Project SeaHawk Implementation Act of 2006

Project SeaHawk Implementation Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Commandant of the Coast Guard, to establish or designate an interagency operational center for maritime and port security in each region designated by the Commandant as a Coast Guard sector. Declares that the purpose of each center is to facilitate day-to-day operational coordination, interagency cooperation, unity of command, and the sharing of intelligence information in a common mission to provide greater protection for port and intermodal transportation systems against acts of terrorism. Sets forth certain center requirements, including that each center be modeled on the Charleston Harbor Operations Center (popularly known as Project SeaHawk) administered by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina for the Port of Charleston located in Charleston, South Carolina.

Requires the head of each center to: (1) assist in implementation of maritime transportation security plans and transportation security incident response plans; (2) conduct short- and long-range vessel tracking and other maritime intelligence activities; and (3) be incorporated into the screening and high-risk cargo inspection programs carried out by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5720 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5720

    To improve maritime and cargo security, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2006

       Mr. Brown of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Spratt, Mr. 
 Ruppersberger, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, and Mr. Wilson of South 
  Carolina) 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 improve maritime and cargo security, 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 ``Project SeaHawk Implementation Act 
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL INTERAGENCY OPERATIONAL CENTERS FOR 
              PORT SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall establish or designate a center as 
an interagency operational centers for maritime and port security in 
each geographic region designated as a Coast Guard sector by the 
Commandant.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of each center established or 
designated under subsection (a) are to facilitate day-to-day 
operational coordination, interagency cooperation, unity of command, 
and the sharing of intelligence information in a common mission to 
provide greater protection for port and intermodal transportation 
systems against acts of terrorism.
    (c) Location.--Each center established or designated under 
subsection (a) shall be co-located with the command center for each 
geographic region designated as a Coast Guard sector.
    (d) Connectivity.--If a port is associated with a command center 
that is not located at such port, the Secretary shall utilize 
appropriate electronic communications, including virtual connectivity, 
to maintain awareness of activities of that port and to provide for 
participation by the entities set out is subsection (f).
    (e) Requirements.--Each center established or designated under 
subsection (a) shall--
            (1) be modeled on the Charleston Harbor Operations Center 
        (popularly known as Project SeaHawk) administered by the United 
        States Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina for 
        the Port of Charleston located in Charleston, South Carolina; 
        and
            (2) be adapted to meet the security needs, requirements, 
        and resources of the individual port area at which each is 
        operating.
    (f) Participation.--The representatives of the following entities 
shall participate in each center established or designated under 
subsection (a):
            (1) The Coast Guard.
            (2) The United States Attorney's Office in the district in 
        which the center is located.
            (3) The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the 
        Department of Homeland Security.
            (4) The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of 
        the Department of Homeland Security.
            (5) The Department of Defense, if the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security and the Secretary of Defense determine appropriate.
            (6) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
            (7) Other Federal agencies with a presence at the port, as 
        appropriate, or as otherwise determined appropriate by the 
        Secretary.
            (8) State and local law enforcement and first responder 
        agencies responsible for the port, as appropriate, or as 
        otherwise determined appropriate by the Secretary.
            (9) Port authority representatives, maritime exchanges, 
        private sector stakeholders, and other entities subject to an 
        Area Maritime Security Plan prepared pursuant to part 103 of 
        title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, if determined 
        appropriate by the Secretary.
    (g) Responsibilities.--The head of each center established or 
designated under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) assist, as appropriate, in the implementation of 
        maritime transportation security plans developed under section 
        70103 of title 46, United States Code;
            (2) implement the transportation security incident response 
        plans required under section 70104 of such title;
            (3) be incorporated into the implementation of maritime 
        intelligence activities under section 70113 of such title;
            (4) conduct short- and long-range vessel tracking under 
        sections 70114 and 70115 of such title;
            (5) be incorporated into the implementation of section 
        70116 of such title;
            (6) carry out information sharing activities consistent 
        with such activities required by section 1016 of the National 
        Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485) or the 
        Homeland Security Information Sharing Act (6 U.S.C. 481 et 
        seq.);
            (7) be incorporated into the screening and high-risk cargo 
        inspection programs carried out by the Bureau of Customs and 
        Border Protection; and
            (8) carry out such other responsibilities that the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security determines are appropriate.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
to the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs, and Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a plan for the implementation 
of this Act.
    (b) Contents.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
describe, for each center that will be established under section 2(a)--
            (1) the location of such center;
            (2) the entities who will participate in the center;
            (3) the cost to establish and operate the center; and
            (4) the resources necessary to operate and maintain, 
        including the cost-sharing requirements for other agencies and 
        participants.

SEC. 4. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS.

    The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall utilize information 
developed for the report required by section 807 of the Coast Guard and 
Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-293; 118 Stat. 
1082) to carry out the requirements of this Act. The Commandant shall 
utilize the information developed for the report required by that 
section in carrying out the requirements of this Act.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for each Coast Guard sector for fiscal years 2007 through 
2012 to carry out this Act.
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