Inland Waters Security Review Act

Inland Waters Security Review Act

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit to Congress an inland waters threat analysis that includes current and potential terrorism and criminal threats, security challenges and mitigation efforts, vulnerabilities that hinder effective security, counterterrorism, anti-trafficking efforts, and trade flow in inland waters, and metrics and performance measures.

In preparing the threat analysis, DHS shall consider

• technology and personnel needs and challenges;
• the roles of state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement, as well as private sector partners and the public, relating to inland waters security;
• the need for cooperation among federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and international partner law enforcement, as well as private sector partners and the public, relating to such security; and
• the challenges posed by geography with respect to such security.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4402 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4402

  To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct an inland 
            waters threat analysis, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2019

  Mrs. Lesko (for herself, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Correa, and Mr. Crenshaw) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct an inland 
            waters threat analysis, 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 ``Inland Waters Security Review Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
                of Representatives;
                    (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Government Affairs of the Senate; and
                    (C) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation of the Senate.
            (2) Inland waters.--The term ``inland waters'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 83.03 of title 33, Code of 
        Federal Regulations.

SEC. 3. INLAND WATERS THREAT ANALYSIS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees an inland waters threat 
analysis that includes an identification and description of the 
following:
            (1) Current and potential terrorism and criminal threats 
        posed by individuals and groups seeking to--
                    (A) enter the United States through inland waters; 
                or
                    (B) exploit security vulnerabilities on inland 
                waters.
            (2) Security challenges at United States inland waters 
        ports regarding--
                    (A) terrorism and instruments of terror entering 
                the United States; and
                    (B) criminal activity, as measured by the total 
                flow of illegal goods and illicit drugs, related to the 
                inland waters.
            (3) Security mitigation efforts with respect to the inland 
        waters to--
                    (A) prevent terrorists and instruments of terror 
                from entering the United States; and
                    (B) reduce criminal activity related to the inland 
                waters.
            (4) Vulnerabilities related to cooperation between State, 
        local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement, or 
        international agreements, that hinder effective security, 
        counterterrorism, anti-trafficking efforts, and the flow of 
        legitimate trade with respect to inland waters.
            (5) Metrics and performance measures used by the Department 
        of Homeland Security to evaluate inland waters security, as 
        appropriate.
    (b) Analysis Requirements.--In preparing the threat analysis 
required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
consider and examine the following:
            (1) Technology needs and challenges.
            (2) Personnel needs and challenges.
            (3) The roles of State, local, Tribal, and territorial law 
        enforcement, as well as private sector partners and the public, 
        relating to inland waters security.
            (4) The need for cooperation among Federal, State, local, 
        Tribal, territorial, and international partner law enforcement, 
        as well as private sector partners and the public, relating to 
        inland waters security.
            (5) The challenges posed by geography with respect to 
        inland waters security.
    (c) Classified Threat Analysis.--To the extent possible, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit the threat analysis 
required under subsection (a) in unclassified form. The Secretary may 
submit a portion of the threat analysis in classified form if the 
Secretary determines that such is appropriate.
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