Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Act of 2002

Summary

Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) assess port vulnerability; and (2) prepare a National Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Plan for deterring catastrophic emergencies. Requires the Plan to: (1) coordinate Federal, State, and local efforts; (2) identify security resources; and (3) include a system of surveillance and notice to ensure earliest possible identification of emergencies. Requires Federal Maritime Antiterrorism Coordinators to develop, update, and integrate Area Maritime Transportation Antiterrorism Plans, as needed. Requires owners or operators of vessels or facilities to prepare an antiterrorism plan for deterring a catastrophic emergency. Requires the Secretary or Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to establish certain antiterrorism measures, including: (1) response plans for vessels; (2) transportation security cards; (3) maritime antiterrorism teams to protect vessels, ports, facilities, and cargo in U.S. waters; (4) a cargo identification and screening system; (5) requirements for the advance electronic transmission of passenger and crew manifests from arriving commercial vessels; (6) the assessment of antiterrorism measures maintained at specified foreign ports; (7) requirements for all commercial vessels entering the territorial sea of the United States to provide specified information as a condition of entry; (8) authorization of the use of qualified armed Coast Guard personnel as sea marshals on facilities or vessels; and (9) requirements for specified vessels operating in U.S. navigable waters to be equipped with a position indicating transponder. Extends the jurisdiction of the United States to include all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 5928. Extends the coverage of the Deepwater Port Act to natural gas.

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 4 June 2002

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 11 April 2002

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 11 April 2002

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 11 April 2002

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 March 2002

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  Introduced in House · EN · 18 March 2002

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 March 2002

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