Maritime Terminal Security Enhancement Act of 2006

Maritime Terminal Security Enhancement Act of 2006 - (Sec. 2) Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to require the resubmission of a facility security plan for Coast Guard approval upon the transfer of ownership or operational control over a port terminal facility.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Commandant to require that the individual designated as the Facility Security Officer under a facility security plan be a U.S. citizen.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating (Secretary) to issue regulations by July 1, 2006, that allow access to secure areas within ports and vessels only to maritime workers and merchant mariners who have been issued approved biometric transportation security cards.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary, through the Commandant, to reassess foreign port compliance with international port security requirements and the effectiveness of antiterrorism measures maintained at those ports not less than every five years.

(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary, by July 1, 2006, to require, and develop the necessary forms and process for, enhanced crewmember identification credentials for U.S. and foreign merchant mariners on vessels that call on U.S. ports.

(Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary to issue implementing regulations for a long range vessel tracking system by April 1, 2007.

(Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to establish a university-based Center for Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness.

(Sec. 9) States that a container shipped directly or via a foreign port may enter the United States only if it is: (1) scanned with specified equipment and a copy of the scan is provided to the Commandant; and (2) secured with a specified seal before being loaded on the vessel for shipment.

Directs the Commandant to establish standards for seals and scanning equipment.

Authorizes FY2007-FY2012 appropriations to carry out such container-related activities.

(Sec. 10) Authorizes the Secretary to require the owner or operator of a facility that is required to have a security plan and that is a cargo terminal to submit information, including contracts or other agreements that govern operations of such facilities, to the Secretary to determine if there is any security risk involving such owner or operator.

Directs the Secretary to annually report to Congress regarding contracts and agreements that govern operation of facilities required to have a security plan.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4880 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4880

To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to require that a security 
plan for a maritime facility be resubmitted for approval upon transfer 
  of ownership or operation of such facility, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2006

 Mr. LoBiondo (for himself, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, 
   Mr. McCotter, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Kennedy of 
     Minnesota, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Holden, Mr. Berry, Mr. 
 LaTourette, Mr. Engel, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Schwarz of Michigan, Mr. Kuhl 
of New York, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Gary 
 G. Miller of California, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
   of Texas, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Foley, and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Homeland Security, 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 direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to require that a security 
plan for a maritime facility be resubmitted for approval upon transfer 
  of ownership or operation of such facility, 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 ``Maritime Terminal Security 
Enhancement Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW OF FACILITY PLANS.

    The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall require that a security 
plan for a facility required under section 70103(c) of title 46, United 
States Code, shall be resubmitted for approval upon transfer of 
ownership or operation of such facility.

SEC. 3. FACILITY SECURITY OFFICERS.

    The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall require that the qualified 
individual having full authority to implement security actions who is 
required to be identified under section 70103(c)(3)(B) of title 46, 
United States Code, for a facility described in section 70103(c)(2) of 
that title shall be a citizen of the United States.
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