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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 4275 (Introduced in House) — To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, to establish the Secretary of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. · Sec. 321

Sec. 321. Ports and waterways safety

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Section 8343 of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ) is amended— by striking 2-year pilot program and inserting pilot program ; by redesignating subsection
(c)as subsection (d); and by adding at the end the following: The pilot program under subsection
(a)is authorized for fiscal years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029. . Section 70011(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph
(1)by inserting , including damage or destruction resulting from cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, or foreign state threats after adjacent to such waters ; and in paragraph
(2)by inserting or harm resulting from cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, or foreign state threats after loss . Section 70011(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph
(3)by striking and at the end; in paragraph
(4)by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: prohibiting a representative of a government of country that the Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2371 ) from visiting a facility for which a facility security plan is required under section 70103(c). . Section 70032 of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: Except as provided in subsection (b), the authority granted to the Secretary under sections 70001, 70002, 70003, 70004, and 70011 may not be delegated with respect to the Saint Lawrence Seaway to any agency other than the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Any other authority granted the Secretary under subchapters I through III and this subchapter shall be delegated by the Secretary to the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to the extent the Secretary determines such delegation is necessary for the proper operation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, after consultation with the Secretary or the head of an agency to which the Secretary has delegated the authorities in subsection (a), may— issue and enforce special orders in accordance with section 70002; establish water or waterfront safety zones, or other measures, for limited, controlled, or conditional access and activity when necessary for the protection of any vessel structure, waters, or shore area, as permitted in section 70011(b)(3); and take actions for port, harbor, and coastal facility security in accordance with section 70116. . Section 70051 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting or cyber incidents, or transnational organized crime, or foreign state threats, after threatened war, or invasion, or insurrection, or subversive activity, . Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue or amend such regulations as are necessary to address any applicable arrangements with the Canadian Coast Guard regarding vessel traffic services cooperation and vessel traffic management data exchanges within the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes. The analysis for chapter 700 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— by inserting after the item relating to section 70007 the following: 70008. Special activities in exclusive economic zone. ; and by striking the item relating to section 70032 and inserting the following: 70032. Delegation of ports and waterways authorities in Saint Lawrence Seaway. .
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