118 STAT. 1080 PUBLIC LAW 108–293—AUG. 9, 2004 any clearance required by section 4197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. App. 91). ‘‘(2) CLEARANCE UPON FILING OF BOND OR OTHER SURETY.— The Secretary may require the filing of a bond or other surety as a condition of granting clearance refused or revoked under this subsection.’’. (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis at the begin ning of chapter 701 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the last item and inserting the following: ‘‘70117. In rem liability for civil penalties and certain costs. ‘‘70118. Enforcement by injunction or withholding of clearance. ‘‘70119. Civil penalty.’’. SEC. 803. MARITIME INFORMATION. (a) MARITIME INTELLIGENCE.—Section 70113(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The system may include a vessel risk profiling component that assigns incoming vessels a terrorism risk rating.’’. (b) VESSEL TRACKING SYSTEM.—Section 70115 of title 46, United States Code, is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall, consistent with international treaties, conven tions, and agreements to which the United States is a party,’’. (c) MARITIME INFORMATION.—Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives containing a plan for the implementation of section 70113 of title 46, United States Code. The plan shall— (1) identify Federal agencies with maritime information relating to vessels, crew, passengers, cargo, and cargo shippers, those agencies’ maritime information collection and analysis activities, and the resources devoted to those activities; (2) establish a lead agency within the Department of Home land Security to coordinate the efforts of other Department agencies in the collection of maritime information and to iden tify and avoid unwanted redundancy in those efforts; (3) identify redundancy in the collection and analysis of maritime information by agencies within the department in which the Coast Guard is operating; (4) establish a timeline for coordinating the collection of maritime information among agencies within the department in which the Coast Guard is operating; (5) include recommendations on co locating agency per sonnel in order to maximize expertise, minimize costs, and avoid redundancy in both the collection and analysis of mari time information; (6) establish a timeline for the incorporation of information on vessel movements derived through the implementation of sections 70114 and 70115 of title 46, United States Code, into the system for collecting and analyzing maritime information; (7) include recommendations on educating Federal officials on the identification of security risks posed through commercial maritime transportation operations; (8) include an assessment of the availability and expertise of private sector maritime information resources; Establishment. Deadline. Reports.
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