facility exercise requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall require each high risk facility to conduct live or full-scale exercises described in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/33/105.220">section 105.220(c)</external-xref> of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, not less frequently than once every 2 years, in accordance with the facility security plan required under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70103">section 70103(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code.</text> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H0E45779F356046C7A9A3467E9CA31DF4"><enum>C</enum><header>Port Operations</header>
<section commented="no" id="HC9D7BCD277BC46E98BC80064B69DC6B1"><enum>121.</enum><header>Domestic radiation detection and imaging</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA266B7A8DBD0472FBB8048FCC988EEFE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Scanning containers</header><text>Subject to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1318">section 1318</external-xref> of title 19, United States Code, not later than December 31, 2007, all containers entering the United States through the 22 ports through which the greatest volume of containers enter the United States by vessel shall be scanned for radiation. To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall deploy next generation radiation detection technology.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2C0ED30CFE1F41CB8B16A23D8176AC2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a strategy for the deployment of radiation detection capabilities that includes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA444A53FCC044E168618638895580052"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a risk-based prioritization of ports of entry at which radiation detection equipment will be deployed;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H699B9C3FFD704E5C90544EE8EB015554"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a proposed timeline of when radiation detection equipment will be deployed at each port of entry identified under paragraph (1);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H932E106AF0B047129C8C8945031E0531"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the type of equipment to be used at each port of entry identified under paragraph (1), including the joint deployment and utilization of radiation detection equipment and nonintrusive imaging equipment;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF6710FBCC58E4E938316B03145ED835E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>standard operating procedures for examining containers with such equipment, including sensor alarming, networking, and communications and response protocols;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1CEF3A08AF9F44A1BAD96418C99776CC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>operator training plans;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF84F526F4D664C87A5DC7200DA1FD070"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an evaluation of the environmental health and safety impacts of nonintrusive imaging technology and a radiation risk reduction plan, in consultation with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, that seeks to minimize radiation exposure of workers and the public to levels as low as reasonably achievable;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD18AAF0743494DE9A1E414AF87018071"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the policy of the Department for using nonintrusive imaging equipment in tandem with radiation detection equipment; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H61894DECC161400A80BE17FCBF568906"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a classified annex that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBE80FEC558ED4EA9ABF3CD7DCED87C38"><enum>(A)</enum><text>details plans for covert testing; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H68D2411EE04D4A09843C93C66488D746"><enum>(B)</enum><text>outlines the risk-based prioritization of ports of entry identified under paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF8A02A9E66B94215BC2D003B903FCBD5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit the strategy developed under subsection (b) to the appropriate congressional committees.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8F4F8ABE51C34F28B5C69B203237C83D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Update</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the submission of the report under subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide a more complete evaluation under subsection (b)(6).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7A1F8585E27E4156B353541DD97D22C2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Other weapons of mass destruction threats</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the feasibility of, and a strategy for, the development of equipment to detect and prevent shielded nuclear and radiological threat material and chemical, biological, and other weapons of mass destruction from entering the United States.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC0242955B31D4FC0A157D775B4565C4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection and in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall publish technical capability standards and recommended standard operating procedures for the use of nonintrusive imaging and radiation detection equipment in the United States. Such standards and procedures—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE7D37EBAA20B4F93B848D3ACEA35D1C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>should take into account relevant standards and procedures utilized by other Federal departments or agencies as well as those developed by international bodies; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H79A48FFDFC684A518F963BD86382B9CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not be designed so as to endorse specific companies or create sovereignty conflicts with participating countries.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H02A497AD873C4E15808B5F2D9DCFD66"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall fully implement the strategy developed under subsection (b).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3DEF1A223A764A86B3ADC25B29FF5804"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Expansion to Other United States Ports of Entry</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H72EFBECDAC394FE3A26DC5EF92C8BACF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon as practicable after—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0C88EE674D8B49F58DFC65AAF7B1774D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implementation of the program for the examination of containers for radiation at ports of entry described in subsection (a); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB7FF9ED3F1C0462092D75E7D19462B11"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submission of the strategy developed under subsection (b) (and updating, if any, of that strategy under subsection (c)),</text> </subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">but not later than December 31, 2008, the Secretary shall expand the strategy developed under subsection (b), in a manner consistent with the requirements of subsection (b), to provide for the deployment of radiation detection capabilities at all other United States ports of entry not covered by the strategy developed under subsection (b).</continuation-text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3E5D7F847AFC48C893B1DB02644BE95"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Risk assessment</header><text>In expanding the strategy under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall identify and assess the risks to those other ports of entry in order to determine what equipment and practices will best mitigate the risks.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H534671AFA67445ABAA4B5B7769B72BEB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Intermodal Rail Radiation Detection Test Center</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3400CC726F80403290C5248656EA2E70"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>In accordance with subsection (b), and in order to comply with this section, the Secretary shall establish an Intermodal Rail Radiation Detection Test Center (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Test Center</quote>).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H864EA82575A14CAFAE77A6155F604FDD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Projects</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct multiple, concurrent projects at the Test Center to rapidly identify and test concepts specific to the challenges posed by on-dock rail.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEB0A5AF65BE6417685CC56B19CB99088"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Location</header><text>The Test Center shall be located within a public port facility at which a majority of the containerized cargo is directly laden from (or unladen to) on-dock, intermodal rail.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H0EBA4B7D8F97428984C8B5171C007B3B"><enum>122.</enum><header>Inspection of car ferries entering from abroad</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, and in coordination with the Secretary of State and in cooperation with ferry operators and appropriate foreign government officials, shall seek to develop a plan for the inspection of passengers and vehicles before such passengers board, or such vehicles are loaded onto, a ferry bound for a United States facility required to submit a plan under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70103">section 70103(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H444105A89DCF4A0AA0DC3C113DE38652"><enum>123.</enum><header>Random searches of containers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall develop and implement a plan, utilizing best practices for empirical scientific research design and random sampling, to conduct random searches of containers in addition to any targeted or preshipment inspection of such containers required by law or regulation or conducted under any other program conducted by the Secretary. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that implementation of the random sampling plan precludes additional searches of containers not inspected pursuant to the plan.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H3D722BD13DC24D59BE9C884D028DC07"><enum>124.</enum><header>Work stoppages and employee-employer disputes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70101">Section 70101(6)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>In this paragraph, the term <quote>economic disruption</quote> does not include a work stoppage or other employee-related action not related to terrorism and resulting from an employee-employer dispute.</quote>.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H30868E2254E04110AD97282508CDB58D"><enum>125.</enum><header>Threat assessment screening of port truck drivers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement a threat assessment screening, including name-based checks against terrorist watch lists and immigration status check, for all port truck drivers with access to secure areas of a port who have a commercial driver’s license but do not have a current and valid hazardous materials endorsement issued in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/49/1572">section 1572</external-xref> of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, that is the same as the threat assessment screening required for facility employees and longshoremen by the Commandant of the Coast Guard under Coast Guard Notice USCG–2006–24189 (Federal Register, Vol. 71, No. 82, Friday, April 28, 2006).</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H3FA1F42880D143169841C7003D7D2F04"><enum>126.</enum><header>Border Patrol unit for United States Virgin Islands</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6E37E73A16F743CD96658770068F88C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may establish at least 1 Border Patrol unit for the United States Virgin Islands.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC958647D03344A0099AFAC6DE7FF2400"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes the schedule, if any, for carrying out subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HB7962A33938D4B6196EF7E2F1119D803"><enum>127.</enum><header>Report on arrival and departure manifests for certain commercial vessels in the United States Virgin Islands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the impact of implementing the requirements of section 231 of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1221">8 U.S.C. 1221</external-xref>) (relating to providing United States border officers with arrival and departure manifests) with respect to commercial vessels that are fewer than 300 gross tons and operate exclusively between the territorial waters of the United States Virgin Islands and the territorial waters of the British Virgin Islands.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="HBACF0531AB9C4FBEA446049882DB5DB0"><enum>128.</enum><header>Center of Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H30F902FB2D914D92AEFB747735335FF1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a university-based Center for Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness following the merit-review processes and procedures that have been established by the Secretary for selecting university program centers of excellence.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7422E3DD9F0942FBB530DEF1D8545F20"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Center established under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0749A251104E4310B27B001F002FBAE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prioritize its activities based on the <quote>National Plan To Improve Maritime Domain Awareness</quote> published by the Department in October 2005;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD310B5EB9CCF42548574498264F27D73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recognize the extensive previous and ongoing work and existing competence in the field of maritime domain awareness at numerous academic and research institutions, such as the Naval Postgraduate School;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H928859BC5884447DB1E4FAA2616B427F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>leverage existing knowledge and continue development of a broad base of expertise within academia and industry in maritime domain awareness; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB1D152926DC2490EA4E8D793BE245600"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide educational, technical, and analytical assistance to Federal agencies with responsibilities for maritime domain awareness, including the Coast Guard, to focus on the need for interoperability, information sharing, and common information technology standards and architecture.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>II</enum><header>Security of the International Supply Chain</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="HF5EA24ADC28E4E6BBF3650AEE5621920"><enum>A</enum><header>General Provisions</header>
<section commented="no" id="H587C2D8E9B2C48EAAFC0105855DAAC70"><enum>201.</enum><header>Strategic plan to enhance the security of the international supply chain</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5CDAB51B42F34B36945C01B09176C43"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal, State, local, and tribal government agencies and private sector stakeholders responsible for security matters that affect or relate to the movement of containers through the international supply chain, shall develop, implement, and update, as appropriate, a strategic plan to enhance the security of the international supply chain.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBA9E97E261684EBBB2F38DEDB800CC52"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The strategic plan required under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEC0F0685D2164A648FA0A7AC3D9D00FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describe the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of Federal, State, local, and tribal government agencies and private-sector stakeholders that relate to the security of the movement of containers through the international supply chain;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB20B9CCD748A457F9C156DE1BAFABCD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify and address gaps and unnecessary overlaps in the roles, responsibilities, or authorities described in paragraph (1);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0B3881CB2FE04E9093424CEF7B001037"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify and make recommendations regarding legislative, regulatory, and organizational changes necessary to improve coordination among the entities or to enhance the security of the international supply chain;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H49575AEE2D5F409598BAC1800649500"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide measurable goals, including objectives, mechanisms, and a schedule, for furthering the security of commercial operations from point of origin to point of destination;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H58A7C9075D3A47E5BCEB658C22043B35"><enum>(5)</enum><text>build on available resources and consider costs and benefits;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H02BF7F8F843B48C3BBFBD804ABF42818"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide incentives for additional voluntary measures to enhance cargo security, as recommended by the Commissioner;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB1CEF5EB0AC2481196D939EC4D904FC7"><enum>(7)</enum><text>consider the impact of supply chain security requirements on small- and medium-sized companies;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA936D39A2DD449E59000F64B806E48CB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>include a process for sharing intelligence and information with private-sector stakeholders to assist in their security efforts;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H824AC562FEF44724B0014505DB8CA22B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>identify a framework for prudent and measured response in the event of a transportation security incident involving the international supply chain;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8BCFBF63057642DB8333657C1141563C"><enum>(10)</enum><text>provide protocols for the expeditious resumption of the flow of trade in accordance with section 202;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD187C3F7816148239F351E915731F249"><enum>(11)</enum><text>consider the linkages between supply chain security and security programs within other systems of movement, including travel security and terrorism finance programs; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H183E04F13F534630A86770B9CCA07300"><enum>(12)</enum><text>expand upon and relate to existing strategies and plans, including the National Response Plan, the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan, the National Strategy for Maritime Security, and the 8 supporting plans of the Strategy, as required by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 13.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD02BF4E8A2BD44149FE1FB975FA92DC3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In developing protocols under subsection (b)(10), the Secretary shall consult with Federal, State, local, and private sector stakeholders, including the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee and the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H91CCDB7E5504407DBF29309C9551CD51"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Communication</header><text>To the extent practicable, the strategic plan developed under subsection (a) shall provide for coordination with, and lines of communication among, appropriate Federal, State, local, and private-sector stakeholders on law enforcement actions, intermodal rerouting plans, and other strategic infrastructure issues resulting from a transportation security incident or transportation disruption.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H95F7D936C5DB441EA60715C08363B43"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Utilization of advisory committees</header><text>As part of the consultations described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, utilize the Homeland Security Advisory Committee, the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee, and the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee to review, as necessary, the draft strategic plan and any subsequent updates to the strategic plan.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE0FB4CE5D4C54005827C502FE9B74E84"><enum>(f)</enum><header>International standards and practices</header><text>In furtherance of the strategic plan required under subsection (a), the Secretary is encouraged to consider proposed or established standards and practices of foreign governments and international organizations, including the International Maritime Organization, the World Customs Organization, the International Labor Organization, and the International Organization for Standardization, as appropriate, to establish standards and best practices for the security of containers moving through the international supply chain.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDC6418ABDAA3479E93504585116FD741"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6F03AEB2C2E442CDB536336860B926DF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the strategic plan required by subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H76C5E035833A4F8D8E3CE49171B1CB37"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date on which the strategic plan is submitted under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that contains an update of the strategic plan.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H701D6C0785B24BEA8C7C7DDD00DFF034"><enum>202.</enum><header>Post-incident resumption of trade</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCDA8B32793C3479B95D0C7E776171FA4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop and update, as necessary, protocols for the resumption of trade in accordance with section 201(b)(10) in the event of a transportation disruption or a transportation security incident. The protocols shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6EAE92A4B7524BC1BE4E095DE3FC72CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the identification of the appropriate initial incident commander, if the Commandant of the Coast Guard is not the appropriate person, and lead departments, agencies, or offices to execute such protocols;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4492FFE0D976467E82DF2D6657A62323"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a plan to redeploy resources and personnel, as necessary, to reestablish the flow of trade;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H31718047BA97480EBA306FA3A4902419"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a plan to provide training for the periodic instruction of personnel of the United States Customs and Border Protection, the Coast Guard, and the Transportation Security Administration in trade resumption functions and responsibilities; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC0A229C0874B42B88D36F0D49F5D0079"><enum>(4)</enum><text>appropriate factors for establishing prioritization of vessels and cargo determined by the President to be critical for response and recovery, including factors relating to public health, national security, and economic need.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0A2616438093443CAEBEA995F33B411"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Vessels</header><text>In determining the prioritization of vessels accessing facilities (as defined under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70101">section 70101</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code), the Commandant of the Coast Guard may, to the extent practicable and consistent with the protocols and plans required under this section to ensure the safe and secure transit of vessels to ports in the United States after a transportation security incident, give priority to a vessel—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9299EE64DD1C40FC938462CA68DD3FE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that has an approved security plan under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70103">section 70103(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, or a valid international ship security certificate, as provided under part 104 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF593F588E77B4E91A25C33FD072DB37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that is manned by individuals who are described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70105">section 70105(b)(2)(B)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H94A830EA665C431197B4121EFADEACFD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that is operated by validated participants in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7A85CCF6485D49C5ADBC7528174C4F13"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cargo</header><text>In determining the prioritization of the resumption of the flow of cargo and consistent with the protocols established under this section, the Commissioner may give preference to cargo—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4F86B6AE6AC44EC5B554A8475BDDA0BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>entering a port of entry directly from a foreign seaport designated under the Container Security Initiative;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H568F0FD9F5FC47819BBAC8A45E7274E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>from the supply chain of a validated C–TPAT participant and other private sector entities, as appropriate; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H603D91DA618248CE00F3D0CE05E3DDBC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that has undergone—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA622C382D638445200A12021C5F78899"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a nuclear or radiological detection scan;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC5F4A4FF4CDD4A82B9FC42338FC37404"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an x-ray, density, or other imaging scan; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7393638786884755915679126604554B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a system to positively identify the container at the last port of departure prior to arrival in the United States, which data has been evaluated and analyzed by personnel of the United States Customs and Border Protection.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA5FBBF525A994958AFCAEFD3FD61F36F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that there is appropriate coordination among the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Commissioner, and other Federal officials following a maritime disruption or maritime transportation security incident in order to provide for the resumption of trade.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBA8B029230854637A03CC5FFF4735136"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Communication</header><text>Consistent with section 201, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, Commissioner, and other appropriate Federal officials, shall promptly communicate any revised procedures or instructions intended for the private sector following a maritime disruption or maritime transportation security incident.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H967D408E7A1D4814B74574C818E3AA1F"><enum>203.</enum><header>Automated Targeting System</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H55E0A3B8CC7D4062AC27F65413805C58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD6F34B21991342B4A57BC19A90035D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify and seek the submission of data related to the movement of a shipment of cargo through the international supply chain; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE81C7A7326EE4302B5C8EFCF2B1D7093"><enum>(2)</enum><text>analyze the data described in paragraph (1) to identify high-risk cargo for inspection.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H34F425D16ED042FF87C9ED6288F300D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall require the electronic transmission to the Department of additional data elements for improved high-risk targeting, including appropriate security elements of entry data, as determined by the Secretary, to be provided as advanced information with respect to cargo destined for importation into the United States prior to loading of such cargo on vessels at foreign seaports.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB21E58689E6948E684BE4448CACA8503"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBC3BC8C2E0D046439D6D54EDADC9B92B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consider the cost, benefit, and feasibility of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3ECD2624E2E749179E4133BD95E703CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>requiring additional nonmanifest documentation;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFAACB943E13549E8927769D00039B8F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reducing the time period allowed by law for revisions to a container cargo manifest;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFA5315D58D3B4EF79612CFBC947EFABA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reducing the time period allowed by law for submission of certain elements of entry data, for vessel or cargo; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H71E39CA1057B404CBA3703E25F88BCCE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such other actions the Secretary considers beneficial for improving the information relied upon for the Automated Targeting System and any successor targeting system in furthering the security and integrity of the international supply chain; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6901140347E545A395077834AAB7F66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consult with stakeholders, including the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, and identify to them the need for such information, and the appropriate timing of its submission.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H97E5DC35E60F4E60A9F3FA7E40ECC21D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section. In promulgating such regulations, the Secretary shall adhere to the parameters applicable to the development of regulations under section 343(a) of the Trade Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2071">19 U.S.C. 2071</external-xref> note), including provisions relating to consultation, technology, analysis, use of information, confidentiality, and timing requirements.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4AA9079421684B92009D1F537CE5A607"><enum>(e)</enum><header>System improvements</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD057260E5DE14E0E9F43065421957B48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct, through an independent panel, a review of the effectiveness and capabilities of the Automated Targeting System;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HED996F8BC2B141D4B71D587FA723A8E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider future iterations of the Automated Targeting System, which would incorporate smart features, such as more complex algorithms and real-time intelligence, instead of relying solely on rule sets that are periodically updated;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H786DD12DBDE643D0ABD60007EC5E00A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure that the Automated Targeting System has the capability to electronically compare manifest and other available data for cargo entered into or bound for the United States to detect any significant anomalies between such data and facilitate the resolution of such anomalies;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF6C259D65E7240EB92FFF4FD74172E36"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensure that the Automated Targeting System has the capability to electronically identify, compile, and compare select data elements for cargo entered into or bound for the United States following a maritime transportation security incident, in order to efficiently identify cargo for increased inspection or expeditious release; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H568D869CE66C451CB175146D404F2D68"><enum>(5)</enum><text>develop a schedule to address the recommendations of the Comptroller General of the United States, the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury, and the Inspector General of the Department with respect to the operation of the Automated Targeting System.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HED52B973A18F428398FC234CF3C3D1DB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Secure transmission of certain information</header><text>All information required by the Department from supply chain partners shall be transmitted in a secure fashion, as determined by the Secretary, so as to protect the information from unauthorized access.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H401355FB2F4048BBB5664EBBCF436700"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Customs and Border Protection to carry out the Automated Targeting System for identifying high-risk oceanborne container cargo for inspection—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H38BF8A337DA442AC90858F5B73F24225"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$33,200,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCD5405BB41D24D08BE885999C11E7364"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$35,700,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6693A3ED750E4F03B5B958F3E3625E64"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$37,485,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H05E103ADF71749D99730B36303DFFE43"><enum>204.</enum><header>Container security standards and procedures</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HECAACD3D09D14505BE481219C001B6C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H30364A0E11414ABE964C00219627B8EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish minimum standards and procedures for securing containers in transit to the United States.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBB298A8AF1BC49F08E008E96D04BCD3F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interim rule</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue an interim final rule pursuant to the proceeding described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H40C678F6F6F84CED9DD2D300D3132EF8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Missed deadline</header><text>If the Secretary is unable to meet the deadline established pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall submit a letter to the appropriate congressional committees explaining why the Secretary is unable to meet that deadline and describing what must be done before such minimum standards and procedures can be established.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2FB524418D404A3BA5E6C282A1D6BF3C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deadline for enforcement</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which the standards and procedures are established pursuant to paragraph (1), all containers bound for ports of entry in the United States shall meet such standards and procedures.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6766722377C14355BC76BC7FB2376AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review and enhancement</header><text>The Secretary shall regularly review and enhance the standards and procedures established pursuant to subsection (a), as appropriate, based on tests of technologies as they become commercially available to detect container intrusion and the highest consequence threats, particularly weapons of mass destruction.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDB3CE2C8C4414C64889784312B387DB4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>International cargo security standards</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, and other Federal Government officials, as appropriate, and with the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, the Homeland Security Advisory Committee, and the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee, is encouraged to promote and establish international standards for the security of containers moving through the international supply chain with foreign governments and international organizations, including the International Maritime Organization, the International Organization for Standardization, the International Labor Organization, and the World Customs Organization.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA0F87ECB9EF847EB8F853FDBE50F018"><enum>(d)</enum><header>International Trade and Other Obligations</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate Federal departments and agencies and private sector stakeholders and ensure that actions under this section do not violate international trade obligations or other international obligations of the United States.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HAAC6AA9AF278404D87C79227C50F25C"><enum>205.</enum><header>Container Security Initiative</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2B8066402A984B1B9E63BA902C78675F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall establish and implement a program (referred to in this section as the <quote>Container Security Initiative</quote> or <quote>CSI</quote>) to identify and examine or search maritime containers that pose a security risk before loading such containers in a foreign port for shipment to the United States, either directly or through a foreign port.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H45C62DEF92694326B66939DFA788475D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assessment</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, may designate foreign seaports to participate in the Container Security Initiative after the Secretary has assessed the costs, benefits, and other factors associated with such designation, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAB556C3505AE4555A2CD886D13D1EDB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the level of risk for the potential compromise of containers by terrorists, or other threats as determined by the Secretary;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE8B890E1EC92454C9DCA6FEF4CED296B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the volume of cargo being imported to the United States directly from, or being transshipped through, the foreign seaport;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H786A5DBF2E4D401CBA4EBE245BF57B5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the results of the Coast Guard assessments conducted pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70108">section 70108</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC31BB513E12F4C14948E4127D9AE99EB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the commitment of the government of the country in which the foreign seaport is located to cooperating with the Department in sharing critical data and risk management information and to maintain programs to ensure employee integrity; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H20FA0F7FC9914FB0BC907E00AECB7120"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the potential for validation of security practices at the foreign seaport by the Department.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB5694568767D4AB200E4F6E267913CF4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of the designation of a foreign port under the Container Security Initiative or the revocation of such a designation before notifying the public of such designation or revocation.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1BABBDC8C95547C49BB6118A309549C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Negotiations</header><text>The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of State and in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, may enter into negotiations with the government of each foreign nation in which a seaport is designated under the Container Security Initiative to ensure full compliance with the requirements under the Container Security Initiative.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBC88FC266A5F488E959946A1B1C0EF62"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Overseas inspections</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBA6340954FCF4F45BD7900FAE703BBE2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements and procedures</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFF34730BC4C34F30829D2600BB781274"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish minimum technical capability criteria and standard operating procedures for the use of nonintrusive inspection and nuclear and radiological detection systems in conjunction with CSI;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H567E63CA85AD4922B52118627BD7853B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require each port designated under CSI to operate nonintrusive inspection and nuclear and radiological detection systems in accordance with the technical capability criteria and standard operating procedures established under subparagraph (A);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H61E10DE067414ABCA32E962328878C51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>continually monitor the technologies, processes, and techniques used to inspect cargo at ports designated under CSI to ensure adherence to such criteria and the use of such procedures; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6651575DB01848D28200B628002E14DC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>consult with the Secretary of Energy in establishing the minimum technical capability criteria and standard operating procedures established under subparagraph (A) pertaining to radiation detection technologies to promote consistency in detection systems at foreign ports designated under CSI.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H84DD7C6FD9F1488F9F6909CC2DCED73B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Constraints</header><text>The criteria and procedures established under paragraph (1)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H220B4FA4AF5B47399FC3B96314001CD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be consistent, as practicable, with relevant standards and procedures utilized by other Federal departments or agencies, or developed by international bodies if the United States consents to such standards and procedures;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H656480E66DF24B72B78EBE153EBFB95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not apply to activities conducted under the Megaports Initiative of the Department of Energy; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF6E34097F7354FBCA144C5A552968395"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall not be designed to endorse the product or technology of any specific company or to conflict with the sovereignty of a country in which a foreign seaport designated under the Container Security Initiative is located.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC6998119345C4DA8AB7F07C25DD53506"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>The authority of the Secretary under this section shall not affect any authority or duplicate any efforts or responsibilities of the Federal Government with respect to the deployment of radiation detection equipment outside of the United States.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDD3FB4406F584019AE954DF6F236A619"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4C341711B8D0456781BE66A09FA3E9B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate with the Secretary of Energy, as necessary, to provide radiation detection equipment required to support the Container Security Initiative through the Department of Energy’s Second Line of Defense Program and Megaports Initiative; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4BC5A09445A549488177E247C842C7B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>work with the private sector or host governments, when possible, to obtain radiation detection equipment that meets the Department’s and the Department of Energy’s technical specifications for such equipment.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF5D03DC170144178AA6C73FFEDAAA1F"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Staffing</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a human capital management plan to determine adequate staffing levels in the United States and in foreign seaports including, as appropriate, the remote location of personnel in countries in which foreign seaports are designated under the Container Security Initiative.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H27C0B18820264C96B500BE5DF97D83AF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Annual discussions</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the appropriate Federal officials, shall hold annual discussions with foreign governments of countries in which foreign seaports designated under the Container Security Initiative are located regarding best practices, technical assistance, training needs, and technological developments that will assist in ensuring the efficient and secure movement of international cargo.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB3B0F795BD894914BEDC8F9629ED5FF7"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Lesser risk port</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, may treat cargo loaded in a foreign seaport designated under the Container Security Initiative as presenting a lesser risk than similar cargo loaded in a foreign seaport that is not designated under the Container Security Initiative, for the purpose of clearing such cargo into the United States.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1278C03D1FCE409EBA73CF00269D4656"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Prohibition</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE85598B6E0024E78B7E3B99C03ED00FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall issue a <quote>do not load</quote> order, using existing authorities, to prevent the onload of any cargo loaded at a port designated under CSI that has been identified as high risk, including by the Automated Targeting System, unless the cargo is determined to no longer be high risk through—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H589B3F0B4C2B4A49A4323CB4D81C397D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a scan of the cargo with nonintrusive imaging equipment and radiation detection equipment;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5F4505C959624B7B807384C38656E627"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a search of the cargo; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H213BEF371AAC4AC1881B10036260BC12"><enum>(C)</enum><text>additional information received by the Department.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H33373433D21A4D28A315B41E40BF2135"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to interfere with the ability of the Secretary to deny entry of any cargo into the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD754F4E9E7864A8298D000620621F228"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA0F315B179FE450A97F8AEDEF904DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2007, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall, in consultation with other appropriate government officials and the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the effectiveness of, and the need for any improvements to, the Container Security Initiative. The report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB88CD57A830D473AB0CD846D87E0EB52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the technical assistance delivered to, as well as needed at, each designated seaport;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H19B7E1CCABFB474F87929BCD58069814"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the human capital management plan at each designated seaport;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4E77B62F181247C69E279676010044D2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a summary of the requests made by the United States to foreign governments to conduct physical or nonintrusive inspections of cargo at designated seaports, and whether each such request was granted or denied by the foreign government;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7238B39802A540FEA933C11B865B3956"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an assessment of the effectiveness of screening, scanning, and inspection protocols and technologies utilized at designated seaports and the effect on the flow of commerce at such seaports, as well as any recommendations for improving the effectiveness of screening, scanning, and inspection protocols and technologies utilized at designated seaports;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC7AF6592AB4C4F0A0000B0E3D2B912D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description and assessment of the outcome of any security incident involving a foreign seaport designated under the Container Security Initiative;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFF37BE9A41F84169868C1FBA22C7065C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the rationale for the continuance of each port designated under CSI;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0D3D0BD1A5B54CFBA9B18F16968C41AA"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a description of the potential for remote targeting to decrease the number of personnel who are deployed at foreign ports under CSI; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H233A972A06504BB882138BE6AA00B8A0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a summary and assessment of the aggregate number and extent of trade compliance lapses at each seaport designated under the Container Security Initiative.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB5F4453ACE474820B79FA1FF88CBDF88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updated report</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2010, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall, in consultation with other appropriate government officials and the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, submit an updated report to the appropriate congressional committees on the effectiveness of, and the need for any improvements to, the Container Security Initiative. The updated report shall address each of the elements required to be included in the report provided for under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9B234AF6AA5648C8B9D3C7F48F5CE5D"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Customs and Border Protection to carry out the provisions of this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H90AC524CB0CD4CDA828FC4BEAC40011"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$144,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCE64D6B821B1492C845C29EF00C6E574"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$146,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9DF8845B788B45FD8DB317DF00B5415B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$153,300,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H767A6457343C49DE83FBD313F71EEAAC"><enum>B</enum><header>Customs–Trade Partnership Against Terrorism</header>
<section commented="no" id="H9975ADB18CE14E67B9A51A2EED717F"><enum>211.</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1179A4A2E3404F5AB0CBED12821EA938"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, is authorized to establish a voluntary government-private sector program (to be known as the <quote>Customs–Trade Partnership Against Terrorism</quote> or <quote>C–TPAT</quote>) to strengthen and improve the overall security of the international supply chain and United States border security, and to facilitate the movement of secure cargo through the international supply chain, by providing benefits to participants meeting or exceeding the program requirements. Participants in C–TPAT shall include Tier 1 participants, Tier 2 participants, and Tier 3 participants.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8B76FEFAB6694EED930057826C368637"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum security requirements</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall review the minimum security requirements of C–TPAT at least once every year and update such requirements as necessary.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HF0570928F5B6403494B5F4D63F2058D5"><enum>212.</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Importers, customs brokers, forwarders, air, sea, land carriers, contract logistics providers, and other entities in the international supply chain and intermodal transportation system are eligible to apply to voluntarily enter into partnerships with the Department under C–TPAT.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H8268CE43297A43D78CC1271482A32062"><enum>213.</enum><header>Minimum requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An applicant seeking to participate in C–TPAT shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9CB2CA2C1EF74D2E8BC0C77E21C7AEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demonstrate a history of moving cargo in the international supply chain;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8B181E702F4D4D6D8424EEDA9700EC20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct an assessment of its supply chain based upon security criteria established by the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8DB9A1BCDAF54306A390D4FAAFAAA3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>business partner requirements;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H99FEE7F0970A4531B3D9A03226CB9374"><enum>(B)</enum><text>container security;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H84C0E8A222F141868FDB893F1C7F6797"><enum>(C)</enum><text>physical security and access controls;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H48290DB027D8481F84A3BB45B0BB30AA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>personnel security;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA6EF49D97C294AC681079B9577856E62"><enum>(E)</enum><text>procedural security;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB4EC88F8762E445F0010F9D717F5EAA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>security training and threat awareness; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H782EA86AAF1C426695B265CA74BCE820"><enum>(G)</enum><text>information technology security;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HED2DE35A3E224F69ACF213B96E102502"><enum>(3)</enum><text>implement and maintain security measures and supply chain security practices meeting security criteria established by the Commissioner; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H93C8BA3F377140249800B4392CAD58DF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>meet all other requirements established by the Commissioner, in consultation with the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="H90F0D945814848AEB66B23B227A4B00"><enum>214.</enum><header>Tier 1 participants in C–TPAT</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H567BA54CD9B847348452936EC774C636"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Benefits</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall offer limited benefits to a Tier 1 participant who has been certified in accordance with the guidelines referred to in subsection (b). Such benefits may include a reduction in the score assigned pursuant to the Automated Targeting System of not greater than 20 percent of the high-risk threshold established by the Secretary.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H69A65AF14D4F489100878438FA74A06B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall update the guidelines for certifying a C–TPAT participant’s security measures and supply chain security practices under this section. Such guidelines shall include a background investigation and extensive documentation review.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC5C6CDFA87F348E2955B601E0326E9F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timeframe</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall complete the Tier 1 certification process within 90 days of receipt of an application for participation in C–TPAT.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HE2A639DAA07E450B96FBEBBB0889A89D"><enum>215.</enum><header>Tier 2 participants in C–TPAT</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF43E1ECA53E1427A85985000E45684D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Validation</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall validate the security measures and supply chain security practices of a Tier 1 participant in accordance with the guidelines referred to in subsection (c). Such validation shall include on-site assessments at appropriate foreign locations utilized by the Tier 1 participant in its supply chain and shall, to the extent practicable, be completed not later than 1 year after certification as a Tier 1 participant.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC0D1AE0072A74AC18F2DF6ECEFACCD33"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Benefits</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall extend benefits to each C–TPAT participant that has been validated as a Tier 2 participant under this section, which may include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5E4B2B744E324376A891EA2000428317"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reduced scores in the Automated Targeting System;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3BB3C689F6E94CFB949DEF3BEC3786B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reduced examinations of cargo; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB5DD4634EBCD49D3B7218961DAA320C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>priority searches of cargo.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H817B14B5E2DA4063B4A0002DC89FC74"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall develop a schedule and update the guidelines for validating a participant’s security measures and supply chain security practices under this section.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H0EE4C31279DB41F2980003D7E37C36E3"><enum>216.</enum><header>Tier 3 participants in C–TPAT</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3330295EDD3E4E5C005338F8843EB1B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall establish a third tier of C–TPAT participation that offers additional benefits to participants who demonstrate a sustained commitment to maintaining security measures and supply chain security practices that exceed the guidelines established for validation as a Tier 2 participant in C–TPAT under section 215.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF0DB5F515CAA40958DF50346B5BD82CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall designate criteria for validating a C–TPAT participant as a Tier 3 participant under this section. Such criteria may include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H23B7DF6A0BFA4A33009DEDDA923BEC1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>compliance with any additional guidelines established by the Secretary that exceed the guidelines established pursuant to section 215 of this Act for validating a C–TPAT participant as a Tier 2 participant, particularly with respect to controls over access to cargo throughout the supply chain;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H621FD275F889406C9E8CD0F7745B68D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submission of additional information regarding cargo prior to loading, as determined by the Secretary;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H50AF12CAED94436200BA15B1BEE48530"><enum>(3)</enum><text>utilization of container security devices, technologies, policies, or practices that meet standards and criteria established by the Secretary; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6774F1F5A4F848E4B1F19F17D054E045"><enum>(4)</enum><text>compliance with any other cargo requirements established by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8807ADD392BC4409A53200AE53D6BAC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Benefits</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, in consultation with the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee and the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee, shall extend benefits to each C–TPAT participant that has been validated as a Tier 3 participant under this section, which may include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2397454FDCE642E0BF34812281568502"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the expedited release of a Tier 3 participant’s cargo in destination ports within the United States during all threat levels designated by the Secretary;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H30026E1C79F849EFA169E2376F1045B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>further reduction in examinations of cargo;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1FBAE5BBF51E44B5A603B42500B18B65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>priority for examinations of cargo; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3396A5E7D86644478404484907066F00"><enum>(4)</enum><text>further reduction in the risk score assigned pursuant to the Automated Targeting System; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4937B6AF850E4E5CA5967C8DF3AB66E2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>inclusion in joint incident management exercises, as appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9BA634A1E04E4995A5ADE210E578D2A2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall designate appropriate criteria pursuant to subsection (b) and provide benefits to validated Tier 3 participants pursuant to subsection (c).</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H3724A1BCA76440678C00DE306C260951"><enum>217.</enum><header>Consequences for lack of compliance</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDD243D34AA6342FB951BC142002E1FFB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If at any time a C–TPAT participant’s security measures and supply chain security practices fail to meet any of the requirements under this subtitle, the Commissioner may deny the participant benefits otherwise available under this subtitle, in whole or in part. The Commissioner shall develop procedures that provide appropriate protections to C–TPAT participants before benefits are revoked. Such procedures may not limit the ability of the Commissioner to take actions to protect the national security of the United States.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6CA179B0A3C94AFE94CBEBA2F936D611"><enum>(b)</enum><header>False or misleading information</header><text>If a C–TPAT participant knowingly provides false or misleading information to the Commissioner during the validation process provided for under this subtitle, the Commissioner shall suspend or expel the participant from C–TPAT for an appropriate period of time. The Commissioner, after the completion of the process under subsection (c), may publish in the Federal Register a list of participants who have been suspended or expelled from C–TPAT pursuant to this subsection, and may make such list available to C–TPAT participants.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H674CE1D4364B4ADDAFA8B768D6C49DB3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Right of Appeal</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H147D735E47384562A982FC76DFD97127"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A C–TPAT participant may appeal a decision of the Commissioner pursuant to subsection (a). Such appeal shall be filed with the Secretary not later than 90 days after the date of the decision, and the Secretary shall issue a determination not later than 180 days after the appeal is filed.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3FF0974F366C45958C946167A44700A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appeals of other decisions</header><text>A C–TPAT participant may appeal a decision of the Commissioner pursuant to subsection (b). Such appeal shall be filed with the Secretary not later than 30 days after the date of the decision, and the Secretary shall issue a determination not later than 180 days after the appeal is filed.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H4757BA2C7B7B4FE597E2B95CB9DC3C75"><enum>218.</enum><header>Third party validations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2330E2DC04CA4E608DC9E8EADB493932"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall develop a plan to implement a 1-year voluntary pilot program to test and assess the feasibility, costs, and benefits of using third party entities to conduct validations of C–TPAT participants.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE23EC45AFDB748B0926D00E01EC1712E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultations</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, after consulting with private sector stakeholders, including the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the plan described in subsection (a).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H788F7ED631014058B2B936E2F8F139B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8AB2C2AB4C234F7194008311FB85FC1B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the consultations described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall carry out the 1-year pilot program to conduct validations of C–TPAT participants using third party entities described in subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF31D124FD08E4AF6B81638EF80EC4062"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority of the Secretary</header><text>The decision to validate a C–TPAT participant is solely within the discretion of the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD8A8882603BC49F885D03CF93BE4AE2B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certification of third party entities</header><text>The Secretary shall certify a third party entity to conduct validations under subsection (c) if the entity—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0C8E89F92ACE4EFD85C7B649CEDB406E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the entity has the ability to perform validations in accordance with standard operating procedures and requirements designated by the Secretary; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDEA921E5043F4DBF9E818200AFC58343"><enum>(2)</enum><text>agrees—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA9DFCDF742E9481C8F455118C6210043"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to perform validations in accordance with such standard operating procedures and requirements (and updates to such procedures and requirements); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDA4D9303EA6A4B7B8C189E0049E95D91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to maintain liability insurance coverage at policy limits and in accordance with conditions to be established by the Secretary; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF0CF3862F61C4E878E1D4F4CE1999010"><enum>(3)</enum><text>signs an agreement to protect all proprietary information of C–TPAT participants with respect to which the entity will conduct validations.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4A304B8D362B48DEADC645ED36D2574E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Information for establishing limits of liability insurance</header><text>A third party entity seeking a certificate under subsection (d) shall submit to the Secretary necessary information for establishing the limits of liability insurance required to be maintained by the entity under this Act.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8AB0DC35A5044FE09B0100EB2EFC6600"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7D9B988BEA314B8190CC566EE6F2FFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any third party entity certified under this section does not have—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H95ABC79CCA7041CAB3FFABC6B5AE2CBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any beneficial interest in or any direct or indirect control over the C–TPAT participant for which the validation services are performed; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8290E13364AF47F8946351713C003200"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other conflict of interest with respect to the C–TPAT participant; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA613F3545A1B43A1818FBCE1022927E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the C–TPAT participant has entered into a contract with the third party entity under which the C–TPAT participant agrees to pay all costs associated with the validation.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB987E9E92CF7475FB772F0741F014552"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Monitoring</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6A69B122253A40169EBE5880D8CC0093"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall regularly monitor and inspect the operations of a third party entity conducting validations under subsection (c) to ensure that the entity is meeting the minimum standard operating procedures and requirements for the validation of C–TPAT participants established by the Secretary and all other applicable requirements for validation services.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H762225C0B2E247E889F2899B2CC0F232"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revocation</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a third party entity is not meeting the minimum standard operating procedures and requirements designated by the Secretary under subsection (d)(1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8AB7E2D285F14C129836311BC0CE1C68"><enum>(A)</enum><text>revoke the entity’s certificate of conformance issued under subsection (d)(1); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB504C83DDF724B87B906DABBDABE189"><enum>(B)</enum><text>review any validations conducted by the entity.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD2135FA188DE4E62B700E818BEB17900"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Limitation on authority</header><text>The Secretary may only grant a C–TPAT validation by a third party entity pursuant to subsection (c) if the C–TPAT participant voluntarily submits to validation by such third party entity.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H178EC2F53A0447D7A6C9C8C3B8FC7042"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the completion of the pilot program conducted pursuant to subsection (c), the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that contains—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H17983B2759EC4CD3A1FCC9DA37C52892"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the results of the pilot program, including the extent to which the pilot program ensured sufficient protection for proprietary commercial information;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H217930434F52404EBA325770FCBDBDC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the cost and efficiency associated with validations under the pilot program;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H677B86F8CA96411C8F840859ADC447F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the impact of the pilot program on the rate of validations conducted under C–TPAT;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H695CA62AC5664F2D872173F1FAEA4E8B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any impact on national security of the pilot program; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0EB329277BE34F67B56DE9B84F2EF5CB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any recommendations by the Secretary based upon the results of the pilot program.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H3C5FC3DEE46C40108F2800C9FD406588"><enum>219.</enum><header>Revalidation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall develop and implement—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF877F5B4584B4922AE24A2FFAC63BFDA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a revalidation process for Tier 2 and Tier 3 participants;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8CFC1C5FCFD7441E9000154907170271"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a framework based upon objective criteria for identifying participants for periodic revalidation not less frequently than once during each 4-year period following the initial validation; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3F47D696911243F099878D0055B45DF9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an annual plan for revalidation that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H33983582DC614A829F211D889C9738D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>performance measures;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H55CC62E860424CF7A2D5008FDF3B5331"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of the personnel needed to perform the revalidations; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H539E371195304D10862982C85796400"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of participants that will be revalidated during the following year.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="HE307F8D194D14265BC3DF89D03D9DED5"><enum>220.</enum><header>Noncontainerized cargo</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall consider the potential for participation in C–TPAT by importers of noncontainerized cargoes that otherwise meet the requirements under this subtitle.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H8DE40E37B5E64768997232DFF74637D5"><enum>221.</enum><header>C–TPAT program management</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H129E9ED65D0447BFB3E850658F41526C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall establish sufficient internal quality controls and record management to support the management systems of C–TPAT. In managing the program, the Secretary shall ensure that the program includes:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H94235FC49F4648758B95BD07E0877FE6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header><text>A 5-year plan to identify outcome-based goals and performance measures of the program.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H37F50C4CB749400FB81448B17C3BFFD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual plan</header><text>An annual plan for each fiscal year designed to match available resources to the projected workload.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD23D701E604A43DCB9041C009C1702BC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Standardized work program</header><text>A standardized work program to be used by agency personnel to carry out the certifications, validations, and revalidations of participants. The Secretary shall keep records and monitor staff hours associated with the completion of each such review.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDF210B4EEB4B431A851092C2ACE46DE7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Documentation of reviews</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall maintain a record management system to document determinations on the reviews of each C–TPAT participant, including certifications, validations, and revalidations.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE9AC75ACB53B44C2A4BD00DC8FB2A8FD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Confidential information safeguards</header><text>In consultation with the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall develop and implement procedures to ensure the protection of confidential data collected, stored, or shared with government agencies or as part of the application, certification, validation, and revalidation processes.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF1FD2D3DDD3A4775B6C95E4F384FF4FF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Resource management staffing plan</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE376BD9136D74C3DB62D4B58C601997B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop a staffing plan to recruit and train staff (including a formalized training program) to meet the objectives identified in the strategic plan of the C–TPAT program; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB2B2D99F85A64FE880C300F5F500BE50"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide cross-training in postincident trade resumption for personnel who administer the C–TPAT program.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H711EE48621624030B1ADA1D24BCE6EEF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>In connection with the President’s annual budget submission for the Department, the Secretary shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the progress made by the Commissioner to certify, validate, and revalidate C–TPAT participants. Such report shall be due on the same date that the President’s budget is submitted to the Congress.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HB0ADC2742B9A487F008F328D61EB7521"><enum>222.</enum><header>Additional personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the Commissioner shall increase by not less than 50 the number of full-time personnel engaged in the validation and revalidation of C–TPAT participants (over the number of such personnel on the last day of the previous fiscal year), and shall provide appropriate training and support to such additional personnel.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="HCE2FE2F54BB84B69977C5B032C253F02"><enum>223.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H286D5FE2D1504AD3B49C9520D7BACDF6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>C–TPAT</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Customs and Border Protection to carry out the provisions of sections 211 through 221 to remain available until expended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H497FE1579B894A6084E4EEA177FEA06F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$65,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H09FE900A49C247629341BF63C08AD4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$72,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA6D7800073524CFB908BFBF56BFC0914"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$75,600,000 for fiscal year 2010.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCA075CD889854DED8CC3DA785B95F5DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional personnel</header><text>In addition to any amounts otherwise appropriated to the United States Customs and Border Protection, there are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of meeting the staffing requirement provided for in section 222, to remain available until expended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBCAFE6210E894A43AC54DF3BA58C90E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$8,500,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDE71473E4F7A46500007B24C2540F326"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$17,600,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE4EED3CEF59244CFBE197B82D5644C69"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$19,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2FB4DDCF1D454FF1A6C74115E5D32B2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9EE8B8FBEB334E45929126B58C6CDEE2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$21,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H58AB1BC6A9D248B994BF41DB32FD3902"><enum>C</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header>
<section commented="no" id="HA9A151FC6B574B1F85654C58D0510067"><enum>231.</enum><header>Pilot integrated scanning system</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H68B32AC330D843999862F9949388D8F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designations</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall designate 3 foreign seaports through which containers pass or are transshipped to the United States for the establishment of pilot integrated scanning systems that couple nonintrusive imaging equipment and radiation detection equipment. In making the designations under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider 3 distinct ports with unique features and differing levels of trade volume.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8532EAECD05F4212A98211C457E6377"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5C09988CBC1548918BF010444253CA8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate with the Secretary of Energy, as necessary, to provide radiation detection equipment through the Department of Energy’s Second Line of Defense and Megaports programs; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H24FC3DD4C5054D02AE2CF952E8CA633"><enum>(2)</enum><text>work with the private sector or, when possible, host governments to obtain radiation detection equipment that meets both the Department’s and the Department of Energy’s technical specifications for such equipment.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA69DF4B245074E229F48739900D75C2F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot system implementation</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall achieve a full-scale implementation of the pilot integrated scanning system at the ports designated under subsection (a), which—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H983ED942E9354E28A856CF1F521BB0D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall scan all containers destined for the United States that are loaded in such ports;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H92968E862B6F48C59C790400003538F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall electronically transmit the images and information to appropriate United States Government personnel in the country in which the port is located or in the United States for evaluation and analysis;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE6217D9ACF9B4197BBA84C040ED68E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall resolve every radiation alarm according to established Department procedures;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H39301C4645AB463D811E4BEA180000F1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>shall utilize the information collected to enhance the Automated Targeting System or other relevant programs;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H629D2E894F55425385F4A3A07EA618C9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>shall store the information for later retrieval and analysis; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H00DE8A06A8514EB499F2D88BAEAAB36F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>may provide an automated notification of questionable or high-risk cargo as a trigger for further inspection by appropriately trained personnel.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4A9FB4963A30405B831D0003EF40E0FC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after achieving full-scale implementation under subsection (c), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and, as appropriate, the Secretary of Energy, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees, that includes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDF6AD1EC409648E7A9EA880752AE834E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an evaluation of the lessons derived from the pilot system implemented under this subsection;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFD363ABF55A545C68B6D496CCFB4B851"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an analysis of the efficacy of the Automated Targeting System or other relevant programs in utilizing the images captured to examine high-risk containers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H438EB28E571649F4A4DF9ED0F7AAD689"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an evaluation of the effectiveness of the integrated scanning system in detecting shielded and unshielded nuclear and radiological material;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0579459007D84BBDBF68BB8B1BACA5F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an evaluation of software and other technologies that are capable of automatically identifying potential anomalies in scanned containers; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H146BD2CD146545DCA11F7301F1944613"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an analysis of the need and feasibility of expanding the integrated scanning system to other container security initiative ports, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H21EF1D67983F463F817E7DB54F5599C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an analysis of the infrastructure requirements;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDE2768E0F52A4520966177B994C8D908"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a projection of the effect on current average processing speed of containerized cargo;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2E824CB6D5274822BC445763BFD98243"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an evaluation of the scalability of the system to meet both current and future forecasted trade flows;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3BAA9CF5BAAF432D953B1624E87314A2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the ability of the system to automatically maintain and catalog appropriate data for reference and analysis in the event of a transportation disruption;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1D46AB617A3C4476BDFDC400F686002C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an analysis of requirements, including costs, to install and maintain an integrated scanning system;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7311FC94339E49A69F5F49E3BE8213A2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the ability of administering personnel to efficiently manage and utilize the data produced by a nonintrusive scanning system;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H819C420742104214A1E7D46385DE75A5"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the ability to safeguard commercial data generated by, or submitted to, a nonintrusive scanning system; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H44EAEE185A4A45508BBBDA904FF6D1A3"><enum>(H)</enum><text>an assessment of the reliability of currently available technology to implement an integrated scanning system.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H90D0DABBD23142C78971BE0486107655"><enum>232.</enum><header>Screening and scanning of cargo containers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HFE2A776629594AF8A16974A7EF362415"><enum>(a)</enum><header>One hundred percent screening of cargo containers and 100 percent scanning of high-Risk containers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA40EF53C0AF74F0D80CD3B90288DC2A5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Screening of cargo containers</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that 100 percent of the cargo containers originating outside the United States and unloaded at a United States seaport undergo a screening to identify high-risk containers.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H782CEA50F39D464BBEE924727D91CEC2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scanning of high-risk containers</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that 100 percent of the containers that have been identified as high-risk under paragraph (1), or through other means, are scanned or searched before such containers leave a United States seaport facility.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA2B967978CF3479BB050DD05713D5EAC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Full-Scale implementation</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and foreign partners, as appropriate, shall ensure integrated scanning systems are fully deployed to scan, using nonintrusive imaging equipment and radiation detection equipment, all containers entering the United States before such containers arrive in the United States as soon as possible, but not before the Secretary determines that the integrated scanning system—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAA6E153F293141EAB8E76DB1AE8CF7A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>meets the requirements set forth in section 231(c);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAE7DBF3BE54847BCA8008F4B10EA759B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has a sufficiently low false alarm rate for use in the supply chain;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1E5F2DE455144E029800A7C13651A6DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is capable of being deployed and operated at ports overseas;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H462C2D5F3EAF4FE099352538B68554E7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is capable of integrating, as necessary, with existing systems;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H728AAEDA70E445CCB17E7C39F55B87A1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>does not significantly impact trade capacity and flow of cargo at foreign or United States ports; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4D5F18D9360D40BD9C14EFEF846F7BED"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provides an automated notification of questionable or high-risk cargo as a trigger for further inspection by appropriately trained personnel.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HEAA12202C83E420A80D407A9C565BADF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the submission of a report under section 231(d), and every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees describing the status of full-scale deployment under subsection (b) and the cost of deploying the system at each foreign port at which the integrated scanning systems are deployed.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H271952EEF5D24E84A10602B1FB0007B"><enum>233.</enum><header>International cooperation and coordination</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0A63475C7EE3484AB1A106721D8529C2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inspection technology and training</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4F6A65A6781945C7A4113841366C9100"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, and appropriate representatives of other Federal agencies, may provide technical assistance, equipment, and training to facilitate the implementation of supply chain security measures at ports designated under the Container Security Initiative.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H30B9C0AFA4CA4480A28BEF198B2436B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Acquisition and training</header><text>Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCB559D7871AA4EFF89876852B7D23059"><enum>(A)</enum><text>lease, loan, provide, or otherwise assist in the deployment of nonintrusive inspection and radiation detection equipment at foreign land and sea ports under such terms and conditions as the Secretary prescribes, including nonreimbursable loans or the transfer of ownership of equipment; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD7D349D3212246A296D303DC6009B026"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide training and technical assistance for domestic or foreign personnel responsible for operating or maintaining such equipment.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H85A7F7012D09474087263FA0D4E0BD14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Actions and assistance for foreign ports and United States territories</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70110">Section 70110</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3BA368B0586D4420A5EA07E948216131"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section header and inserting the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="H005029F5FC674ED0A8C3E5EBE24259FA"><enum>70110.</enum><header>Actions and assistance for foreign ports and United States territories</header> </section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H593F679A29704607B8396CBC4B00EF00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H42726B48789A488DB0A9A1E25F323C24"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Assistance for Foreign Ports and United States territories</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H84CFBEE971374C189C319812090677FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Energy, shall identify assistance programs that could facilitate implementation of port security antiterrorism measures in foreign countries and territories of the United States. The Secretary shall establish a program to utilize the programs that are capable of implementing port security antiterrorism measures at ports in foreign countries and territories of the United States that the Secretary finds to lack effective antiterrorism measures.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H144F573C2D544CCBBE586D486D755908"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Caribbean basin</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of State and in consultation with the Organization of American States and the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall place particular emphasis on utilizing programs to facilitate the implementation of port security antiterrorism measures at the ports located in the Caribbean Basin, as such ports pose unique security and safety threats to the United States due to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB2417FF4352542D0BE25CF9FDF05D088"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the strategic location of such ports between South America and the United States;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H584376F757F44BB4A1198FBD4D4463DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relative openness of such ports; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H249FF1DCC6F547928300B721A4CDAA8F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the significant number of shipments of narcotics to the United States that are moved through such ports.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE0A111EA10D742A7A869CBFC10840002"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report on Security at Ports in the Caribbean Basin</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2773E4BDBB444CD5B07321B873A2E244"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the security of ports in the Caribbean Basin.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H69048E41DD454300A69E205ECB9EFFE3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report submitted under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE0392BC4473C41729F9904AB28DA3BF9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall include—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HB4526853AF5C4E36BCD31F2FD2C8F2C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an assessment of the effectiveness of the measures employed to improve security at ports in the Caribbean Basin and recommendations for any additional measures to improve such security;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H802FB0C515C04A3EB09C08B05673A350"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an estimate of the number of ports in the Caribbean Basin that will not be secured by January 1, 2007;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H9AB6B3A3CDBB4D6BA800AFB928393F9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an estimate of the financial impact in the United States of any action taken pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70110">section 70110</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, that affects trade between such ports and the United States; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H66F37053A4A54DDB95BADA57C68F0685"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an assessment of the additional resources and program changes that are necessary to maximize security at ports in the Caribbean Basin; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDBB17F47838F479EA600AD196F97CD59"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be submitted in both classified and redacted formats.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H707F5BFF81B84418B51148DB2BE39CF7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text>The chapter analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/46/701">chapter 701</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 70110 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">70110. Actions and assistance for foreign ports and United States territories.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HD4A513F48847424087EA9CE3F18C98FB"><enum>234.</enum><header>Foreign port assessments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/70108">Section 70108</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H32D3502728A44DD9821DA6ADA6350009"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Periodic reassessment</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall reassess the effectiveness of antiterrorism measures maintained at ports as described under subsection (a) and of procedures described in subsection (b) not less than once every 3 years.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H1F27BC06C7764461932B8215877BD860"><enum>235.</enum><header>Pilot program to improve the security of empty containers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA7BB848B043B4365B3C43D2774AA7ECC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a 1-year pilot program to assess the risk posed by and improve the security of empty containers at United States seaports to ensure the safe and secure delivery of cargo and to prevent potential acts of terrorism involving such containers. The pilot program shall include the use of visual searches of empty containers at United States seaports.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA83CDBA6B4AD41C9A996D38CE007981"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the completion of the pilot program under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE27CC75763044DB994FD4E506D89364D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the results of the pilot program; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFD292B050579414BA0CCC17CF05E2BBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the determination of the Secretary on whether to expand the pilot program.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HA11F19BAC91E4A26A703CC6F60AABB70"><enum>236.</enum><header>Information sharing relating to supply chain security cooperation</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1CD2C9323884472700B135EBEBF34DD7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this section are—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEB73EC900F584388B3FF3F4C8E45AFE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish continuing liaison and to provide for supply chain security cooperation between Department and the private sector; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H69E6A26D3E8E4995B9C26FFFC4E6263F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide for regular and timely interchange of information between the private sector and the Department concerning developments and security risks in the supply chain environment.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5678727BADF74E0D9F8BE966BE0517D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>System</header><text>The Secretary shall develop a system to collect from and share appropriate risk information related to the supply chain with the private sector entities determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5F208AF073C348FF870429E1E74E5041"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In developing the system under subsection (b), the Secretary shall consult with the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee and a broad range of public and private sector entities likely to utilize the system, including importers, exporters, carriers, customs brokers, and freight forwarders, among other parties.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H121F3C69C74A4F309293310006B2F4F2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Independently obtained information</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the ability of a Federal, State, or local government entity, under applicable law, to obtain supply chain security information, including any information lawfully and properly disclosed generally or broadly to the public and to use such information in any manner permitted by law.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD6859FA441F14BF7BE4909AD9B15FAFC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authority To issue warnings</header><text>The Secretary may provide advisories, alerts, and warnings to relevant companies, targeted sectors, other governmental entities, or the general public regarding potential risks to the supply chain as appropriate. In issuing a warning, the Secretary shall take appropriate actions to protect from disclosure—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H385A957FEE544FDCB49F8742EA23FB18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the source of any voluntarily submitted supply chain security information that forms the basis for the warning; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB2332B3321EC4F39B0F900B002F21525"><enum>(2)</enum><text>information that is proprietary, business sensitive, relates specifically to the submitting person or entity, or is otherwise not appropriately in the public domain.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>III</enum><header>Administration</header>
<section commented="no" id="H44485C91D6594FC0BE695D87C65EEE2F"><enum>301.</enum><header>Office of Cargo Security Policy</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H71783A6B8D5E468DB4F800246997F4C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Subtitle C of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/231">6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="H3EBD8EFE7289438DB2D13974D0D83514"><enum>431.</enum><header>Office of Cargo Security Policy</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H196A499398AE4A09867BB200AB49C3B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the Department an Office of Cargo Security Policy (referred to in this section as the <quote>Office</quote>).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE023BAED2C834BADA18E8608DB1C36CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The Office shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H16CF5BFAC38E419994CF11D33F301FC0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate all Department policies relating to cargo security; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCFBF5FC6FF034D86BDFB149E55E07FBC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consult with stakeholders and coordinate with other Federal agencies in the establishment of standards and regulations and to promote best practices.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7F3F8C9617254BB1AAD6FCE2005170DD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Director</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H18103BD5413D40FBA3B300A269B402EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3CB5E9CE2BA44E449070CBD0D0403147"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be appointed by the Secretary; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDACF3A832A1D4189A9D29312B16E1D94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>report to the Assistant Secretary for Policy.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8C5DA7FF2287498DBCF57D4BB34FDB7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The Director shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H484348270AE8484BB01849434CE5CC50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advise the Assistant Secretary for Policy in the development of Department-wide policies regarding cargo security;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8CA98A0879364E869587B731878C007E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate all policies relating to cargo security among the agencies and offices within the Department relating to cargo security; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H62C4EA37E44740318EDE31F14B12206D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinate the cargo security policies of the Department with the policies of other executive agencies.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1F0C38FFB8A84FB48800C0B4A6BE3222"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation of liaison office of Department of State</header><text>The Secretary of State shall designate a liaison office within the Department of State to assist the Secretary, as appropriate, in negotiating cargo security-related international agreements.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDEFD7BDC27D04EA29116CDFDF1426C4D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H40DA0D7AD4034742A0A5B41D79921C91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the authorities, functions, or capabilities of the Coast Guard to perform its missions; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H14E1057B85154B979BA809B463974E5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the requirement under section 888 of the Homeland Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/468">6 U.S.C. 468</external-xref>) that those authorities, functions, and capabilities be maintained intact.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H88C8F20017A341C1975836945317ED76"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 430 the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 431. Office of Cargo Security Policy.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HB2DE96678F0044EEBEC9E5C000904D"><enum>302.</enum><header>Reauthorization of Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDE3A5691F9804B67BFA65890A73F0022"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 311(j) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/191">6 U.S.C. 191(j)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>3 years after the effective date of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>on December 31, 2008</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8A41553D0750441B9B8FCD8D7575D900"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective as if enacted on the date of the enactment of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H16CE9B7D7EC04ECCA2918CF1657395C3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header><text>The Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall utilize the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, as appropriate, to provide outside expertise in advancing cargo security technology.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H67A85753779347D380DD043D00F13FF"><enum>303.</enum><header>Research, development, test, and evaluation efforts in furtherance of maritime and cargo security</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB1351902139C40E8A9E4F4297693A19E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H859C4018F312475E8D9516BE2000AFE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>direct research, development, testing, and evaluation efforts in furtherance of maritime and cargo security;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H43841F43C9384229800004CA7C547643"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinate with public and private sector entities to develop and test technologies, and process innovations in furtherance of these objectives; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEAC80FABA3924BE78583AED9D1542A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>evaluate such technologies.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H66387FA84BD74511B007D2C1E3CDB94"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, the Assistant Secretary for Policy, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection, the Chief Financial Officer, and the heads of other appropriate offices or entities of the Department, shall ensure that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H22473B6B637D4247B051007622009C20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research, development, testing, and evaluation efforts funded by the Department in furtherance of maritime and cargo security are coordinated within the Department and with other appropriate Federal agencies to avoid duplication of efforts; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFF103F8BFCCB440285E4377384006833"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the results of such efforts are shared throughout the Department and with other Federal, State, and local agencies, as appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header>Agency resources and oversight</header>
<section commented="no" id="HFD587D835DE44C16A08E003CC9F4C78D"><enum>401.</enum><header>Trade and customs revenue functions of the department</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9407F561792C457BB8969FF4089D7BFD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Trade and customs revenue functions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5DAD8A9E87454A6EAEF0BE001FC377C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation of appropriate official</header><text>The Secretary shall designate an appropriate senior official in the office of the Secretary who shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF273A3629B7E445B820533823F1B583F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that the trade and customs revenue functions of the Department are coordinated within the Department and with other Federal departments and agencies, and that the impact on legitimate trade is taken into account in any action impacting the functions; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H61EBBBCC727D4F7900096DFB90009DFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>monitor and report to Congress on the Department’s mandate to ensure that the trade and customs revenue functions of the Department are not diminished, including how spending, operations, and personnel related to these functions have kept pace with the level of trade entering the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2CBFF7163C6840DF85EC8F5EDF29C6E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director of Trade Policy</header><text>There shall be a Director of Trade Policy (in this subsection referred to as the <quote>Director</quote>), who shall be subject to the direction and control of the official designated pursuant to paragraph (1). The Director shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H05142DAD2BA74810A182AD1C5DBC05F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advise the official designated pursuant to paragraph (1) regarding all aspects of Department policies relating to the trade and customs revenue functions of the Department;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF8EE625B13E344FAA1A4D2D147E37907"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate the development of Department-wide policies regarding trade and customs revenue functions and trade facilitation; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB81987F5D88E40E5A3E8EC07E89D52DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinate the trade and customs revenue-related policies of the Department with the policies of other Federal departments and agencies.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5A6E8E1A340D434E9663D65F28FD33C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study; report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA04AF9F3A70F44CC975D4D6CD21B4C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study evaluating the extent to which the Department of Homeland Security is meeting its obligations under section 412(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/212">6 U.S.C. 212(b)</external-xref>) with respect to the maintenance of customs revenue functions.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H663006342625477CA58321FE77C94805"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text>The study shall include an analysis of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5BB07411926344909CC780A1612500ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent to which the customs revenue functions carried out by the former United States Customs Service have been consolidated with other functions of the Department (including the assignment of noncustoms revenue functions to personnel responsible for customs revenue collection), discontinued, or diminished following the transfer of the United States Customs Service to the Department;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5721E4154550406E006573697017A67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent to which staffing levels or resources attributable to customs revenue functions have decreased since the transfer of the United States Customs Service to the Department; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H51777AB69D0C47CF9B331024F5CD5C76"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to which the management structure created by the Department ensures effective trade facilitation and customs revenue collection.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4E6D882C22FB42A58E113645D372BB9E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9D0E80E5A0EB4FB4A4943900DB902D7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Maintenance of functions</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2007, the Secretary shall ensure that the requirements of section 412(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/212">6 U.S.C. 212(b)</external-xref>) are fully satisfied and shall report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives regarding implementation of this paragraph.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFC347B42CDF84DBFBB8E51D862782364"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>customs revenue functions</term> means the functions described in section 412(b)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/212">6 U.S.C. 212(b)(2)</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H751BDE19A56E453A923BFCF4CA5D5F34"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation on trade and customs revenue functions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0958D92BDB1D470BABCD4762FE045130"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Business community consultations</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with representatives of the business community involved in international trade, including seeking the advice and recommendations of the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, on Department policies and actions that have a significant impact on international trade and customs revenue functions.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA3D5C08BDE204581944C2055885B8FC9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional consultation and notification</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4D2009AD21F844A483220508508500DF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not later than 30 days prior to the finalization of any Department policies, initiatives, or actions that will have a major impact on trade and customs revenue functions. Such notifications shall include a description of the proposed policies, initiatives, or actions and any comments or recommendations provided by the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee and other relevant groups regarding the proposed policies, initiatives, or actions.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCFA0DD718F0C4CF6B2E6F35C7F60147C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If the Secretary determines that it is important to the national security interest of the United States to finalize any Department policies, initiatives, or actions prior to the consultation described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H7D1864EB14CC428D8C8E9F327F00EF2D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>notify and provide any recommendations of the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee received to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 45 days after the date on which the policies, initiatives, or actions are finalized; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H4A33CA053B1A4303B86665E800B9481C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to the extent appropriate, modify the policies, initiatives, or actions based upon the consultations with the appropriate congressional committees.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA58BECA1058A47D700621FC54DAD8C23"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification of reorganization of customs revenue functions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8BB278C54EDC4CEAB1765681C235FB51"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less than 45 days prior to any change in the organization of any of the customs revenue functions of the Department, the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives of the specific assets, functions, or personnel to be transferred as part of such reorganization, and the reason for such transfer. The notification shall also include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H397E3A86DE024B71A436CEA2C1D0214F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an explanation of how trade enforcement functions will be impacted by the reorganization;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0F0C0ED6F721441282B28308B66FF484"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an explanation of how the reorganization meets the requirements of section 412(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/212">6 U.S.C. 212(b)</external-xref>) that the Department not diminish the customs revenue and trade facilitation functions formerly performed by the United States Customs Service; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC9F07DDC218F4757B0C0F35402BC4051"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any comments or recommendations provided by the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee regarding such reorganization.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4E624C3069384CF5AF94B49724CE0608"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text>Any congressional committee referred to in paragraph (1) may request that the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee provide a report to the committee analyzing the impact of the reorganization and providing any recommendations for modifying the reorganization.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9E3851995E8D4758BF395288EE709083"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after any reorganization referred to in paragraph (1) takes place, the Secretary, in consultation with the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, shall submit a report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. Such report shall include an assessment of the impact of, and any suggested modifications to, such reorganization.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H1CAF0C46188D492B90144F9454DAAB5B"><enum>402.</enum><header>Office of international trade; oversight</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1381, chapter 348; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2072">19 U.S.C. 2072</external-xref>), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HCAF592F907A54458A1CB2DF6BD2E7476"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Office of International Trade</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC0EBBD32144340EAAD81031E1BCDF8C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the United States Customs and Border Protection an Office of International Trade that shall be headed by an Assistant Commissioner.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0A7674424A984127AB53F5E425F55823"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer of assets, functions, and personnel; elimination of offices</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H71A24E780C6B4FF990EB138E116F99DE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Office of strategic trade</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H2AAC1B7E42024D06918C003E49DD379C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>, the Commissioner shall transfer the assets, functions, and personnel of the Office of Strategic Trade to the Office of International Trade established pursuant to paragraph (1) and the Office of Strategic Trade shall be abolished.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H232D3ADACE4F463000965D2925C85BD9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation on funds</header><text>No funds appropriated to the United States Customs and Border Protection may be used to transfer the assets, functions, or personnel of the Office of Strategic Trade, to an office other than the office established pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4AE320B254714224A7884F5B04D21376"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Office of regulations and rulings</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H49FBC926E448498686AD40FE61D1085C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>, the Commissioner shall transfer the assets, functions, and personnel of the Office of Regulations and Rulings to the Office of International Trade established pursuant to paragraph (1) and the Office of Regulations and Rulings shall be abolished.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H877EAF7ECF624E39889637F8D5AC7114"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation on funds</header><text>No funds appropriated to the United States Customs and Border Protection may be used to transfer the assets, functions, or personnel of the Office of Regulations and Rulings, to an office other than the office established pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD21263065B7C4A55A670B85D3A88F9E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other transfers</header><text>The Commissioner is authorized to transfer any other assets, functions, or personnel within the United States Customs and Border Protection to the Office of International Trade established pursuant to paragraph (1). Not less than 45 days prior to each such transfer, the Commissioner shall notify the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives of the specific assets, functions, or personnel to be transferred, and the reason for such transfer. Such notification shall also include—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H852A4C9EC1284EB19B01E9BE00FFBFB2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an explanation of how trade enforcement functions will be impacted by the reorganization;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H9BF6E4D4D1654018007C7C7071FDCDCD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an explanation of how the reorganization meets the requirements of section 412(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/212">6 U.S.C. 212(b)</external-xref>) that the Department of Homeland Security not diminish the customs revenue and trade facilitation functions formerly performed by the United States Customs Service; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HCB7A7C2BEB1C467D93D8AE171BBF4374"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any comments or recommendations provided by the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee regarding such reorganization.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H34BEDD6CDB6A4968A43B77E3D29C639"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after any reorganization pursuant to subparagraph (C) takes place, the Commissioner, in consultation with the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, shall report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. Such report shall include an assessment of the impact of, and any suggested modifications to, such reorganization.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEF8A6C6F4FB34FD5ABB948D3FD4C8B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Limitation on authority</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner shall not transfer any assets, functions, or personnel from United States ports of entry, associated with the enforcement of laws relating to trade in textiles and apparel, to the Office of International Trade established pursuant to paragraph (1), until the following conditions are met:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2565D2148E9D4D20B7EF30A900F98661"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Commissioner submits the initial Resource Allocation Model required by section 301(h) of the Customs and Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2075">19 U.S.C. 2075</external-xref>) and includes in such Resource Allocation Model a section addressing the allocation of assets, functions, and personnel associated with the enforcement of laws relating to trade in textiles and apparel.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H985B7AB997444624B400A2DD0CB1586"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Commissioner consults with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives regarding any subsequent transfer of assets, functions, or personnel associated with the enforcement of laws relating to trade in textiles and apparel, not less than 45 days prior to such transfer.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HABC2E48A1EAC4AA0B90083CD2B265231"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Limitation on appropriations</header><text>No funds appropriated to the United States Customs and Border Protection may be used to transfer the assets, functions, or personnel associated with the enforcement of laws relating to trade in textiles and apparel, before the Commissioner consults with the congressional committees pursuant to subparagraph (E)(ii).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF54F0217FFCA4C4AB6C892DCAB85F659"><enum>(e)</enum><header>International Trade Committee</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFC7B933F75AC46DCBFC5A8B1CBFEDFC6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Commissioner shall establish an International Trade Committee, to be chaired by the Commissioner, and to include the Deputy Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner in the Office of Field Operations, the Assistant Commissioner in the Office of Finance, the Assistant Commissioner in the Office of International Affairs, the Assistant Commissioner in the Office of International Trade, the Director of the Office of Trade Relations, and any other official determined by the Commissioner to be important to the work of the Committee.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H513DE4A54A8A40AF8F4E5551F31D5C11"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The International Trade Committee shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A6D447787BE4D16AAD12381F208CF31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be responsible for advising the Commissioner with respect to the commercial customs and trade facilitation functions of the United States Customs and Border Protection;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1888B1171F6E4982A09563FD677E0A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assist the Commissioner in coordinating with the Secretary regarding commercial customs and trade facilitation functions; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE12EAA35BD7A4671B9AFAF38D800A382"><enum>(C)</enum><text>oversee the operation of all programs and systems that are involved in the assessment and collection of duties, bonds, and other charges or penalties associated with the entry of cargo into the United States, or the export of cargo from the United States, including the administration of duty drawback and the collection of antidumping and countervailing duties.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H40FEE5E70EE240A5004FB5BA9BB1E18C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, the International Trade Committee shall submit a report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. The report shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H656D688E4DDD4CC1A39C374400AFA73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>detail the activities of the International Trade Committee during the preceding fiscal year; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H504E895320C64A5EB45296656B641C44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify the priorities of the International Trade Committee for the fiscal year in which the report is filed.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H85F59D9F3E0A4B8E86B6D7DE23BC158"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC12C3868F08348CCA9ADE4AFF88E3F99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commissioner</header><text>The term <term>Commissioner</term> means the Commissioner responsible for the United States Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3A81ABF29CAD42049300698C549FB7B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commercial operations advisory Committee</header><text>The term <term>Commercial Operations Advisory Committee</term> means the Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 9503(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2071">19 U.S.C. 2071</external-xref> note) or any successor committee.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="HD940F07D8DD742ACB06404C3E80868BD"><enum>403.</enum><header>Resources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 301 of the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2075">19 U.S.C. 2075</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H6D489D0ED19E40298EEE1C5B4115CD64"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Resource Allocation Model</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4BC9B4204A6740D389005CDD5F79A1C7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Resource allocation model</header><text>Not later than June 30, 2007, and every 2 years thereafter, the Commissioner shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a Resource Allocation Model to determine the optimal staffing levels required to carry out the commercial operations of United States Customs and Border Protection, including commercial inspection and release of cargo and the revenue functions described in section 412(b)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/212">6 U.S.C. 212(b)(2)</external-xref>). The Model shall comply with the requirements of section 412(b)(1) of such Act and shall take into account previous staffing models, historic and projected trade volumes, and trends. The Resource Allocation Model shall apply both risk-based and random sampling approaches for determining adequate staffing needs for priority trade functions, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB8AA50256DAF4FA4AD507DCBDBBCFBB9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>performing revenue functions;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC32F1BF535294B12B91C3D4BE7497510"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enforcing antidumping and countervailing duty laws;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1AE6FB3F07AA478BBD1C3DCDDF337E3C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>protecting intellectual property rights;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB7B9473E34194A6C8FE33E3F00F8A200"><enum>(D)</enum><text>enforcing provisions of law relating to trade in textiles and apparel;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HACB44D4745CA47B69BDF008C5891E306"><enum>(E)</enum><text>conducting agricultural inspections;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD399AC2529AB4595B3EA34E616B5A0DE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>enforcing fines, penalties, and forfeitures; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAF7EEB73B3FC4C96B83E7746ABE56C02"><enum>(G)</enum><text>facilitating trade.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2AFB887BEBD24980B6217E56EBB500E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Personnel</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H94ACC507C1854719B543AA183C99C500"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2007, the Commissioner shall ensure that the requirements of section 412(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/212">6 U.S.C. 212(b)</external-xref>) are fully satisfied and shall report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives regarding the implementation of this subparagraph.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H11E328DFD36C412E814BAD9567CC02A3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Customs and Border Protection Officers</header><text>The initial Resource Allocation Model required pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide for the hiring of a minimum of 200 additional Customs and Border Protection Officers per year for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. The Commissioner shall hire such additional Officers subject to the appropriation of funds to pay for the salaries and expenses of such Officers. In assigning the 1,000 additional Officers authorized by this subparagraph, the Commissioner shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF958FC4BD3C84A20A815B11488B6A4E6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consider the volume of trade and the incidence of nonvoluntarily disclosed customs and trade law violations in addition to security priorities among United States ports of entry; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HAF5BDEE2755D4F4B9CE1BEE626844590"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>before October 1, 2010, assign at least 10 additional Officers among each service port and the ports of entry serviced by such service port, except as provided in subparagraph (C).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H88496941DFB94E18A6B3817CBE495BAE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Assignment</header><text>In assigning such Officers pursuant to subparagraph (B), the Commissioner shall consult with the port directors of each service port and the other ports of entry serviced by such service port. The Commissioner shall not assign an Officer to a port of entry pursuant to subparagraph (B)(ii) if the port director of the service port that services such port of entry certifies to the Commissioner that an additional Officer is not needed at such port of entry.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFDCC56F43926487A802FDA36A600CF86"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the beginning of each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012, the Commissioner shall submit a report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, that describes how the additional Officers authorized under subparagraph (B) will be allocated among the ports of entry in the United States in accordance with subparagraph (C).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H43F552B707BD45579EBAC04021E6F697"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to any monies hereafter appropriated to United States Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, there are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of meeting the requirements of paragraph (2)(B), to remain available until expended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFFB2E06FE5F94F62B7005DE44CA1FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$36,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4D23EAE7156748F5A700F3AB19776D4D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1F2EFCC1CBC24A78B0F215BAED339502"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$118,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H357053FB9D054B539800AFA8A2116549"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$165,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0B4109409F5948F792075D49C2C2D87E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$217,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H13D5923EAE994599999E3E789CE58D59"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Commissioner shall report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives on the resources directed to commercial and trade facilitation functions within the Office of Field Operations for the preceding fiscal year. Such information shall be reported for each category of personnel within the Office of Field Operations.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1DE6A8CD82E940E78D030092ECE98CF4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Regulations to implement trade agreements</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>SAFE Port Act</short-title>, the Commissioner shall designate and maintain not less than 5 attorneys within the Office of International Trade established pursuant to section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1381, chapter 348; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2072">19 U.S.C. 2072</external-xref>), with responsibility for the prompt development and promulgation of regulations necessary to implement any trade agreement entered into by the United States, in addition to any other responsibilities assigned by the Commissioner.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H42AEF23C41A24E8CB63DD383C15FF4B4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>Commissioner</term> means the Commissioner responsible for United States Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H5FDECC6F3D6542F78BA0AB7DDD481FC7"><enum>404.</enum><header>Negotiations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 629 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1629">19 U.S.C. 1629</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H55C0F939C8AD4853A4CBEAB2F8F477EF"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Customs procedures and commitments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDA8F50EACB7D4D4900EE2D569663B6BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security, the United States Trade Representative, and other appropriate Federal officials shall work through appropriate international organizations including the World Customs Organization (WCO), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Maritime Organization, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, to align, to the extent practicable, customs procedures, standards, requirements, and commitments in order to facilitate the efficient flow of international trade.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H158ABA0A22AD4EE6846C9B007F14E3A3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>United States Trade Representative</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE7C0F33170CA449FB83B9FB8F0528301"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The United States Trade Representative shall seek commitments in negotiations in the WTO regarding the articles of GATT 1994 that are described in subparagraph (B) that make progress in achieving—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H3216358245C044FEA0CEF3CB92EBEC1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>harmonization of import and export data collected by WTO members for customs purposes, to the extent practicable;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H55010F2D084E4A9DBAFBB3280080D2ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enhanced procedural fairness and transparency with respect to the regulation of imports and exports by WTO members;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H056DFF10D2FF499C90C3D91D637E84D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>transparent standards for the efficient release of cargo by WTO members, to the extent practicable; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H21A2CA83F3824275A42EC25EB6D750D4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the protection of confidential commercial data.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H26D12A1E42804B4400B21128A016BA05"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Articles described</header><text>The articles of the GATT 1994 described in this subparagraph are the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H6959DB02861243EC8E986E0252CB6698"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Article V (relating to transit).</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H888E1886CC0C4C2EA5D1FC6CE830197"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Article VIII (relating to fees and formalities associated with importation and exportation).</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H77C889BFD0FA47129100597EF3CE4249"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Article X (relating to publication and administration of trade regulations).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8B6CCA6BC65B4C37AF6E00C732F1000"><enum>(C)</enum><header>GATT 1994</header><text>The term <term>GATT 1994</term> means the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade annexed to the WTO Agreement.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H25B1B76F2B804579BB59210083393020"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Customs</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Commissioner and in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, shall work with the WCO to facilitate the efficient flow of international trade, taking into account existing international agreements and the negotiating objectives of the WTO. The Commissioner shall work to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD2204DA9331542C9ADC261C2D0EFEE02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>harmonize, to the extent practicable, import data collected by WCO members for customs purposes;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H177F5EA6C85647E39316A8C6A91E57FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>automate and harmonize, to the extent practicable, the collection and storage of commercial data by WCO members;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE9EBDCAF00F444508BC9BE5BD4C8FF9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>develop, to the extent practicable, transparent standards for the release of cargo by WCO members;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0F14A45EBA93435990841FD755BFA29"><enum>(D)</enum><text>develop and harmonize, to the extent practicable, standards, technologies, and protocols for physical or nonintrusive examinations that will facilitate the efficient flow of international trade; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA50251F02B974DD4B7F425FA242BEEED"><enum>(E)</enum><text>ensure the protection of confidential commercial data.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDF0799766C714FFB883596DCC2C0F58"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>Commissioner</term> means the Commissioner responsible for the United States Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H0FB314DB29E04F9A8E55CB3CF8C8F47"><enum>405.</enum><header>International Trade Data System</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 411 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1411">19 U.S.C. 1411</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H8CD00AE57B6C425681852234B0F8D8FB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>International Trade Data System</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD371F5797AB94B4B99BACCC916F861D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFDE137BDB8B6493892E6F204E8F7FA95"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury (in this subsection, referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall oversee the establishment of an electronic trade data interchange system to be known as the <quote>International Trade Data System</quote> (ITDS). The ITDS shall be implemented not later than the date that the Automated Commercial Environment (commonly referred to as <quote>ACE</quote>) is fully implemented.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCA4559BBCBE84EC898BB07A5F17681B3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the ITDS is to eliminate redundant information requirements, to efficiently regulate the flow of commerce, and to effectively enforce laws and regulations relating to international trade, by establishing a single portal system, operated by the United States Customs and Border Protection, for the collection and distribution of standard electronic import and export data required by all participating Federal agencies.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFF8B6E64CAB949AC931774B47E61034C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Participation</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H8CAFF9B840DC4E1B00EA18F519D500AE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>All Federal agencies that require documentation for clearing or licensing the importation and exportation of cargo shall participate in the ITDS.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HDEF57786C30444B99136AD888B5E3EF2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may waive, in whole or in part, the requirement for participation for any Federal agency based on the vital national interest of the United States.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAA9FB07ABCC9404DAB8175B1CA97EAB6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with and assist the United States Customs and Border Protection and other agencies in the transition from paper to electronic format for the submission, issuance, and storage of documents relating to data required to enter cargo into the United States. In so doing, the Secretary shall also consult with private sector stakeholders, including the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, in developing uniform data submission requirements, procedures, and schedules, for the ITDS.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H015B90A70BAE40F6BE1CE29D16005FB8"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall be responsible for coordinating the operation of the ITDS among the participating agencies and the office within the United States Customs and Border Protection that is responsible for maintaining the ITDS.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6CA5AEC21176445C9E950076F23124E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data elements</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H906FD40B9243453086841759DFEB5B6F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Interagency Steering Committee (established under paragraph (3)) shall, in consultation with the agencies participating in the ITDS, define the standard set of data elements to be collected, stored, and shared in the ITDS, consistent with laws applicable to the collection and protection of import and export information. The Interagency Steering Committee shall periodically review the data elements in order to update the standard set of data elements, as necessary.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0AD8FF896D17420897C34127008815F8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Commitments and obligations</header><text>The Interagency Steering Committee shall ensure that the ITDS data requirements are compatible with the commitments and obligations of the United States as a member of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the entry and movement of cargo.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6250F4BA08A044F580D1CBCD755B0000"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Interagency Steering Committee</header><text>There is established an Interagency Steering Committee (in this section, referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>). The members of the Committee shall include the Secretary (who shall serve as the chairperson of the Committee), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each agency participating in the ITDS. The Committee shall assist the Secretary in overseeing the implementation of, and participation in, the ITDS.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6AFC8B480A844FD6BBB4893832D22285"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The President shall submit a report before the end of each fiscal year to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. Each report shall include information on—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4E22011A9CE04C179DDC39A3B58468E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the status of the ITDS implementation;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF2270DE0282B4EAAA6BAD05B4CD55F54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent of participation in the ITDS by Federal agencies;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H747A287F935D4E1EB1A25670A5C4E890"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the remaining barriers to any agency's participation;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCB550DA5FBB84E65B1EE3FBDF778FE90"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the consistency of the ITDS with applicable standards established by the World Customs Organization and the World Trade Organization;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB5EDFE2266074CEFB9DCC1784FBE4123"><enum>(E)</enum><text>recommendations for technological and other improvements to the ITDS; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE152317AA8F84ECFB5475E45862C6D28"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the status of the development, implementation, and management of the Automated Commercial Environment within the United States Customs and Border Protection.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD75820F482E64C21AFD0153D909B461F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that agency participation in the ITDS is an important priority of the Federal Government and that the Secretary shall coordinate the operation of the ITDS closely among the participating agencies and the office within the United States Customs and Border Protection that is responsible for maintaining the ITDS.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE25B7025EAD34FE8A790ED6005A96BF7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as amending or modifying subsection (g) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/13/301">section 301</external-xref> of title 13, United States Code.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0EEF15D8761D4D8F87054191691BCB5C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>The term <term>Commercial Operations Advisory Committee</term> means the Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 9503(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2071">19 U.S.C. 2071</external-xref> note) or any successor committee.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H259102C3D90544F9B90064CB9B29FEA2"><enum>406.</enum><header>In-bond cargo</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after section 553 the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="H0E4F1B0FEE7142CD95E808499299F67D"><enum>553A.</enum><header>Report on in-bond cargo</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5B5899456D554EC3A01E26C9F3F165D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than June 30, 2007, the Commissioner shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives that includes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H44B2EC2E50B1488DB3C9F62B3157DC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a plan for closing in-bond entries at the port of arrival;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF829F42399374BD2BA950855C392E3F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of the personnel required to ensure 100 percent reconciliation of in-bond entries between the port of arrival and the port of destination or exportation;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H46DD79D1BFE74386BB5D2E2980485C00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of the status of investigations of overdue in-bond shipments and an evaluation of the resources required to ensure adequate investigation of overdue in-bond shipments;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD1B7C86673AF484F8F6287C35B548B7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a plan for tracking in-bond cargo within the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB13A511105934565A48E0104C22F5B50"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an assessment of whether any particular technologies should be required in the transport of in-bond cargo;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE057A132A0214B1F94369BDB9B4FC531"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an assessment of whether ports of arrival should require any additional information regarding shipments of in-bond cargo;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H21C4C9DF7D694278A4D807B115C1E5CD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>an evaluation of the criteria for targeting and examining in-bond cargo; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEED8F0722167450882BA4BC352F7247"><enum>(8)</enum><text>an assessment of the feasibility of reducing the transit time for in-bond shipments, including an assessment of the impact of such a change on domestic and international trade.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0A7470CC13BD4048A7D8ACE729E056A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>Commissioner</quote> means the Commissioner responsible for the United States Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H6F2CFA946928456F801630A7600202E"><enum>407.</enum><header>Sense of the Senate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of the Senate that nothing in sections 111 through 114, 121, and 201 through 236, or the amendments made by such sections, shall be construed to affect the jurisdiction of any Standing Committee of the Senate.</text> </section>
<enum>V</enum><header>Domestic Nuclear Detection Office</header>
<section commented="no" id="H47D6A9BBD0AA46D7939CE042342B5987"><enum>501.</enum><header>Establishment of Domestic Nuclear Detection Office</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF4281F2191C043EDBF33A9295C77C575"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of office</header><text>The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<title commented="no" id="HA1AF1B5146EB4AE582A69E85AC283817"><enum>XVIII</enum><header>Domestic Nuclear Detection Office</header>
<section commented="no" id="HB46C5F57961F4B2B8EED0DD6606056B"><enum>1801.</enum><header>Domestic Nuclear Detection Office</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA1DE0BED145C4636B979568DE164DD64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There shall be established in the Department a Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (referred to in this title as the <quote>Office</quote>). The Secretary may request that the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the directors of other Federal agencies, including elements of the Intelligence Community, provide for the reimbursable detail of personnel with relevant expertise to the Office.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H688170EE51F8476698601BAE006539EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The Office shall be headed by a Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection, who shall be appointed by the President.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H2270D9D0E9AE41C1AFFDA380F816B426"><enum>1802.</enum><header>Mission of Office</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB8B97F954B7D4985A3BBF205E18304E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mission</header><text>The Office shall be responsible for coordinating Federal efforts to detect and protect against the unauthorized importation, possession, storage, transportation, development, or use of a nuclear explosive device, fissile material, or radiological material in the United States, and to protect against attack using such devices or materials against the people, territory, or interests of the United States and, to this end, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6EAC42DFF02B4D94A0B1E7817C4EC165"><enum>(1)</enum><text>serve as the primary entity of the United States Government to further develop, acquire, and support the deployment of an enhanced domestic system to detect and report on attempts to import, possess, store, transport, develop, or use an unauthorized nuclear explosive device, fissile material, or radiological material in the United States, and improve that system over time;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDBB8329B4E4B4AB4A5A33600FE1442F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enhance and coordinate the nuclear detection efforts of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments and the private sector to ensure a managed, coordinated response;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE7C5DE8D334045CDB2B39C6165CBA616"><enum>(3)</enum><text>establish, with the approval of the Secretary and in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Energy, additional protocols and procedures for use within the United States to ensure that the detection of unauthorized nuclear explosive devices, fissile material, or radiological material is promptly reported to the Attorney General, the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and other appropriate officials or their respective designees for appropriate action by law enforcement, military, emergency response, or other authorities;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA06B2C406FBE4EDCACEC790780B4EE75"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop, with the approval of the Secretary and in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Energy, an enhanced global nuclear detection architecture with implementation under which—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4EEE60107D064EE4BF4CDF6B0863C1E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Office will be responsible for the implementation of the domestic portion of the global architecture;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H03507F827AD140FCB8E77F0032C2324E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of Defense will retain responsibility for implementation of Department of Defense requirements within and outside the United States; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2423C75D7BE24F45863CC6BC25FD7F9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Energy will maintain their respective responsibilities for policy guidance and implementation of the portion of the global architecture outside the United States, which will be implemented consistent with applicable law and relevant international arrangements;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2B9BC4EE168A45CFAF3342EEFB32AAFD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ensure that the expertise necessary to accurately interpret detection data is made available in a timely manner for all technology deployed by the Office to implement the global nuclear detection architecture;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8433CB4CC45F462000D6485827B5FD38"><enum>(6)</enum><text>conduct, support, coordinate, and encourage an aggressive, expedited, evolutionary, and transformational program of research and development to generate and improve technologies to detect and prevent the illicit entry, transport, assembly, or potential use within the United States of a nuclear explosive device or fissile or radiological material, and coordinate with the Under Secretary for Science and Technology on basic and advanced or transformational research and development efforts relevant to the mission of both organizations;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9352F5144EEC4123805BFEB6BA71DC73"><enum>(7)</enum><text>carry out a program to test and evaluate technology for detecting a nuclear explosive device and fissile or radiological material, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, as appropriate, and establish performance metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of individual detectors and detection systems in detecting such devices or material—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC54D3CDEA2A542C0BF442877048197CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>under realistic operational and environmental conditions; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1E57DB9F62A0445B96BCD8FFA6C5833"><enum>(B)</enum><text>against realistic adversary tactics and countermeasures;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0C1793BA585840B7BE3E40020051EACB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>support and enhance the effective sharing and use of appropriate information generated by the intelligence community, law enforcement agencies, counterterrorism community, other government agencies, and foreign governments, as well as provide appropriate information to such entities;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H89D04699D9BC4BCCBEDF96D86CDAD9D8"><enum>(9)</enum><text>further enhance and maintain continuous awareness by analyzing information from all Office mission-related detection systems; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H60C24E0DBDAE448CAB21ACA20032D492"><enum>(10)</enum><text>perform other duties as assigned by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H6FA24CB0E7C24D219B25108DE9573BE8"><enum>1803.</enum><header>Hiring authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In hiring personnel for the Office, the Secretary shall have the hiring and management authorities provided in section 1101 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3104">5 U.S.C. 3104</external-xref> note). The term of appointments for employees under subsection (c)(1) of such section may not exceed 5 years before granting any extension under subsection (c)(2) of such section.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="HE168B5E8B5DB484285E91DBCA3CBEE00"><enum>1804.</enum><header>Testing authority</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6CBEB871E51C4126AC24861D34714E7E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director shall coordinate with the responsible Federal agency or other entity to facilitate the use by the Office, by its contractors, or by other persons or entities, of existing Government laboratories, centers, ranges, or other testing facilities for the testing of materials, equipment, models, computer software, and other items as may be related to the missions identified in section 1802. Any such use of Government facilities shall be carried out in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and contractual provisions, including those governing security, safety, and environmental protection, including, when applicable, the provisions of section 309. The Office may direct that private sector entities utilizing Government facilities in accordance with this section pay an appropriate fee to the agency that owns or operates those facilities to defray additional costs to the Government resulting from such use.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3B07744FE7884747B76F7D3830002800"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Confidentiality of test results</header><text>The results of tests performed with services made available shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed outside the Federal Government without the consent of the persons for whom the tests are performed.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6D819F374AF04939A0DDFB00C8287EA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fees</header><text>Fees for services made available under this section shall not exceed the amount necessary to recoup the direct and indirect costs involved, such as direct costs of utilities, contractor support, and salaries of personnel that are incurred by the United States to provide for the testing.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H57F3BA71830F4D9BBE511F93088BABD8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of fees</header><text>Fees received for services made available under this section may be credited to the appropriation from which funds were expended to provide such services.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H0EE8425B2D9B412FB6E981FEC1E56B81"><enum>1805.</enum><header>Relationship to other Department entities and Federal agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority of the Director under this title shall not affect the authorities or responsibilities of any officer of the Department or of any officer of any other department or agency of the United States with respect to the command, control, or direction of the functions, personnel, funds, assets, and liabilities of any entity within the Department or any Federal department or agency.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="HA7CF4BF9AF36462C9D6B8008BE002BDC"><enum>1806.</enum><header>Contracting and grant making authorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection, in carrying out the responsibilities under paragraphs (6) and (7) of section 1802(a), shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7BFACDDD44BD4EB0878BE700C6C2A33"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operate extramural and intramural programs and distribute funds through grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions and contracts;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H65F94E3AB9D04154ACB2B02F651DE016"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that activities under paragraphs (6) and (7) of section 1802(a) include investigations of radiation detection equipment in configurations suitable for deployment at seaports, which may include underwater or water surface detection equipment and detection equipment that can be mounted on cranes and straddle cars used to move shipping containers; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3A80BE556FAB444FAA84D16E547D1E05"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have the authority to establish or contract with 1 or more federally funded research and development centers to provide independent analysis of homeland security issues and carry out other responsibilities under this title.</text> </paragraph></section>.
(b)Technical and conforming amendmentsThe Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended—
(1)in section 103(d) (6 U.S.C. 113(d)), by adding at the end the following:
(5)A Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection. ;
(2)in section 302 (6 U.S.C. 182)—
(A)in paragraph (2), by striking radiological, nuclear
; and
(B)in paragraph (5)(A), by striking radiological, nuclear
; and
(3)in the table of contents, by adding at the end the following:
TITLE XVIII—Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
Sec. 1801. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office.
Sec. 1802. Mission of Office.
Sec. 1803. Hiring authority.
Sec. 1804. Testing authority.
Sec. 1805. Relationship to other Department entities and Federal agencies.
Sec. 1806. Contracting and grant making authorities. .
502.Technology research and development investment strategy for nuclear and radiological detection
(a)Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a research and development investment strategy for nuclear and radiological detection.
(b)The strategy under subsection (a) shall include—
(1)a long term technology roadmap for nuclear and radiological detection applicable to the mission needs of the Department, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
(2)budget requirements necessary to meet the roadmap; and
(3)documentation of how the Department, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will execute this strategy.
(c)Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on—
(1)the impact of this title, and the amendments made by this title, on the responsibilities under section 302 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 182); and
(2)the efforts of the Department to coordinate, integrate, and establish priorities for conducting all basic and applied research, development, testing, and evaluation of technology and systems to detect, prevent, protect, and respond to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terrorist attacks.
(d)The Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection and the Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall jointly and annually notify Congress that the strategy and technology road map for nuclear and radiological detection developed under subsections (a) and (b) is consistent with the national policy and strategic plan for identifying priorities, goals, objectives, and policies for coordinating the Federal Government’s civilian efforts to identify and develop countermeasures to terrorist threats from weapons of mass destruction that are required under section 302(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 182(2)).
<enum>VI</enum><header>Commercial mobile service alerts</header>
<section commented="no" id="H9BD0F0D8FB7343BDAF69814400187D00"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act</quote>.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H7DA6D5EB508646309D4607872300A541"><enum>602.</enum><header>Federal Communications Commission duties</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5A12115A78374EB582EAC3A5B0EFBF5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commercial Mobile Service Alert Regulations</header><text>Within 180 days after the date on which the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee, established pursuant to section 603(a), transmits recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission, the Commission shall complete a proceeding to adopt relevant technical standards, protocols, procedures, and other technical requirements based on the recommendations of such Advisory Committee necessary to enable commercial mobile service alerting capability for commercial mobile service providers that voluntarily elect to transmit emergency alerts. The Commission shall consult with the National Institute of Standards and Technology regarding the adoption of technical standards under this subsection.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE7C4AA637F524275B5C8C5A51590D9E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Commercial Mobile Service Election</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3089158F2EDC4C80A233A030DA27EBF0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment of commercial mobile service license</header><text>Within 120 days after the date on which the Federal Communications Commission adopts relevant technical standards and other technical requirements pursuant to subsection (a), the Commission shall complete a proceeding—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H540B46E232B94D848773007455C165AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to allow any licensee providing commercial mobile service (as defined in section 332(d)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CA34">Communications Act of 1934</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/332">47 U.S.C. 332(d)(1)</external-xref>)) to transmit emergency alerts to subscribers to, or users of, the commercial mobile service provided by such licensee;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA1AC73EE9A2E43488966020072A974E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to require any licensee providing commercial mobile service that elects, in whole or in part, under paragraph (2) not to transmit emergency alerts to provide clear and conspicuous notice at the point of sale of any devices with which its commercial mobile service is included, that it will not transmit such alerts via the service it provides for the device; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA19DBAE622724D4C87D0BF9E2EE98E41"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to require any licensee providing commercial mobile service that elects under paragraph (2) not to transmit emergency alerts to notify its existing subscribers of its election.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD34D5EA3ECDB4F51B984BACCE5346CD7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H21C01D3965084CAB009430665939F7C8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within 30 days after the Commission issues its order under paragraph (1), each licensee providing commercial mobile service shall file an election with the Commission with respect to whether or not it intends to transmit emergency alerts.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB85A1637C3B4D0D9B215F5CC3989FBC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transmission standards; notification</header><text>If a licensee providing commercial mobile service elects to transmit emergency alerts via its commercial mobile service, the licensee shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H51359AAB918D49CB8434BF0031EF9322"><enum>(i)</enum><text>notify the Commission of its election; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HC073FDFBA1F44235AD8F65FD00D56FAA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>agree to transmit such alerts in a manner consistent with the technical standards, protocols, procedures, and other technical requirements implemented by the Commission.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8C4CD8A8F1A64D38B14FC0068046EAAB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>No fee for service</header><text>A commercial mobile service licensee that elects to transmit emergency alerts may not impose a separate or additional charge for such transmission or capability.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCD8B2E64F14D4158BC4CD82E9F8900DA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Withdrawal; late election</header><text>The Commission shall establish a procedure—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H6D8CCD3479264CCFAAB670555DEF21F9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for a commercial mobile service licensee that has elected to transmit emergency alerts to withdraw its election without regulatory penalty or forfeiture upon advance written notification of the withdrawal to its affected subscribers;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H5C0350A9AD504EB2918479EE5DD01C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for a commercial mobile service licensee to elect to transmit emergency alerts at a date later than provided in subparagraph (A); and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H45434DBB653E4E56AA00C4F63CD63C77"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>under which a subscriber may terminate a subscription to service provided by a commercial mobile service licensee that withdraws its election without penalty or early termination fee.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H82B61C2F1E89439B94083E266C5FCC56"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Consumer choice technology</header><text>Any commercial mobile service licensee electing to transmit emergency alerts may offer subscribers the capability of preventing the subscriber’s device from receiving such alerts, or classes of such alerts, other than an alert issued by the President. Within 2 years after the Commission completes the proceeding under paragraph (1), the Commission shall examine the issue of whether a commercial mobile service provider should continue to be permitted to offer its subscribers such capability. The Commission shall submit a report with its recommendations to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB1F14A78CBF248848674591437A9D883"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Digital Television Transmission Towers Retransmission Capability</header><text>Within 90 days after the date on which the Commission adopts relevant technical standards based on recommendations of the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee, established pursuant to section 603(a), the Commission shall complete a proceeding to require licensees and permittees of noncommercial educational broadcast stations or public broadcast stations (as those terms are defined in section 397(6) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CA34">Communications Act of 1934</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/397">47 U.S.C. 397(6)</external-xref>)) to install necessary equipment and technologies on, or as part of, any broadcast television digital signal transmitter to enable the distribution of geographically targeted alerts by commercial mobile service providers that have elected to transmit emergency alerts under this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8E08D729E32A4B3FB056A1D161BFA439"><enum>(d)</enum><header>FCC Regulation of Compliance</header><text>The Federal Communications Commission may enforce compliance with this title but shall have no rulemaking authority under this title, except as provided in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (f).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HFAF27C525961464BAD365700EE757BBC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation of Liability</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE91705EB26054DDAA3E0ED4E86458F07"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any commercial mobile service provider (including its officers, directors, employees, vendors, and agents) that transmits emergency alerts and meets its obligations under this title shall not be liable to any subscriber to, or user of, such person’s service or equipment for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H160A27AE18B84E4CA41320A325066A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any act or omission related to or any harm resulting from the transmission of, or failure to transmit, an emergency alert; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H72AC189354A74D399584059E2C6897CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the release to a government agency or entity, public safety, fire service, law enforcement official, emergency medical service, or emergency facility of subscriber information used in connection with delivering such an alert.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H20EBC5D10BCE4068A0C408011F32A3AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election not to transmit alerts</header><text>The election by a commercial mobile service provider under subsection (b)(2)(A) not to transmit emergency alerts, or to withdraw its election to transmit such alerts under subsection (b)(2)(D) shall not, by itself, provide a basis for liability against the provider (including its officers, directors, employees, vendors, and agents).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCBCF3F39F73841D880CE0065F7A18E00"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Testing</header><text>The Commission shall require by regulation technical testing for commercial mobile service providers that elect to transmit emergency alerts and for the devices and equipment used by such providers for transmitting such alerts.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H1977996588FA4CE2B0F4B0787713E389"><enum>603.</enum><header>Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE8E225413C044C4BAD315577DB0719E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission shall establish an advisory committee, to be known as the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee (referred to in this section as the <quote>Advisory Committee</quote>).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HAD1885D683F44DD28EB3006488CF6E00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission shall appoint the members of the Advisory Committee, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, from the following groups:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD822A756DC774BD094A3918799AF6F6B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State and local government representatives</header><text>Representatives of State and local governments and representatives of emergency response providers, selected from among individuals nominated by national organizations representing such governments and personnel.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H021AA2ABB6FD47C1BA6EAE08250044DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Tribal governments</header><text>Representatives from Federally recognized Indian tribes and National Indian organizations.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC974C94C3A344824B7EED2DF7379048F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subject matter experts</header><text>Individuals who have the requisite technical knowledge and expertise to serve on the Advisory Committee in the fulfillment of its duties, including representatives of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5D637943AEDD4F148D5CC589C14BF588"><enum>(A)</enum><text>communications service providers;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2939D555B43B4DE79434FC6FEBAA6B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>vendors, developers, and manufacturers of systems, facilities, equipment, and capabilities for the provision of communications services;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H611386A795A34EEC007BA354EF86CC31"><enum>(C)</enum><text>third-party service bureaus;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDBB10B3BACE24757B667DDCE990036C6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>technical experts from the broadcasting industry;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE4DB25727F4A4BF7AF13D8CBC0339B52"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the national organization representing the licensees and permittees of noncommercial broadcast television stations;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBDF79678F34A4F19943F5222C368CAE6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>national organizations representing individuals with special needs, including individuals with disabilities and the elderly; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD3702BE19A8F49B7B27339A1453123C5"><enum>(G)</enum><text>other individuals with relevant technical expertise.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1F1FA318E9F1407600E43C3385112D00"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Qualified Representatives of other stakeholders and interested parties</header><text>Qualified representatives of such other stakeholders and interested and affected parties as the chairman deems appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7AF91FC4F5F245ED97D40282A32F14E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Development of system-critical recommendations</header><text>Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Advisory Committee shall develop and submit to the Federal Communications Commission recommendations—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC0B5DB5FC25A4B4CBBDCD506E543BF9C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for protocols, technical capabilities, and technical procedures through which electing commercial mobile service providers receive, verify, and transmit alerts to subscribers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H89A0ED16F3724B9BAF06B5B6DDA86B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the establishment of technical standards for priority transmission of alerts by electing commercial mobile service providers to subscribers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2333EB8DBFBE4FEAB7A0B71782144742"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for relevant technical standards for devices and equipment and technologies used by electing commercial mobile service providers to transmit emergency alerts to subscribers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAF08A5C6D58E4085B6D06438EA2E00A4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for the technical capability to transmit emergency alerts by electing commercial mobile providers to subscribers in languages in addition to English, to the extent practicable and feasible;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9778AA60BF784433BE6F69E02236F300"><enum>(5)</enum><text>under which electing commercial mobile service providers may offer subscribers the capability of preventing the subscriber’s device from receiving emergency alerts, or classes of such alerts, (other than an alert issued by the President), consistent with section 602(b)(2)(E);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA4A38334EB48436E9DB06868FE48A858"><enum>(6)</enum><text>for a process under which commercial mobile service providers can elect to transmit emergency alerts if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA3BEE12A2CC6456AAAC51231BDDCE2F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not all of the devices or equipment used by such provider are capable of receiving such alerts; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H711B97725EAF487DA82F722198361505"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the provider cannot offer such alerts throughout the entirety of its service area; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H961A7777B62441D2AE444128A5B01C5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>as otherwise necessary to enable electing commercial mobile service providers to transmit emergency alerts to subscribers.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7BD0570E63084A158F5426FEF6A7D63F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Meetings</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6B484784AFB44F25A15D64A865EBBAE6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial meeting</header><text>The initial meeting of the Advisory Committee shall take place not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBD3A8E8065F445FB96EA258B88AA83F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other meetings</header><text>After the initial meeting, the Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of the chair.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H973269BD1541445A8B9FAA20003C21DA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice; open meetings</header><text>Any meetings held by the Advisory Committee shall be duly noticed at least 14 days in advance and shall be open to the public.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H242721C243D046E5A5ED30037DFAA7A2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rules</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H731EB619730F40B8A0D7F561BF74B52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>One-third of the members of the Advisory Committee shall constitute a quorum for conducting business of the Advisory Committee.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7ED5C81C3E6D47C9A5310700C600F112"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subcommittees</header><text>To assist the Advisory Committee in carrying out its functions, the chair may establish appropriate subcommittees composed of members of the Advisory Committee and other subject matter experts as deemed necessary.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6ED62DDBF2DA46D2982673B5C95CB4F0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional rules</header><text>The Advisory Committee may adopt other rules as needed.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD06BEC7D8148439782AB5C27D173538E"><enum>(f)</enum><header><act-name parsable-cite="FACA">Federal Advisory Committee Act</act-name></header><text>Neither the <act-name parsable-cite="FACA">Federal Advisory Committee Act</act-name> (5 U.S.C. App.) nor any rule, order, or regulation promulgated under that Act shall apply to the Advisory Committee.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBDB362F61B8F45DB8B20AA004486AA80"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Consultation with NIST</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall consult with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in its work on developing recommendations under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c).</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H38C6D62EC7C541F2A7C0246DCDE4EBA5"><enum>604.</enum><header>Research and development</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9092568D39114551B25F5006AFC9415C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, in consultation with the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, shall establish a research, development, testing, and evaluation program based on the recommendations of the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee, established pursuant to section 603(a), to support the development of technologies to increase the number of commercial mobile service devices that can receive emergency alerts.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE71EF7858D6F4D55A1AE0111D585A654"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The program established under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF0FDBBCA04574DA19B52C2D3174C011"><enum>(1)</enum><text>fund research, development, testing, and evaluation at academic institutions, private sector entities, government laboratories, and other appropriate entities; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0BE363BEC2B74A580071808C64223100"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that the program addresses, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD8655DEDD4EA45A898F46F5F35CA9BA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developing innovative technologies that will transmit geographically targeted emergency alerts to the public; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H65F136C3AE98468B87F6B4D028C09900"><enum>(B)</enum><text>research on understanding and improving public response to warnings.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H4031909EAEC846C3A3B87CE359124505"><enum>605.</enum><header>Grant program for remote community alert systems</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6C8A13F8524B494DA1DDC5FE9FB3F446"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant Program</header><text>The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish a program under which grants may be made to provide for outdoor alerting technologies in remote communities effectively unserved by commercial mobile service (as determined by the Federal Communications Commission within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act) for the purpose of enabling residents of those communities to receive emergency alerts.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5D3BDA5D5FC84C94851ECFBED5FB09BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications and Conditions</header><text>In conducting the program, the Under Secretary—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE101F66E5DA14C16B7006F012198147D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall establish a notification and application procedure; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCDA357DB964C43C8B375D9A29439B0E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may establish such conditions, and require such assurances, as may be appropriate to ensure the efficiency and integrity of the grant program.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H40E29C87D7FC4E6AB5901FE3817F500"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The Under Secretary may not make grants under subsection (a) more than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1148F8A481344E928F5D57A46722D58B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The sum of the amounts awarded for all fiscal years as grants under this section may not exceed $10,000,000.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HF96B43BE4F6F4A73A40799AE28C78896"><enum>606.</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7E2740DA4CB8415ABEEA64ABC0FA4C87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>In addition to any amounts provided by appropriation Acts, funding for this title shall be provided from the Digital Transition and Public Safety Fund in accordance with section 3010 of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/309">47 U.S.C. 309</external-xref> note).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0CF09FBC86AB4434BFA32262651F653"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall compensate any such broadcast station licensee or permittee for reasonable costs incurred in complying with the requirements imposed pursuant to section 602(c) from funds made available under this section. The Assistant Secretary shall ensure that sufficient funds are made available to effectuate geographically targeted alerts.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCAF8483843A2430F910019D7D0B08740"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Credit</header><text>The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, may borrow from the Treasury beginning on October 1, 2006, such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $106,000,000, to implement this title. The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall ensure that the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere are provided adequate funds to carry out their responsibilities under sections 604 and 605 of this title. The Treasury shall be reimbursed, without interest, from amounts in the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Fund as funds are deposited into the Fund.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H9A1F83781ABC4805980080A053ADC7D1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>607.</enum><header>Essential services disaster assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5170">42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="H5563055C00EB48EC95CDC8BAD3D0EC00"><enum>425.</enum><header>Essential service providers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H18E87C9B428B4E04B2EF57C7EA041E38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>essential service provider</term> means an entity that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9F401E600A284791B3D3432B61DEA3BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provides—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H273536F8C9374B0CAA6CB8D02EBE08D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>telecommunications service;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEA93414E063C42F6B55B8BBE469C4728"><enum>(B)</enum><text>electrical power;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H07F3394EF8D94DD2A0FBDEF7F272D271"><enum>(C)</enum><text>natural gas;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFB5A10C895FD4E7FAED342CF7B437ED1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>water and sewer services; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H66D9EF4A5BBC44CEB29EC174CFAC4F1C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other essential service, as determined by the President;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H10EAD6CE78BC45B5BB31213D9F5E34B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H785409FD2DF14124BE180999246DFA16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a municipal entity;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H77F25F0EAF91493896ED99586F638B36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a nonprofit entity; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7956CB48E4B149DDA800BE1DDDD1F2BF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a private, for profit entity; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8B374741FAB54DF3BEDD161391BA9C74"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is contributing to efforts to respond to an emergency or major disaster.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0ADE3BB7AF834CAB92D4B026FEFFBEC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization for accessibility</header><text>Unless exceptional circumstances apply, in an emergency or major disaster, the head of a Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall not—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFB26A3895D154DF992DF3AE688300D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>deny or impede access to the disaster site to an essential service provider whose access is necessary to restore and repair an essential service; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCD0D97EAB8644CCEA37F26CD1BE7005B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>impede the restoration or repair of the services described in subsection (a)(1).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6C3CB72FA81D46D296E8B3B261F48DA1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>In implementing this section, the head of a Federal agency shall follow all applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H13BA28E846FB4339AB69BDF6CA5FA386"><enum>608.</enum><header>Community disaster loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 417(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5184">42 U.S.C. 5184(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5FBB966C829347F2BA11906F3D60458E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>exceed 25 per centum</quote> and inserting the following: “exceed—</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HDACDA05618F74E34B8C27E6000F8DBBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">25 percent</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBAC4911F866A4E308EAAA3107B09A853"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “; or</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H426B4B05F6F34585A99CC794C900BDEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the loss of tax and other revenues of the local government as a result of the major disaster is at least 75 percent of the annual operating budget of that local government for the fiscal year in which the major disaster occurs, 50 percent of the annual operating budget of that local government for the fiscal year in which the major disaster occurs, and shall not exceed $5,000,000.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="H801EBAACA2054A68B7DA63F8BE8BA53F"><enum>609.</enum><header>Public facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 406(c)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5172">42 U.S.C. 5172(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA9DD3391BD374B268B1FC72E58AC55A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>75</quote> and inserting <quote>90</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H93FBAC504F454090BCC615C9512900A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4BE56C5A2B0A4A1CB550A4EC05FACF00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="H48BD63C9046748468973B8BD21759E00"><enum>610.</enum><header>Expedited payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 407 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5173">42 U.S.C. 5173</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H4EDF26F1A05E4021BC1870AC20B80030"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Expedited payments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD138549F77A94C878BFEE91851F5BD4B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making a grant under subsection (a)(2), the President shall provide not less than 50 percent of the President’s initial estimate of the Federal share of assistance as an initial payment in accordance with paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1B523DD0C96042B9B706139D015C304B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Date of payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the estimate described in paragraph (1) and not later than 90 days after the date on which the State or local government or owner or operator of a private nonprofit facility applies for assistance under this section, an initial payment described in paragraph (1) shall be paid.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H868E1B6208E241FD91C9FCAF83030004"><enum>611.</enum><header>Use of local contracting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 307(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5150">42 U.S.C. 5150</external-xref>), as amended by the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HAB1149B89D1540D79F3E4F508149077B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Formulation of requirements</header><text>The head of a Federal agency, as feasible and practicable, shall formulate appropriate requirements to facilitate compliance with this section.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="HC8384E7794694AF600B1C47C07386626"><enum>612.</enum><header>FEMA programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, as of April 1, 2007, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall be responsible for the radiological emergency preparedness program and the chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8B009803CFB4518B86B9FABDD077617" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>613.</enum><header>Homeland security definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101(6)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>governmental and nongovernmental</quote> after <quote>local</quote>.</text> </section>
<enum>VII</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section commented="no" id="H297AB2C66368483F856FD2E179DAA52"><enum>701.</enum><header>Security plan for essential air service and small community airports</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7103F0AED0C4483B9E06D3C64795CF2E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for the Transportation Security Administration shall submit to Congress a security plan for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7BC6D46BF28F4C8E9DB11FA5B8C18241"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Essential Air Service airports in the United States; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4C3D0C50815C40749CE754E354133B1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>airports whose community or consortia of communities receive assistance under the Small Community Air Service Development Program authorized under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/41743">section 41743</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, and maintain, resume, or obtain scheduled passenger air carrier service with assistance from that program in the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0EDC8F52D06541FEAB98093B57AC7B44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements of plan</header><text>The security plans required under subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H000E15CA068F437CBF2F5852654542AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Recommendations for improved security measures at such airports.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0DC7A4CC21F24E64911CAC2724F7C6BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Recommendations for proper passenger and cargo security screening procedures at such airports.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFF5AAC16F91C410A949B2BA094C9E7C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A timeline for implementation of recommended security measures or procedures at such airports.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0588197BC0FC4ABEB6D92DB4CCBD3389"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Cost analysis for implementation of recommended security measures or procedures at such airports.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H9326B6152EE84FFABF00EB67C8BA87A5"><enum>702.</enum><header>Disclosures regarding homeland security grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1DF4E4C6FF99419EA05979201200F9C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H41B64AB8432C43CA8C6134879C8D25CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Homeland security grant</header><text>The term <term>homeland security grant</term> means any grant made or administered by the Department, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H20F90A41AAF847428541D98BB9862031"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State Homeland Security Grant Program;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9D7F328CA26A4090B9061BEC773E344B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAE8E0DB381374F389BB8F7C2C0073119"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9337A6D071C540758F7F07C74B766C00"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Citizen Corps; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3EE0C01F159E4997AB64DFBBB1A49CDE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Metropolitan Medical Response System.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC642A13299004CF8AAF351F797D49C6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Local government</header><text>The term <term>local government</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H90B4B674B7C9421EAA978159C3B2414"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Required disclosures</header><text>Each State or local government that receives a homeland security grant shall, not later than 12 months after the later of the date of the enactment of this Act and the date of receipt of such grant, and every 12 months thereafter until all funds provided under such grant are expended, submit a report to the Secretary that contains a list of all expenditures made by such State or local government using funds from such grant.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HF2F22CB1CA6446D396AED017C9EF8809"><enum>703.</enum><header>Trucking security</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H056760F8B4534463937B544EC79FAC08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Legal status verification for licensed United States commercial drivers</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the Secretary, shall issue regulations to implement the recommendations contained in the memorandum of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation issued on June 4, 2004 (Control No. 2004–054).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBC2C579005084571B4AB403F1CC5B4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Commercial driver’s license antifraud programs</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the Secretary, shall issue a regulation to implement the recommendations contained in the Report on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Oversight of the Commercial Driver’s License Program (MH–2006–037).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H468E93898AF947719F7CFD2CC6B9E77B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Verification of commercial motor vehicle traffic</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H169E29ABE71F420994A055204AA46CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall draft guidelines for Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials, including motor carrier safety enforcement personnel, on how to identify noncompliance with Federal laws uniquely applicable to commercial motor vehicles and commercial motor vehicle operators engaged in cross-border traffic and communicate such noncompliance to the appropriate Federal authorities. Such guidelines shall be coordinated with the training and outreach activities of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under section 4139 of SAFETEA-LU (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/59">Public Law 109–59</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H53E5C468A15C4A46897BC3D02F2B6D8F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Verification</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall modify the final rule regarding the enforcement of operating authority (Docket No. FMCSA–2002–13015) to establish a system or process by which a carrier’s operating authority can be verified during a roadside inspection.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HDFFAA2B9000B41EEAAAE5CA5724CE430"><enum>704.</enum><header>Air and Marine Operations of the Northern Border Air Wing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for Air and Marine Operations of United States Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2008, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for operation expenses and aviation assets, for primary and secondary sites, of the Northern Border Air Wing Branch in Great Falls, Montana.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="HA1141614DFC24508BCDFA564C670F689"><enum>705.</enum><header>Phaseout of vessels supporting oil and gas development</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF68D483DAB054CABA6FAC623A794521B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/12105">section 12105(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, a foreign-flag vessel may be chartered by, or on behalf of, a lessee to be employed for the setting, relocation, or recovery of anchors or other mooring equipment of a mobile offshore drilling unit that is located over the Outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">43 U.S.C. 1331(a)</external-xref>) for operations in support of exploration, or flow-testing and stimulation of wells, for offshore mineral or energy resources in the Beaufort Sea or the Chukchi Sea adjacent to Alaska—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4B0CA5F70E7847A09F00002404F542A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>until December 31, 2009, if the Secretary of Transportation determines after publishing notice in the Federal Register, that insufficient vessels documented under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/12105">section 12105(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, are reasonably available and suitable for these support operations and all such reasonably available and suitable vessels are employed in support of such operations; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB2E1CBA5236C4D058B48809360FE0079"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for an additional 2-year period beginning January 1, 2010, if the Secretary of Transportation determines —</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA7FC109335A24DECA289A54615C29FB1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as of December 31, 2009, the lessee has entered into a binding agreement to employ an eligible vessel or vessels to be documented under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/12105">section 12105(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, in sufficient numbers and with sufficient suitability to replace any vessel or vessels operating under this section; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9B1F176E232B401FBADB9D008D269406"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after publishing notice in the Federal Register, that insufficient vessels documented under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/12105">section 12105(c)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, are reasonably available and suitable for these support operations and all such reasonably available and suitable vessels are employed in support of such operations.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB3691CEC957849E1A912F2225BA00B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Lessee defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>lessee</term> means the holder of a lease (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1331">section 1331(c)</external-xref> of title 43, United States Code).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H079BCE60D8924008AD44E8CFE365B200"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to authorize the employment in the coastwise trade of a vessel that does not meet the requirements of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/12106">section 12106</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HA877436487034984AFBED89BF0352BCB"><enum>706.</enum><header>Coast Guard property in Portland, Maine</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 347(c) of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/295">Public Law 107–295</external-xref>; 116 Stat. 2109) is amended by striking <quote>within 30 months from the date of conveyance</quote> and inserting <quote>by December 31, 2009</quote>.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H99231A34AE5A4E98A0600017C9BB0575"><enum>707.</enum><header>Methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H33177E919A19428F8B7346AD38590093"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Compliance with performance plan requirements</header><text>As part of the annual performance plan required in the budget submission of the United States Customs and Border Protection under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1115">section 1115</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, the Commissioner shall establish performance indicators relating to the seizure of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals in order to evaluate the performance goals of the United States Customs and Border Protection with respect to the interdiction of illegal drugs entering the United States.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H67B0A1C46F454D828B1023586E231DB8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study and report relating to methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H515A870B3C5F4AA99CC4E35649E482CF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text>The Commissioner shall, on an ongoing basis, analyze the movement of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals into the United States. In conducting the analysis, the Commissioner shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE7C28F8C36164B98846E65119D1136A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consider the entry of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals through ports of entry, between ports of entry, through international mails, and through international courier services;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H728557F22934455BB523BE09342C3275"><enum>(B)</enum><text>examine the export procedures of each foreign country where the shipments of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals originate and determine if changes in the country’s customs over time provisions would alleviate the export of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H944D15481D9048B4BBD939EA6755B7AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify emerging trends in smuggling techniques and strategies.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7F35A3873D454762BC9E76E906CC4DBE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2007, and each 2-year period thereafter, the Commissioner, in the consultation with the Attorney General, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and the United States Department of State, shall submit a report to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H292F754AD69D436FBB939749EFB7E0A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a comprehensive summary of the analysis described in paragraph (1); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9B2490008A484CD7B883DF9C08F0C371"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of how the Untied States Customs and Border Protection utilized the analysis described in paragraph (1) to target shipments presenting a high risk for smuggling or circumvention of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/177">Public Law 109–177</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3C8FFF7DA1EC406DA569A8FEF26536B5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of analysis</header><text>The Commissioner shall ensure that the analysis described in paragraph (1) is made available in a timely manner to the Secretary of State to facilitate the Secretary in fulfilling the Secretary’s reporting requirements in section 722 of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0C07CEB704FF4843B0ECE536D60032E9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>methamphetamine precursor chemicals</term> means the chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, including each of the salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers of such chemicals.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="H591C1B35AB2D48148C9E81DB150BD62"><enum>708.</enum><header>Aircraft charter customer and lessee prescreening program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF20E95D7C56245A086DC747B7CD69082"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Implementation status</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the implementation of the Department’s aircraft charter customer and lessee prescreening process required under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/44903">section 44903(j)(2)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1989F4288F9D4121AD037333988418A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess the status and implementation of the program and the use of the program by the general aviation charter and rental community; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF33562E8F2354C04B55E002439939067"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit a report containing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations, if any, of such assessment to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2EE08A0ACE7A40A588B010C2686C0000"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDBB9641ACD29432D9D97CF64BB4C0014"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H61127BE32CC245918818EC4E9234C4C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HBEFAAC12C29C4CB9AAF1252BABF39397"><enum>709.</enum><header>Protection of health and safety during disasters</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA6030489771940DE86631077D5789196"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1E4D337331F14BF4B4FF7794D11D36F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certified monitoring program</header><text>The term <term>certified monitoring program</term> means a medical monitoring program—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H47D6F32476A0454B9191EBB9A6A22B16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in which a participating responder is a participant as a condition of the employment of such participating responder; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD0992527977745E00046E5950059076C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifies includes an adequate baseline medical screening.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD8AA520031784A37B71EE53D68350139"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disaster area</header><text>The term <term>disaster area</term> means an area in which the President has declared a major disaster (as that term is defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5122">42 U.S.C. 5122</external-xref>)), during the period of such declaration.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA9B4A16FC1DC4E99AF44AE2F8D2FC727"><enum>(3)</enum><header>High exposure level</header><text>The term <term>high exposure level</term> means a level of exposure to a substance of concern that is for such a duration, or of such a magnitude, that adverse effects on human health can be reasonably expected to occur, as determined by the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in accordance with human monitoring or environmental or other appropriate indicators.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0DC6DC73EE034D34933DC3761CF79259"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Individual</header><text>The term <term>individual</term> includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBFAFAA67CD924B4083390941192100B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a worker or volunteer who responds to a disaster, either natural or manmade, involving any mode of transportation in the United States or disrupting the transportation system of the United States, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HD97D8369029642B3957E07C0366BAB3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a police officer;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H64258C6C07E644B7892C7FF78C593E12"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a firefighter;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HB302F67E38034E26B0CFD8FB6C84C059"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an emergency medical technician;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HD740123887F64CC0A24E4BFC91D1C7E9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any participating member of an urban search and rescue team; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H3DE88461BD594B8B89F23C90378700AF"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any other relief or rescue worker or volunteer that the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, determines to be appropriate;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEB0A40F6B81542B1B70066C6144504D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a worker who responds to a disaster, either natural or manmade, involving any mode of transportation in the United States or disrupting the transportation system of the United States, by assisting in the cleanup or restoration of critical infrastructure in and around a disaster area;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8DF59AC67C294A8BAD38086F00C5B02C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a person whose place of residence is in a disaster area, caused by either a natural or manmade disaster involving any mode of transportation in the United States or disrupting the transportation system of the United States;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF9CFDA85A02D41549800DDCA0100B0B2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a person who is employed in or attends school, child care, or adult day care in a building located in a disaster area, caused by either a natural or manmade disaster involving any mode of transportation in the United States or disrupting the transportation system of the United States, of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H70AC0EF91E944F5EA23FA800FDFA16F2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other person that the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, determines to be appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9730D839D51148CF980917B0CD5FA72E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Participating responder</header><text>The term <term>participating responder</term> means an individual described in paragraph (4)(A).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H34F5A35F60CF46C6984317A56E9992F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means a program described in subsection (b) that is carried out for a disaster area.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBEC7286734F94D41AB3E5101EE45F4B7"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Substance of concern</header><text>The term <term>substance of concern</term> means a chemical or other substance that is associated with potential acute or chronic human health effects, the risk of exposure to which could potentially be increased as the result of a disaster, as determined by the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and in coordination with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, and other agencies.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBF4299A50F014706B727F89D00C66476"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA871CB32A4884DBCA18BDFEEA4217F68"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, determines that 1 or more substances of concern are being, or have been, released in an area declared to be a disaster area and disrupts the transportation system of the United States, the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may carry out a program for the coordination, protection, assessment, monitoring, and study of the health and safety of individuals with high exposure levels to ensure that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7BB5B7D6B54B48B3A7B900E1000064CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the individuals are adequately informed about and protected against potential health impacts of any substance of concern in a timely manner;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD4A98300971A4B00BBB985988B0DC88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the individuals are monitored and studied over time, including through baseline and followup clinical health examinations, for—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF1932D22F36941D990B2E6D221D500DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any short- and long-term health impacts of any substance of concern; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H76B928195B5F4ECF8E1D8EF59FC300D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any mental health impacts;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFD224BE2299243E89948CF95C7C54EDF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the individuals receive health care referrals as needed and appropriate; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEF51688BCF1546EBB91E005334A9F7A3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information from any such monitoring and studies is used to prevent or protect against similar health impacts from future disasters.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8805549D0CAD4002B67B02197C813B8D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>A program under paragraph (1) may include such activities as—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE83EC988FA3D48B0AC6643F96F96708C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collecting and analyzing environmental exposure data;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6713A3EA2B4241B7AFA7BD718EB31C79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>developing and disseminating information and educational materials;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCBC79A91BAD146D48376FB5BA4318956"><enum>(C)</enum><text>performing baseline and followup clinical health and mental health examinations and taking biological samples;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0642E86B2C0549F9B2E67D2B09055AB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>establishing and maintaining an exposure registry;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC678DB628C5943E696A1D8F20BE1F9E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>studying the short- and long-term human health impacts of any exposures through epidemiological and other health studies; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H19A24AC47ED6488DBA57935B9CA6117D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>providing assistance to individuals in determining eligibility for health coverage and identifying appropriate health services.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC824328E6A45473597A799E6DE9E3697"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, activities under any program carried out under paragraph (1) (including baseline health examinations) shall be commenced in a timely manner that will ensure the highest level of public health protection and effective monitoring.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA5933E81E7DA40BF93D368EDEA6290FE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Participation in registries and studies</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H596C9B5C39C645079333D89735FB7C05"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Participation in any registry or study that is part of a program carried out under paragraph (1) shall be voluntary.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD8B8B6E1D40C40E29D7862F5DE66247"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Protection of privacy</header><text>The President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall take appropriate measures to protect the privacy of any participant in a registry or study described in subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE42D0DE13D25454FA1F1C3A7A9AE75B9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Priority</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H4F3B0ADC984B44EDA0922383614759B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall give priority in any registry or study described in subparagraph (A) to the protection, monitoring and study of the health and safety of individuals with the highest level of exposure to a substance of concern.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HDD22A879A558469FB75138EE69BA1BE4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Modifications</header><text>Notwithstanding clause (i), the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may modify the priority of a registry or study described in subparagraph (A), if the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, determines such modification to be appropriate.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9C8FFC492A704E20A3E6FBDDE4E7F7CF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Cooperative agreements</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBA9FD4E594DE45F8A7704D808DFBDAFA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may carry out a program under paragraph (1) through a cooperative agreement with a medical institution, including a local health department, or a consortium of medical institutions.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H02DE2DD2E13F4B21A4D857C62BB5367C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall select, to carry out a program under paragraph (1), a medical institution or a consortium of medical institutions that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H8BCC60D268CD4A7AAF83DFCDD0292489"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is located near—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HC5EC88B93A6744C9B6F0BCCFABA05EEA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the disaster area with respect to which the program is carried out; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="HBB888D1A265244379655A9C97D632B62"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any other area in which there reside groups of individuals that worked or volunteered in response to the disaster; and</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HD62939FB6DEC44E8B0EBC9DCB00D064"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has appropriate experience in the areas of environmental or occupational health, toxicology, and safety, including experience in—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HEF5EE554501D4409B23DABE39FC1999C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>developing clinical protocols and conducting clinical health examinations, including mental health assessments;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H6A3068B4DEC34CE585D35DA5946E5508"><enum>(II)</enum><text>conducting long-term health monitoring and epidemiological studies;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H83D94F2B54514DABBB7333B943E752C9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>conducting long-term mental health studies; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="HCD167D0930AE458591A98D79F32B5FB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>establishing and maintaining medical surveillance programs and environmental exposure or disease registries.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE5897927021B43A8A9A4E315BC95CBD8"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Involvement</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9D15E6EB2C274F7A99EC76C1FEA5F960"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out a program under paragraph (1), the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall involve interested and affected parties, as appropriate, including representatives of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HE9EF5E7A27454EE2A3758911C42491E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Federal, State, and local government agencies;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HD15DA90B029949B291F8E39FC100C74B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>groups of individuals that worked or volunteered in response to the disaster in the disaster area;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H609AC46DAC554C5DB039A2DE694D9250"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>local residents, businesses, and schools (including parents and teachers);</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H45D4511CD0A7408E8359F25A696D32F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>health care providers;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HD24D872DDF8D4550B1EAC1E1E8CF901E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>faith based organizations; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H746DBFC088B842598BF61897F48000E9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>other organizations and persons.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H47746E844AEA430A8873DEAB6C39BBB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Committees</header><text>Involvement under subparagraph (A) may be provided through the establishment of an advisory or oversight committee or board.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H44685ED544444D21B038E0C11600E1E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Privacy</header><text>The President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall carry out each program under paragraph (1) in accordance with regulations relating to privacy promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1320d-2">42 U.S.C. 1320d–2</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/191">Public Law 104–191</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2F76F54EB23E43D4A918C44B9C0087EA"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Existing programs</header><text>In carrying out a program under paragraph (1), the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H18BBE1ECC59B439D86A2BE865C9F58A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include the baseline clinical health examination of a participating responder under a certified monitoring programs; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H71C0D3079EE8471E851452C286BAA4C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>substitute the baseline clinical health examination of a participating responder under a certified monitoring program for a baseline clinical health examination under paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H650327D584E5400CA5005036DFCAA335"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the establishment of a program under subsection (b)(1), and every 5 years thereafter, the President, acting through the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the medical institution or consortium of such institutions having entered into a cooperative agreement under subsection (b)(5), may submit a report to the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Labor, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and appropriate committees of Congress describing the programs and studies carried out under the program.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB299BAE2E19A49AC861977704DE441F7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>National Academy of Sciences report on disaster area health and environmental protection and monitoring</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEC8D18FEE4F14F4190C54611B8A160FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study and prepare a report on disaster area health and environmental protection and monitoring.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H69C1E61CF75742CFB154B32F67529B64"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Participation of experts</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall be prepared with the participation of individuals who have expertise in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBD894D90776142BA9FE6F0F8AB3D7632"><enum>(A)</enum><text>environmental health, safety, and medicine;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H91B999E524FB4228B54BB1322987B13E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>occupational health, safety, and medicine;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB103102846BF4B99B373F3DD9526DF96"><enum>(C)</enum><text>clinical medicine, including pediatrics;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2F3C152C030A4EFB81ABAE374FB6E29"><enum>(D)</enum><text>environmental toxicology;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD13779C9945D471ABAD6A84B5E32E4AF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>epidemiology;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5F7F713796C1497A96C23F929E6E08CF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>mental health;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H75CB65FC378F4190A2A0B16F6E2D625B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>medical monitoring and surveillance;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7D669646F9A644A881B1B16576426BA5"><enum>(H)</enum><text>environmental monitoring and surveillance;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H46F7E4A20A2E4FEFBBF565A18D33826C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>environmental and industrial hygiene;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE64D1E3C0FF74886A2DBE50770B1AE33"><enum>(J)</enum><text>emergency planning and preparedness;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5A9C65531F0045A38DB074C3755C375E"><enum>(K)</enum><text>public outreach and education;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC5ED84D039DD4B5189379FBD76274DC5"><enum>(L)</enum><text>State and local health departments;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H67E08695FEE6408A956FCF96D0AA21F7"><enum>(M)</enum><text>State and local environmental protection departments;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC524E458BECC4527B8A917EDA75DC2F1"><enum>(N)</enum><text>functions of workers that respond to disasters, including first responders;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H33E883FCD1D94ABFB8D379D840918E4E"><enum>(O)</enum><text>public health; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAC8B4C06095E42C7B8008FB830FE00D8"><enum>(P)</enum><text>family services, such as counseling and other disaster-related services provided to families.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H595BE223F97B42B29723DE07AEEBBB0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall provide advice and recommendations regarding protecting and monitoring the health and safety of individuals potentially exposed to any chemical or other substance associated with potential acute or chronic human health effects as the result of a disaster, including advice and recommendations regarding—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8F916E2544574CF683AFEF1128E83BDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the establishment of protocols for monitoring and responding to chemical or substance releases in a disaster area to protect public health and safety, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF3F66008062B4A84AAAF71CDD5B8BB6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>chemicals or other substances for which samples should be collected in the event of a disaster, including a terrorist attack;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H24CAD94BD9AB45A4BD022B6E2887DA13"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>chemical- or substance-specific methods of sample collection, including sampling methodologies and locations;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H9D379D2B52434E2EA4E0F983001C4758"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>chemical- or substance-specific methods of sample analysis;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H7A13C39847D049B3B40228660073CDD0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>health-based threshold levels to be used and response actions to be taken in the event that thresholds are exceeded for individual chemicals or other substances;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H68D8A85884844A1FBB77118C19E1CF51"><enum>(v)</enum><text>procedures for providing monitoring results to—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HE839A0565494461EB7A0D89CF289CE5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>appropriate Federal, State, and local government agencies;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H5619BA94F0BE4DF99EFEDFC9DC598CF0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>appropriate response personnel; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H1433A20C08D2478E954BF9485334DA3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the public;</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HDBD6C8338BF94E94B800DB00B5440055"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>responsibilities of Federal, State, and local agencies for—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HE76AE4D9D29F4694AF7FFDED35D7C1E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>collecting and analyzing samples;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H8453137F35CC42628869FCD217F67215"><enum>(II)</enum><text>reporting results; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H67E98FACA0BD4DBDBFE12F784817516B"><enum>(III)</enum><text>taking appropriate response actions; and</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HC38E32A2FE504760A8651E129F3EC1B1"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>capabilities and capacity within the Federal Government to conduct appropriate environmental monitoring and response in the event of a disaster, including a terrorist attack; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B03A764CEB64707B72D189E037E2844"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other issues specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF8A5A36EDD264134BC131520A944006B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>VIII</enum><header>Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD74C41BB1784069A11FCACECD4D32F8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006</short-title></quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="HE8A1D0567D5F4751842DFFC8934F237F"><enum>802.</enum><header>Prohibition on acceptance of any payment instrument for unlawful Internet gambling</header>
<subsection id="HF4F16AF243424EC08CDE685B004F2232"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/53">Chapter 53</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subchapter id="H4322E8519E74413E8EBC12800A721EB"><enum>IV</enum><header>Prohibition on Funding of Unlawful Internet Gambling</header>
<section id="HA11AC554D7A8484599F5BCEBE6008846"><enum>5361.</enum><header>Congressional findings and purpose</header>
<subsection id="HC59BFA187D184D159D0122C661FE0061"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HF0B962FF5F404BACA114847814E34272"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Internet gambling is primarily funded through personal use of payment system instruments, credit cards, and wire transfers.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB4F42ED757BB43D29DB0643ED3EA453B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The National Gambling Impact Study Commission in 1999 recommended the passage of legislation to prohibit wire transfers to Internet gambling sites or the banks which represent such sites.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4901C7F9359B41889E368EE7BA2EA93"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Internet gambling is a growing cause of debt collection problems for insured depository institutions and the consumer credit industry.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF833E8F478F45DB8C7C18A053087EE6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>New mechanisms for enforcing gambling laws on the Internet are necessary because traditional law enforcement mechanisms are often inadequate for enforcing gambling prohibitions or regulations on the Internet, especially where such gambling crosses State or national borders.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H21B19293EC7E48DBB0A0C09BCA411014"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of Construction</header><text>No provision of this subchapter shall be construed as altering, limiting, or extending any Federal or State law or Tribal-State compact prohibiting, permitting, or regulating gambling within the United States.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H90648916904D480D913304C234B2CA3E"><enum>5362.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subchapter:</text>
<paragraph id="HDB8860D4CC384F388F00EDB761AB159"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Bet or wager</header><text>The term <term>bet or wager</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2C0152D2681F4872B7593DC628CBC8DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means the staking or risking by any person of something of value upon the outcome of a contest of others, a sporting event, or a game subject to chance, upon an agreement or understanding that the person or another person will receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7898395A415C4F9B878E9EA5A8F2690"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes the purchase of a chance or opportunity to win a lottery or other prize (which opportunity to win is predominantly subject to chance);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6368866768040620073F0C65B8C32D9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes any scheme of a type described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/3702">section 3702</external-xref> of title 28;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4D8F437F5A64679A12830A1E07738C8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>includes any instructions or information pertaining to the establishment or movement of funds by the bettor or customer in, to, or from an account with the business of betting or wagering; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4E24E23B2B7498EB1B467AECCE6E8EC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>does not include—</text>
<clause id="HEC1770AEF5AA4DBD8C70ACAEDDC3B4E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any activity governed by the securities laws (as that term is defined in section 3(a)(47) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SEA34">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</act-name> for the purchase or sale of securities (as that term is defined in section 3(a)(10) of that Act);</text> </clause>
<clause id="H1367447CF3AF49298BA9472DFC84BB7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any transaction conducted on or subject to the rules of a registered entity or exempt board of trade under the <act-name parsable-cite="COMEX">Commodity Exchange Act</act-name>;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HDA0E7E3C86B64908A678327BFFAD00E1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any over-the-counter derivative instrument;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H44ECD5D55D4748F1ABFF0079B7D06F80"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other transaction that—</text>
<subclause id="H85236338A8964B63BF6C90D300172500"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is excluded or exempt from regulation under the <act-name parsable-cite="COMEX">Commodity Exchange Act</act-name>; or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H6E6EF29FC2D24557ACBAE9D81631F8C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is exempt from State gaming or bucket shop laws under section 12(e) of the <act-name parsable-cite="COMEX">Commodity Exchange Act</act-name> or section 28(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SEA34">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</act-name>;</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H0ADE62C15C984D548439CA7887EEDB9D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any contract of indemnity or guarantee;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H46CB157E2225486B81007062CD084764"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any contract for insurance;</text> </clause>
<clause id="HCD84C1EA0CCB4691963182BB84DD1789"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>any deposit or other transaction with an insured depository institution;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H167ECB17DD7A489D96574C3F2EE8B4C"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>participation in any game or contest in which participants do not stake or risk anything of value other than—</text>
<subclause id="H6652147394A54167BE958FBF031B003C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>personal efforts of the participants in playing the game or contest or obtaining access to the Internet; or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H7F356B24981C4554A11E4D4939001F77"><enum>(II)</enum><text>points or credits that the sponsor of the game or contest provides to participants free of charge and that can be used or redeemed only for participation in games or contests offered by the sponsor; or</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H78611EF0E5C149E18EAEBEAB03D4D75F"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>participation in any fantasy or simulation sports game or educational game or contest in which (if the game or contest involves a team or teams) no fantasy or simulation sports team is based on the current membership of an actual team that is a member of an amateur or professional sports organization (as those terms are defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/3701">section 3701</external-xref> of title 28) and that meets the following conditions:</text>
<subclause id="HF076E89B765948169C3E197F2B3BDA3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>All prizes and awards offered to winning participants are established and made known to the participants in advance of the game or contest and their value is not determined by the number of participants or the amount of any fees paid by those participants.</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H4DE1DCE1017C448EB9B57398CF90A515"><enum>(II)</enum><text>All winning outcomes reflect the relative knowledge and skill of the participants and are determined predominantly by accumulated statistical results of the performance of individuals (athletes in the case of sports events) in multiple real-world sporting or other events.</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HB492C714440549D7B819CD5BFDCB344B"><enum>(III)</enum><text>No winning outcome is based—</text>
<item id="HE7E2A94FE7CE4E03BF51FCB5C44883B1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>on the score, point-spread, or any performance or performances of any single real-world team or any combination of such teams; or</text> </item>
<item id="HAFAD5F1036E141AABA04C4E1B400ED3B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>solely on any single performance of an individual athlete in any single real-world sporting or other event.</text> </item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2AE78354EC1E43BCB78DA6FBA36F96A3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Business of betting or wagering</header><text>The term <term>business of betting or wagering</term> does not include the activities of a financial transaction provider, or any interactive computer service or telecommunications service.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9F42560687B4CB89862AED9A12197AF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Designated payment system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>designated payment system</term> means any system utilized by a financial transaction provider that the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in consultation with the Attorney General, jointly determine, by regulation or order, could be utilized in connection with, or to facilitate, any restricted transaction.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD677FF807234B1D9EE4B346E449E56"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Financial transaction provider</header><text>The term <term>financial transaction provider</term> means a creditor, credit card issuer, financial institution, operator of a terminal at which an electronic fund transfer may be initiated, money transmitting business, or international, national, regional, or local payment network utilized to effect a credit transaction, electronic fund transfer, stored value product transaction, or money transmitting service, or a participant in such network, or other participant in a designated payment system.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79F0088876A04D90B974CB58ECC5DCF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Internet</header><text>The term <term>Internet</term> means the international computer network of interoperable packet switched data networks.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAA242AEA22D44D45B07B9CBF2B4FEA6E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Interactive computer service</header><text>The term <term>interactive computer service</term> has the meaning given the term in section 230(f) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CA34">Communications Act of 1934</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/230">47 U.S.C. 230(f)</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79938C19F8B346CABBAA7407581F662E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Restricted transaction</header><text>The term <term>restricted transaction</term> means any transaction or transmittal involving any credit, funds, instrument, or proceeds described in any paragraph of section 5363 which the recipient is prohibited from accepting under section 5363.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D5239E649E2472396F6EFBAA4F4CBCD"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Treasury.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75D36C7389004F848809077951C67BF6"><enum>(9)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or other possession of the United States.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H856F5876833041068331D5C65D40ADDC"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Unlawful internet gambling</header>
<subparagraph id="H4B56B24731294B8284DB571C2DAF33EF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>unlawful Internet gambling</term> means to place, receive, or otherwise knowingly transmit a bet or wager by any means which involves the use, at least in part, of the Internet where such bet or wager is unlawful under any applicable Federal or State law in the State or Tribal lands in which the bet or wager is initiated, received, or otherwise made.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC8097DE94C8E408CBBE0532512FAE351"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Intrastate transactions</header><text>The term <term>unlawful Internet gambling</term> does not include placing, receiving, or otherwise transmitting a bet or wager where—</text>
<clause id="H72C892679BF34245A243ECC4D4C1EC0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the bet or wager is initiated and received or otherwise made exclusively within a single State;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H75211C5D50A14A85ACB6B45E8376F2A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the bet or wager and the method by which the bet or wager is initiated and received or otherwise made is expressly authorized by and placed in accordance with the laws of such State, and the State law or regulations include—</text>
<subclause id="H2AFE531D3EA6461B849BC4FC004EA75"><enum>(I)</enum><text>age and location verification requirements reasonably designed to block access to minors and persons located out of such State; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H7DFA474C54D9408888098E6B1731034D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>appropriate data security standards to prevent unauthorized access by any person whose age and current location has not been verified in accordance with such State’s law or regulations; and</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H6943CD6F0EC84E6BACC6FAA0238DEF2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the bet or wager does not violate any provision of—</text>
<subclause id="HB48ADD7F5B26468C8BF967B8006B4677"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3001">15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>);</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H357DFB4375D6420BB47B00F35000F6BF"><enum>(II)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/178">chapter 178</external-xref> of title 28 (commonly known as the <quote>Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act</quote>);</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H1F1AC893B0444F38A200D46072D52312"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Gambling Devices Transportation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1171">15 U.S.C. 1171 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H91FA9650107A4361AD4B6087D045CEF6"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2701">25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0238EA1154247E6A8691EB67FFE0566"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Intratribal transactions</header><text>The term <term>unlawful Internet gambling</term> does not include placing, receiving, or otherwise transmitting a bet or wager where—</text>
<clause id="H346D62F2C4F64FF0815B92B507277EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the bet or wager is initiated and received or otherwise made exclusively—</text>
<subclause id="HFC39642097C14F5E80BD47458817D098"><enum>(I)</enum><text>within the Indian lands of a single Indian tribe (as such terms are defined under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act); or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HF9BFEF4E4EE94887AE0087276538612B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>between the Indian lands of 2 or more Indian tribes to the extent that intertribal gaming is authorized by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act;</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H394664864F05438B953D7D4F7EC9C815"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the bet or wager and the method by which the bet or wager is initiated and received or otherwise made is expressly authorized by and complies with the requirements of—</text>
<subclause id="HDF62C137208A4059BDBD48B8CD049D88"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the applicable tribal ordinance or resolution approved by the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="HC85189A14B6549D68C6BC462A5A4997B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>with respect to class III gaming, the applicable Tribal-State Compact;</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H02B2EE42CE0A44FF00462726420711AC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the applicable tribal ordinance or resolution or Tribal-State Compact includes—</text>
<subclause id="H1676A52E161B47B595A3FE1498902B6D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>age and location verification requirements reasonably designed to block access to minors and persons located out of the applicable Tribal lands; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H8D620F81B87C48B6BBCEABFC002F00C9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>appropriate data security standards to prevent unauthorized access by any person whose age and current location has not been verified in accordance with the applicable tribal ordinance or resolution or Tribal-State Compact; and</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="H74E6979F9FD4401FA2C964B268114360"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the bet or wager does not violate any provision of—</text>
<subclause id="H4AE66A0F923C429DA283D6FF22D0B827"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3001">15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>);</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H06197CD0AC9F4EC590F36D2041943983"><enum>(II)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/178">chapter 178</external-xref> of title 28 (commonly known as the <quote>Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act</quote>);</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H80989E7F0E984038B439EB176B74E5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Gambling Devices Transportation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1171">15 U.S.C. 1171 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="H044860C266D74E638D11D977D68400A"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2701">25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9ACE06018C65427592ED68576B4F5D3B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Interstate horseracing</header>
<clause id="HC3490A805FF64411A65753AFD7D523BA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>unlawful Internet gambling</term> shall not include any activity that is allowed under the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/3001">15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </clause>
<clause id="H862FD746198041260014416F55A2EB1C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Rule of construction regarding preemption</header><text>Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to preempt any State law prohibiting gambling.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H54A9EF17DB4843A8BA1E5E18C16EA8B0"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that this subchapter shall not change which activities related to horse racing may or may not be allowed under Federal law. This subparagraph is intended to address concerns that this subchapter could have the effect of changing the existing relationship between the Interstate Horseracing Act and other Federal statutes in effect on the date of the enactment of this subchapter. This subchapter is not intended to change that relationship. This subchapter is not intended to resolve any existing disagreements over how to interpret the relationship between the Interstate Horseracing Act and other Federal statutes.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1FB90F2B9CB486AB4E010913330FD35"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Intermediate routing</header><text>The intermediate routing of electronic data shall not determine the location or locations in which a bet or wager is initiated, received, or otherwise made.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C402FAF9D6F4B5BA904FB5DCE1B32E6"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Other terms</header>
<subparagraph id="H7F9EB53AB981463E9207F7E9F6EAA9B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Credit; creditor; credit card; and card issuer</header><text>The terms <term>credit</term>, <term>creditor</term>, <term>credit card</term>, and <term>card issuer</term> have the meanings given the terms in section 103 of the Truth in Lending Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1602">15 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3DA094F01CB441A995062055DC142D6D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Electronic fund transfer</header><text>The term <term>electronic fund transfer</term>—</text>
<clause id="H7E2F6C0BCC5C4FB6968CC523CB8CFA64"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has the meaning given the term in section 903 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EFTA">Electronic Fund Transfer Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1693a">15 U.S.C. 1693a</external-xref>)</act-name>, except that the term includes transfers that would otherwise be excluded under section 903(6)(E) of that Act; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HAC81C07515854CE49FF377C0BCDBBCE8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes any fund transfer covered by Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in any State.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD60FAF7B82CA4DA8A6C4AAC61EB0087"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Financial institution</header><text>The term <term>financial institution</term> has the meaning given the term in section 903 of the <act-name parsable-cite="EFTA">Electronic Fund Transfer Act</act-name>, except that such term does not include a casino, sports book, or other business at or through which bets or wagers may be placed or received.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H40429D897EB84184A67284B1CE502B27"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Insured depository institution</header><text>The term <term>insured depository institution</term>—</text>
<clause id="H0AB8269B29004E91ACE3883D51119185"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has the meaning given the term in section 3(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FDIA">Federal Deposit Insurance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1813">12 U.S.C. 1813(c)</external-xref>); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H8215219CFB1F44FBBBC7AEDFCD18A5B3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes an insured credit union (as defined in section 101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FCUA">Federal Credit Union Act</act-name>).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1C88EAB27A974C2DB580D43203399DBC"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Money transmitting business and money transmitting service</header><text>The terms <term>money transmitting business</term> and <term>money transmitting service</term> have the meanings given the terms in section 5330(d) (determined without regard to any regulations prescribed by the Secretary thereunder).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="HCDCA90A26DF24C77BD3348C5AF00C7B0"><enum>5363.</enum><header>Prohibition on acceptance of any financial instrument for unlawful Internet gambling</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No person engaged in the business of betting or wagering may knowingly accept, in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful Internet gambling—</text>
<paragraph id="HC3C3E965AB9F4DD180608C3E47113CE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>credit, or the proceeds of credit, extended to or on behalf of such other person (including credit extended through the use of a credit card);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H71D6CA04E7C14690929704592030CA08"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an electronic fund transfer, or funds transmitted by or through a money transmitting business, or the proceeds of an electronic fund transfer or money transmitting service, from or on behalf of such other person;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9952643F27974C0300EBCA1F779B4693"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any check, draft, or similar instrument which is drawn by or on behalf of such other person and is drawn on or payable at or through any financial institution; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H918B90F71FD0404C001C70EE5DC44725"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the proceeds of any other form of financial transaction, as the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may jointly prescribe by regulation, which involves a financial institution as a payor or financial intermediary on behalf of or for the benefit of such other person.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="HDB722D03A912420D95B1C3D7F67541DE"><enum>5364.</enum><header>Policies and procedures to identify and prevent restricted transactions</header>
<subsection id="HFA97652E886E4BA0A1E654FDAD07EF66"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before the end of the 270-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subchapter, the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall prescribe regulations (which the Secretary and the Board jointly determine to be appropriate) requiring each designated payment system, and all participants therein, to identify and block or otherwise prevent or prohibit restricted transactions through the establishment of policies and procedures reasonably designed to identify and block or otherwise prevent or prohibit the acceptance of restricted transactions in any of the following ways:</text>
<paragraph id="HB51919625DC54834864E3894F8535B00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The establishment of policies and procedures that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H356B2645A3094AF08BFB2238C32DAEDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>allow the payment system and any person involved in the payment system to identify restricted transactions by means of codes in authorization messages or by other means; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H23B4D85720744FCFBADFACEE3042810"><enum>(B)</enum><text>block restricted transactions identified as a result of the policies and procedures developed pursuant to subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H41D8E471893B44E5A7006115DAD56DF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The establishment of policies and procedures that prevent or prohibit the acceptance of the products or services of the payment system in connection with a restricted transaction.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC029714D5EEE4F1DA4EB698F1084C6F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for Policies and Procedures</header><text>In prescribing regulations under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA532F3135B5A41C4884DAD626538B350"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify types of policies and procedures, including nonexclusive examples, which would be deemed, as applicable, to be reasonably designed to identify and block or otherwise prevent or prohibit the acceptance of the products or services with respect to each type of restricted transaction;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7B25A70E5B74171B4A7BC599358C91"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practical, permit any participant in a payment system to choose among alternative means of identifying and blocking, or otherwise preventing or prohibiting the acceptance of the products or services of the payment system or participant in connection with, restricted transactions;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4115C0BC56C341CDA43E3C4393003D4F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exempt certain restricted transactions or designated payment systems from any requirement imposed under such regulations, if the Secretary and the Board jointly find that it is not reasonably practical to identify and block, or otherwise prevent or prohibit the acceptance of, such transactions; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H665FFC7339E44C6B8194CFEF8BD53400"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensure that transactions in connection with any activity excluded from the definition of unlawful internet gambling in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D)(i) of section 5362(10) are not blocked or otherwise prevented or prohibited by the prescribed regulations.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H776B0573519746DB007D59D4F7576ED7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance With Payment System Policies and Procedures</header><text>A financial transaction provider shall be considered to be in compliance with the regulations prescribed under subsection (a) if—</text>
<paragraph id="HF1F377BEE5F24572801B13B2DDABEFC6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such person relies on and complies with the policies and procedures of a designated payment system of which it is a member or participant to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC16184ADE1DB47548BBAF017C93761BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify and block restricted transactions; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD09CBE568BF48A1A6BC27C2878C3517"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">otherwise prevent or prohibit the acceptance of the products or services of the payment system, member, or participant in connection with restricted transactions; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H380546C03472423697698752E4B400F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such policies and procedures of the designated payment system comply with the requirements of regulations prescribed under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H64F1434EE32343F0004597A9B7E2ADC5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>No Liability for Blocking or Refusing To Honor Restricted Transactions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person that identifies and blocks a transaction, prevents or prohibits the acceptance of its products or services in connection with a transaction, or otherwise refuses to honor a transaction—</text>
<paragraph id="H78A2A42F717342FCA6FBDAB1CBCB89B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that is a restricted transaction;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA3BC5B1A966C40B5B37514D544A0BC76"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that such person reasonably believes to be a restricted transaction; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H841EAB735CA04CE69D41DCE6F140D2E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as a designated payment system or a member of a designated payment system in reliance on the policies and procedures of the payment system, in an effort to comply with regulations prescribed under subsection (a),</text> </paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall not be liable to any party for such action.</continuation-text></subsection>
<subsection id="H25B718C1DBE140448D6FCB26F002F2B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulatory enforcement</header><text>The requirements under this section shall be enforced exclusively by—</text>
<paragraph id="HF720073785D64589AA3EEC3C64701FD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal functional regulators, with respect to the designated payment systems and financial transaction providers subject to the respective jurisdiction of such regulators under section 505(a) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and section 5g of the Commodities Exchange Act; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5649B2E059CC4F440004B83FBBA4F35D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal Trade Commission, with respect to designated payment systems and financial transaction providers not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of any Federal functional regulators (including the Commission) as described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H7AC4299BCC734A8D8D14D4A4DDE0E046"><enum>5365.</enum><header>Civil remedies</header>
<subsection id="H22F8E0B06EFE4AA98BFED6474877957"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to any other remedy under current law, the district courts of the United States shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction to prevent and restrain restricted transactions by issuing appropriate orders in accordance with this section, regardless of whether a prosecution has been initiated under this subchapter.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H8D7EB58785814299A9BEE330F370AE38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Proceedings</header>
<paragraph id="H6B52112F1E754722AEF091137F4900E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Institution by federal government</header>
<subparagraph id="H60172BD8DC82479B006C03CBFBD247D9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States, acting through the Attorney General, may institute proceedings under this section to prevent or restrain a restricted transaction.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A99DD5A486A401EAFE4F2671E75D228"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Relief</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon application of the United States under this paragraph, the district court may enter a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, or an injunction against any person to prevent or restrain a restricted transaction, in accordance with rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24196A90EBF246399793780563EF08B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Institution by state attorney general</header>
<subparagraph id="H14AB258B82B9418896C1AF76786C05EF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The attorney general (or other appropriate State official) of a State in which a restricted transaction allegedly has been or will be initiated, received, or otherwise made may institute proceedings under this section to prevent or restrain the violation or threatened violation.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32B6969EEEBA4F45ADD8365F7C588963"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Relief</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon application of the attorney general (or other appropriate State official) of an affected State under this paragraph, the district court may enter a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, or an injunction against any person to prevent or restrain a restricted transaction, in accordance with rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFC02163B9FB41589B00AD56B431FDD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indian lands</header>
<subparagraph id="H39112EA4DA4F4B00BEB932DB6B16F98C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), for a restricted transaction that allegedly has been or will be initiated, received, or otherwise made on Indian lands (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act)—</text>
<clause id="HD0C0ED373341492AA53DE573C9DC8BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the United States shall have the enforcement authority provided under paragraph (1); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="HFBE653446C174FEBBBE6DA3E4E04CD82"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the enforcement authorities specified in an applicable Tribal-State Compact negotiated under section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2710">25 U.S.C. 2710</external-xref>) shall be carried out in accordance with that compact.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7696FB0E852E40348978E100F18BBB00"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>No provision of this section shall be construed as altering, superseding, or otherwise affecting the application of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1E8B38D3ABDB4F4C006D45AAAF8DB490"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation Relating to Interactive Computer Services</header>
<paragraph id="HC4B4BCEC81E04E8EAF0015B2A84D7683"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Relief granted under this section against an interactive computer service shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9782EBAC56FB4CC09100230067E6D896"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be limited to the removal of, or disabling of access to, an online site violating section 5363, or a hypertext link to an online site violating such section, that resides on a computer server that such service controls or operates, except that the limitation in this subparagraph shall not apply if the service is subject to liability under this section under section 5367;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H318C77CF5B0F46C9B642CFF53FEFADB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be available only after notice to the interactive computer service and an opportunity for the service to appear are provided;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8C4D2EC1EE104851AE52FFBC85DF44E0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not impose any obligation on an interactive computer service to monitor its service or to affirmatively seek facts indicating activity violating this subchapter;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD052B3263E0E45638BD41724A6CAFD9F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>specify the interactive computer service to which it applies; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFFF537CD137941268E67771B18F3452F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>specifically identify the location of the online site or hypertext link to be removed or access to which is to be disabled.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAABB2C359088455B9B16DCBB74297C41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination with other law</header><text>An interactive computer service that does not violate this subchapter shall not be liable under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1084">section 1084(d)</external-xref> of title 18, except that the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply if an interactive computer service has actual knowledge and control of bets and wagers and—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC2528160389E4578987C8CFA8BD96F35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made or at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be placed, received, or otherwise made; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA598C1FAFAE74833A8D1EE3DF89BC00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>owns or controls, or is owned or controlled by, any person who operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made, or at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be placed, received, or otherwise made.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC02EAA2B649149C381E9553CDE9B47CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on Injunctions Against Regulated Persons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, and subject to section 5367, no provision of this subchapter shall be construed as authorizing the Attorney General of the United States, or the attorney general (or other appropriate State official) of any State to institute proceedings to prevent or restrain a restricted transaction against any financial transaction provider, to the extent that the person is acting as a financial transaction provider.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H8D249058C6DB40269FC22EB6022D331E"><enum>5366.</enum><header>Criminal penalties</header>
<subsection id="HA0ED96CEE0D64BCD83002F33AF62DCE9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Any person who violates section 5363 shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H7236853794A144EDABF8F59561A1EFCD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Permanent Injunction</header><text>Upon conviction of a person under this section, the court may enter a permanent injunction enjoining such person from placing, receiving, or otherwise making bets or wagers or sending, receiving, or inviting information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="H707138B2AD6649FB82B6D62EEE5D994F"><enum>5367.</enum><header>Circumventions prohibited</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 5362(2), a financial transaction provider, or any interactive computer service or telecommunications service, may be liable under this subchapter if such person has actual knowledge and control of bets and wagers, and—</text>
<paragraph id="H7907B9091BBB4F8F9D00E83B33E37C38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made, or at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be placed, received, or otherwise made; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H420EEA606D6B4627A0BAEF1DC97EF57B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>owns or controls, or is owned or controlled by, any person who operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made, or at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be placed, received, or otherwise made.</text> </paragraph></section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="H0A7E415F98F64E84ADBD78A57C00C2B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and Conforming Amendment</header><text>The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="subchapter">Subchapter IV—Prohibition on funding of unlawful internet gambling</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">5361. Congressional findings and purpose.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">5362. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">5363. Prohibition on acceptance of any financial instrument for unlawful Internet gambling.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">5364. Policies and procedures to identify and prevent restricted transactions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">5365. Civil remedies.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">5366. Criminal penalties.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">5367. Circumventions prohibited.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section id="H2F41DBB15825486586C83C00961ECC65"><enum>803.</enum><header>Internet gambling in or through foreign jurisdictions</header>
<subsection id="HCCB27D2DE8874F6CB413CA91A9970748"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In deliberations between the United States Government and any foreign country on money laundering, corruption, and crime issues, the United States Government should—</text>
<paragraph id="HE5019424836447E89DA97931BEDF89B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>encourage cooperation by foreign governments and relevant international fora in identifying whether Internet gambling operations are being used for money laundering, corruption, or other crimes;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94E49EE7EBC7450CA5004C746185CD3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advance policies that promote the cooperation of foreign governments, through information sharing or other measures, in the enforcement of this Act; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC294BD32148D4A278BFCC76368B9EE9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>encourage the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, in its annual report on money laundering typologies, to study the extent to which Internet gambling operations are being used for money laundering purposes.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE83E55A0B06348138E31AE250125932B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an annual report to the Congress on any deliberations between the United States and other countries on issues relating to Internet gambling.</text> </subsection></section>
Speaker of the House of Representatives.Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.