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Sec. 215 · S. 524

Ports and waterways safety

Title II — Shipping and navigation › Subtitle B — Vessel safety

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(a) Waterfront safety Section 70011(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) 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 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting or harm resulting from cyber incidents, transnational organized crime, or foreign state threats after loss. (b) Regulation of anchorage and movement of vessels during national emergency 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,. (c) Facility visit by state sponsor of terrorism Section 70011(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (3) by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (5) 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)..

•S 524 ESSEC. 215

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