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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 2297 (Reported in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. · Sec. 231

Sec. 231. Port, harbor, and coastal facility security

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Section 70116 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by inserting , cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, and foreign state threats after an act of terrorism ; in subsection (b)— in paragraphs
(1)and (2), by inserting cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, and foreign state threats after terrorism each place it appears; and in paragraph (3)— by striking armed and inserting , armed (as needed), ; and by striking terrorism or transportation security incidents, and inserting terrorism, cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, foreign state threats, or transportation security incidents, ; and in subsection (c)— by striking 70034, and inserting 70033, ; and by adding at the end the following new sentence: When preventing or responding to acts of terrorism, cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, or foreign state threats, the Secretary may carry out this section without regard to chapters 5 and 6 of title 5 or Executive Orders 12866 and 13563. .
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