[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 525. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. FOREIGN PORT SECURITY ASSESSMENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``International Port Security Enforcement Act''.
       (b) In General.--Section 70108 of title 46, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (f)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``provided that'' and all 
     that follows and inserting the following: ``if--
       ``(A) the Secretary certifies that the foreign government 
     or international organization--
       ``(i) has conducted the assessment in accordance with 
     subsection (b); and
       ``(ii) has provided the Secretary with sufficient 
     information pertaining to its assessment (including 
     information regarding the outcome of the assessment); and
       ``(B) the foreign government that conducted the assessment 
     is not a state sponsor of terrorism (as defined in section 
     3316(h).''; and
       (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
       ``(3) Limitations.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed--
       ``(A) to require the Secretary to treat an assessment 
     conducted by a foreign government or an international 
     organization as an assessment that satisfies the requirement 
     under subsection (a);
       ``(B) to limit the discretion or ability of the Secretary 
     to conduct an assessment under this section;
       ``(C) to limit the authority of the Secretary to repatriate 
     aliens to their respective countries of origin; or
       ``(D) to prevent the Secretary from requesting security and 
     safety measures that the Secretary considers necessary to 
     safeguard Coast Guard personnel during the repatriation of 
     aliens to their respective countries of origin.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) State Sponsors of Terrorism and International 
     Terrorist Organizations.--The Secretary--
       ``(1) may not enter into an agreement under subsection 
     (f)(2) with--
       ``(A) a foreign government that is a state sponsor of 
     terrorism; or
       ``(B) a foreign terrorist organization; and
       ``(2) shall--
       ``(A) deem any port that is under the jurisdiction of a 
     foreign government that is a state sponsor of terrorism as 
     not having effective antiterrorism measures for purposes of 
     this section and section 70109; and
       ``(B) immediately apply the sanctions described in section 
     70110(a) to such port.''.
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