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46 U.S.C. § 70116 — Port, harbor, and coastal facility security

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46 U.S.C. § 70116 — Port, harbor, and coastal facility security

**(a) General Authority.—** The Secretary may take actions described in subsection (b) to prevent or respond to an act of terrorism, cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, and foreign state threats against— (1) an individual, vessel, or public or commercial structure, that is— (A) subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and (B) located within or adjacent to the marine environment; or (2) a vessel of the United States or an individual on board that vessel. **(b) Specific Authority.—** Under subsection (a), the Secretary may— (1) carry out or require measures, including inspections, port and harbor patrols, the establishment of security and safety zones, and the development of contingency plans and procedures, to prevent or respond to acts of terrorism, cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, and foreign state threats; (2) recruit members of the Regular Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Reserve and train members of the Regular Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Reserve in the techniques of preventing and responding to acts of terrorism, cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, and foreign state threats; and (3) dispatch properly trained and qualified, armed (as needed), Coast Guard personnel on vessels and public or commercial structures on or adjacent to waters subject to United States jurisdiction to deter or respond to acts of terrorism, cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, foreign state threats, or transportation security incidents, as defined in [section 70101 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section70101&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code. **(c) Definitions, Administration, and Enforcement.—** This section shall be treated as part of chapter 700 for purposes

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46 U.S.C. § 70101 — Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter: (1) The term “Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan” means an Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan prepared under section 70103(b). (2) The term “cybersecurity risk” has the meaning given the term in section 2200 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. (3) The term “facility” means any structure or facility of any kind located in, on, under, or adjacent to any waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (4) The term “National Maritime Transportation Security Plan” means the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan prepared and published under section 70103(a). (5) The term “owner or operator” means— (A) in the case of a vessel, any person owning, operating, or chartering by demise, such vessel; and (B) in the case of a facility, any person owning, leasing, or operating such facility. (6) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. (7) The term “transportation security incident” means a security incident resulting in a significant loss of life, environmental damage, transportation system disruption, or economic disruption in a particular area. In this paragraph, the term “economic disruption” does not include a work stoppage or other employee-related action not related to terrorism and resulting from an employee-employer dispute.

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5 U.S.C. § 601 — Definitions

For purposes of this chapter— (1) the term “agency” means an agency as defined in [section 551(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section551/1&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) the term “rule” means any rule for which the agency publishes a general notice of proposed rulemaking pursuant to [section 553(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553/b&num=0&edition=prelim), or any other law, including any rule of general applicability governing Federal grants to State and local governments for which the agency provides an opportunity for notice and public comment, except that the term “rule” does not include a rule of particular applicability relating to rates, wages, corporate or financial structures or reorganizations thereof, prices, facilities, appliances, services, or allowances therefor or to valuations, costs or accounting, or practices relating to such rates, wages, structures, prices, appliances, services, or allowances; (3) the term “small business” has the same meaning as the term “small business concern” under section 3 of the Small Business Act, unless an agency, after consultation with the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration and after opportunity for public comment, establishes one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such definition(s) in the Federal Register; (4) the term “small organization” means any not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its field, unless an agency establishes, after opportunity for public comment, one or more definitions of such term which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes such

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46 U.S.C. § 70102a — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8507(d)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4754]

### Statutory Notes Section, as added and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 408(a), (b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4268, related to port, harbor, and coastal facility security. #### Effective Date of Repeal Repeal effective Dec. 4, 2018, and as if included in Pub. L. 115—282, see section 8507(d)(7) of Pub. L. 116—283, set out as an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note under [section 1226 of Title 33](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1226&num=0&edition=prelim), Navigation and Navigable Waters.

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33 U.S.C. § 1226 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section was comprised of Pub. L. 92–340, § 7, as added Pub. L. 99–399, title IX, § 906, Aug. 27, 1986, as amended. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 7 of Pub. L. 92–340 were redesignated and transferred to [section 70116 of Title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section70116&num=0&edition=prelim), Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 402(b)(1), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4264. Subsection (c) of section 7 of Pub. L. 92–340 was redesignated subsec. (f) and transferred to [section 70103 of Title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section70103&num=0&edition=prelim) by Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 402(c)(1), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4264. Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 408(a), (d)(1), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4268, concurrently redesignated and transferred subsections (a) and (b) of section 7 of Pub. L. 92–340 to [section 70102a of Title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section70102a&num=0&edition=prelim) and identically redesignated subsection (c) of section 7 of Pub. L. 92–340 as subsec. (f) and transferred it to [section 70103 of Title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section70103&num=0&edition=prelim). However, Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8507(d)(1), (7), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4754, subsequently repealed section 408 of Pub. L. 115–282, effective on the date of enactment of Pub. L. 115–282 (Dec. 4, 2018), and provided that the provisions of law redesignated, transferred, or otherwise amended by such section 408 were amended to read as if that section had not been enacted. #### Prior Provisions A prior section 1226, Pub. L. 92–340, § 7, formerly title I, §

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46 U.S.C. § 70306 — Report on terrorist threats

**(a) Content.—** The Secretary shall submit an annual report to Congress on the threat from acts of terrorism to United States ports and vessels operating from those ports. The Secretary shall include a description of activities undertaken under title I of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–295, 116 Stat. 2066) and an analysis of the effect of those activities on port security against acts of terrorism. **(b) Submission.—** The report shall be submitted to the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. Any classified information in the report shall be submitted separately as an addendum.

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46 U.S.C. § 70116 — Port, harbor, and coastal facility security

Page 587 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 70116 1 So in original. Probably should be preceded by a comma. ‘‘(iii) a towing vessel engaged in moving a tank vessel. ‘‘(C) On and after December 31, 2004, to all other vessels built before the date referred to in subpara- graph (A). ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—The terms in this subsection have the same meaning as those terms have under section 2101 [now also 115] of title 46, United States Code.’’ § 70115. Long-range vessel tracking system Not later than April 1, 2007, the Secretary shall, consistent with international treaties, conventions, and agreements to which the United States is a party, develop and implement a long-range automated vessel tracking system for all vessels in United States waters that are equipped with the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System or equivalent satellite tech- nology. The system shall be designed to provide the Secretary the capability of receiving infor- mation on vessel positions at interval positions appropriate to deter transportation security in- cidents. The Secretary may use existing mari- time organizations to collect and monitor track- ing information under the system. (Added Pub. L. 107–295, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2083; amended Pub. L. 108–293, title VIII, § 803(b), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1080; Pub. L. 109–347, title I, § 107(a), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1891.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2006—Pub. L. 109–347, in first sentence, substituted ‘‘Not later than April 1, 2007, the Secretary’’ for ‘‘The Secretary’’. 2004—Pub. L. 108–293, in first sentence, substituted ‘‘shall, consistent with international treaties, conven- tions, and agreements to which the United States is a party,’’ for ‘‘may’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries REGULATIONS Pub

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