[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1054. Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Peters) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1088. PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION 
                   ON MANIFESTS OF VESSELS ENTERING THE UNITED 
                   STATES.

       Paragraph (2) of section 431(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 
     (19 U.S.C. 1431(c)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(2)(A) The information listed in paragraph (1) shall not 
     be available for public disclosure if--
       ``(i) the Secretary of the Treasury makes an affirmative 
     finding on a shipment-by-shipment basis that disclosure is 
     likely to pose a threat of personal injury or property 
     damage; or
       ``(ii) the information is exempt under the provisions of 
     section 552(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code.
       ``(B) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection shall ensure that any personally identifiable 
     information, including social security numbers, passport 
     numbers, and residential addresses, are removed from any 
     manifest signed, produced, delivered, or transmitted under 
     this section before the manifest is disclosed to the 
     public.''.
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