[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2846 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2846

To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
  2007 to provide immunity for reporting and responding to suspicious 
   transactions, activities, and occurrences that involve a vessel, 
          facility, port, or waterway, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2011

    Mr. Rigell (for himself, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, and Mr. Long) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
  2007 to provide immunity for reporting and responding to suspicious 
   transactions, activities, and occurrences that involve a vessel, 
          facility, port, or waterway, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Suspected Maritime Activities 
Reporting of Terrorism Immunity Act'' or the ``SMART Immunity Act''.

SEC. 2. IMMUNITY FOR REPORTING AND RESPONDING TO SUSPICIOUS 
              TRANSACTIONS, ETC. INVOLVING A VESSEL, FACILITY, PORT, OR 
              WATERWAY.

    Section 1206(d)(2) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1104(d)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``directed against a passenger 
        transportation system'' and inserting the following: ``directed 
        against--
            ``(1) a passenger transportation system--'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
        (i) and (ii), and moving them 2 ems to the right;
            (3) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
        or''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) a vessel, facility (as that term is defined 
                in section 70101 of title 46, United States Code), 
                port, or waterway, whether or not a passenger is 
                threatened, indicating that an individual may be 
                engaging, or preparing to engage, in a violation of law 
                relating to--
                            ``(i) a threat to a vessel, facility (as so 
                        defined), port, or waterway; or
                            ``(ii) an act of terrorism (as that term is 
                        defined in section 3077 of title 18, United 
                        States Code) against a vessel, facility, port, 
                        or waterway.''.
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