[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6023 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6023

   To prohibit the owner of a foreign vessel having the capacity to 
 transport more than 100 passengers from using a United States port if 
the owner does not notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation within 24 
 hours of a crime against the person of a United States citizen on the 
                    vessel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2006

Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Abercrombie) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the owner of a foreign vessel having the capacity to 
 transport more than 100 passengers from using a United States port if 
the owner does not notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation within 24 
 hours of a crime against the person of a United States citizen on the 
                    vessel, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. NOTIFICATION OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

    If a citizen of the United States is the victim of a crime of 
violence against the person of the victim (as defined in section 16 of 
title 18, United States Code) while at sea on a foreign vessel (other 
than a ferry) that has the capacity to transport more than 100 
passengers, the owner or operator of the vessel shall notify the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and shall provide to 
the Director all information concerning such incident, not later than 
24 hours after the owner or operator becomes aware of the incident.

SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT.

    If the owner or operator of a foreign vessel does not notify and 
provide information following an incident described in section 1 within 
the 24-hour period required by section 1, that vessel and any other 
foreign vessel under the control of the owner or operator may not use a 
port of the United States, except during an emergency as defined by the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.

SEC. 3. STATISTICS.

    The Attorney General shall keep statistics on the crimes reported 
pursuant to section 1 and shall periodically publish a report on such 
statistics.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall 
issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out section 2 of 
this Act.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the terms ``citizen of the United States'', ``foreign 
vessel'', ``passenger'', and ``United States'' have the meaning such 
terms have under section 2101 of title 46, United States Code.
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