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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1782
To amend section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, to prohibit the
Secretary of the Department in which the United States Coast Guard
is operating from entering into an agreement relating to assessing the
effectiveness of antiterrorism measures at a foreign port with any foreign
government that is a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH24, 2023
Mr. G
IMENEZ(for himself and Ms. SALAZAR) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To amend section 70108 of title 46, United States Code,
to prohibit the Secretary of the Department in which
the United States Coast Guard is operating from enter-
ing into an agreement relating to assessing the effective-
ness of antiterrorism measures at a foreign port with
any foreign government that is a state sponsor of ter-
rorism, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Port Se-2
curity Enforcement Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. FOREIGN PORT SECURITY ASSESSMENTS. 4
Section 70108 of title 46, United States Code, is 5
amended— 6
(1) in subsection (f)— 7
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘provided 8
that’’ and all that follows through the end and 9
inserting the following: ‘‘if— 10
‘‘(A) the Secretary certifies that the for-11
eign government or international organization— 12
‘‘(i) has conducted the assessment in 13
accordance with subsection (b); and 14
‘‘(ii) has provided the Secretary with 15
sufficient information pertaining to its as-16
sessment (including information regarding 17
the outcome of the assessment); and 18
‘‘(B) the foreign government that con-19
ducted the assessment is not a state sponsor of 20
terrorism (as defined in section 3316(h)).’’; and 21
(B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 22
follows: 23
‘‘(3) L
IMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section 24
may be construed— 25
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‘‘(A) to require the Secretary to treat an 1
assessment conducted by a foreign government 2
or an international organization as an assess-3
ment that satisfies the requirement under sub-4
section (a); 5
‘‘(B) to limit the discretion or ability of the 6
Secretary to conduct an assessment under this 7
section; 8
‘‘(C) to limit the authority of the Secretary 9
to repatriate aliens to their respective countries 10
of origin; or 11
‘‘(D) to prevent the Secretary from re-12
questing security and safety measures that the 13
Secretary considers necessary to safeguard 14
Coast Guard personnel during the repatriation 15
of aliens to their respective countries of ori-16
gin.’’; and 17
(2) by adding at the end the following: 18
‘‘(g) S
TATESPONSORS OFTERRORISM AND INTER-19
NATIONAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.—The Sec-20
retary— 21
‘‘(1) may not enter into an agreement under 22
subsection (f)(2) with— 23
‘‘(A) a foreign government that is a state 24
sponsor of terrorism; or 25
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‘‘(B) a foreign terrorist organization; and 1
‘‘(2) shall— 2
‘‘(A) deem any port that is under the juris-3
diction of a foreign government that is a state 4
sponsor of terrorism as not having effective 5
antiterrorism measures for purposes of this sec-6
tion and section 70109; and 7
‘‘(B) immediately apply the sanctions de-8
scribed in section 70110(a) to such port.’’. 9
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