H.R. 1010 · 108th Congress
Port Protection Act of 2003
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
D
NadlerSponsor1 cosponsor · 1 D
0 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Port Protection Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to require the inspection, contents verification, and sealing by personnel of the Department of Homeland Security, at ports or airports outside the United States, of any cargo containers destined for the United States.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 27, 2003
Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to inspect, at least 200 miles from the United States, any cargo vessel carrying cargo destined for the United States and verify that it does not have a chemical, biological, or nuclear weapon.
Requires the Secretary to deny entry into the United States to cargo vessels that: (1) are carrying cargo not in compliance with this Act; or (2) are not inspected by the Commandant of the Coast Guard in accordance with this Act or that fail such an inspection.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Port Protection Act of 2003
Latest action (Mar 17, 2003): Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 27, 2003
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.