S. 1147 · 108th Congress
High-Tech Port Security Act of 2003
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High-Tech Port Security Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to prescribe regulations: (1) establishing certification standards and procedures for blast-resistant containers; and (2) prohibiting entry into the United States of any vessel carrying regulated containers after such regulations are prescribed unless they…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 23, 2003
High-Tech Port Security Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to prescribe regulations: (1) establishing certification standards and procedures for blast-resistant containers; and (2) prohibiting entry into the United States of any vessel carrying regulated containers after such regulations are prescribed unless they are all certified blast-resistant.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish standards for the certification of equipment designed to screen a container carried by a vessel entering the United States for radioactive and explosive materials before the container leaves the port; (2) take action to ensure that the twenty largest domestic ports (and any others determined highly vulnerable) have deployed such certified screening equipment; and (3) establish command and control centers at the twenty largest domestic ports.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: High-Tech Port Security Act of 2003
Latest action (May 23, 2003): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 23, 2003
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.