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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1103
To require a pilot program on the use of big data analytics to identify
vessels evading sanctions and export controls and to require a report
on the availability in the United States of emerging and foundational
technologies subject to export controls.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH25, 2025
Ms. H
ASSAN(for herself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. WICKER, and Mr.
B
LUMENTHAL) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
ferred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To require a pilot program on the use of big data analytics
to identify vessels evading sanctions and export controls
and to require a report on the availability in the United
States of emerging and foundational technologies subject
to export controls.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vessel Tracking for 4
Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF BIG DATA ANALYTICS 1
TO IDENTIFY VESSELS EVADING SANCTIONS 2
AND EXPORT CONTROLS. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 4
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 5
Homeland Security, acting through the Commissioner of 6
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall establish a 7
pilot program at the National Targeting Center to assess 8
the feasibility and advisability of using big data analytics 9
to identify and predict instances in which disabling or ma-10
nipulating the Automatic Identification System on a vessel 11
is an indication that there is a high risk that the vessel 12
is transporting goods in a manner that evades sanctions 13
or export controls imposed by the United States. 14
(b) L
AWENFORCEMENT USE.—The Secretary, act-15
ing through the Commissioner, shall design the pilot pro-16
gram required by subsection (a) to provide actionable in-17
telligence with respect to instances described in subsection 18
(a) to— 19
(1) operational components of the Department 20
of Homeland Security, including U.S. Immigration 21
and Customs Enforcement and the Coast Guard; 22
(2) other Federal law enforcement agencies; 23
and 24
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(3) such agencies of foreign countries that are 1
partners of the United States as the Secretary con-2
siders appropriate. 3
(c) D
ATAELEMENTS.— 4
(1) I
N GENERAL.—In developing the pilot pro-5
gram required by subsection (a), the Secretary, act-6
ing through the Commissioner, shall consider the in-7
clusion of the following data with respect to a vessel 8
described in that subsection: 9
(A) The type of goods being transported 10
on the vessel. 11
(B) The destination of the vessel. 12
(C) The ownership and nationality of the 13
vessel, the shipper, and the importer. 14
(D) The ownership and nationality of ves-15
sels located in close proximity to the vessel 16
while the Automatic Identification System was 17
disabled or being manipulated. 18
(E) The period of time for which the Auto-19
matic Identification System on the vessel was 20
disabled or being manipulated. 21
(F) The frequency of issues with the Auto-22
matic Identification System on that vessel. 23
(2) D
ATA MODELS.—The pilot program re-24
quired by subsection (a) may include multiple data 25
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models to account for different behavior patterns for 1
different shippers and different types of goods. 2
(d) I
NTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Secretary, 3
acting through the Commissioner, shall coordinate with 4
the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of National 5
Intelligence in developing and carrying out the pilot pro-6
gram required by subsection (a). 7
(e) T
ERMINATION.—The pilot program required by 8
subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 4 years 9
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 10
(f) R
EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 4 years after 11
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 12
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of 13
Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Direc-14
tor of National Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a 15
report— 16
(1) assessing the usefulness of the pilot pro-17
gram required by subsection (a) in identifying and 18
predicting instances described in that subsection; 19
(2) with respect to each instance in which a 20
vessel was identified under the pilot program as pos-21
ing a high risk of transporting goods in a manner 22
that evades sanctions or export controls imposed by 23
the United States and the vessel was successfully 24
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interdicted by the United States or a country that 1
is a partner of the United States— 2
(A) specifying whether or not the vessel 3
was confirmed to be evading such sanctions or 4
export controls; 5
(B) if the vessel was confirmed to be evad-6
ing such sanctions or export controls, specifying 7
the penalty imposed; and 8
(C) if the vessel was not confirmed to be 9
evading such sanctions or export controls, speci-10
fying whether a United States agency took ac-11
tion against the vessel based on reasonable sus-12
picion; 13
(3) with respect to each instance in which a 14
vessel was identified under the pilot program as pos-15
ing a high risk of transporting goods in a manner 16
that evades sanctions or export controls imposed by 17
the United States and the vessel was not success-18
fully interdicted by the United States or a country 19
that is a partner of the United States, specifying 20
whether the vessel traveled to— 21
(A) a country with respect to which the 22
United States has imposed sanctions or export 23
controls with respect to goods suspected of 24
being transported on the vessel; 25
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(B) a country not described in subpara-1
graph (A) but that the Secretary of Homeland 2
Security has identified as a country posing a 3
high risk of transshipment of goods suspected 4
of being transported on the vessel to a country 5
described in subparagraph (A); or 6
(C) a country not described in subpara-7
graph (A) or (B); and 8
(4) making recommendations with respect to 9
whether big data analytics should be used to identify 10
and predict instances described in subsection (a) in 11
the future. 12
(g) N
OADDITIONALAMOUNTSAUTHORIZED.—No 13
additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to 14
carry out the pilot program required by subsection (a). 15
(h) R
ULE OFCONSTRUCTION ON COLLECTION OR 16
A
CQUISITION OFINFORMATION.—Nothing in this section 17
authorizes any new collection or acquisition of information 18
not otherwise authorized by existing law as of the date 19
of the enactment of this Act. 20
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