124 STAT. 2989 PUBLIC LAW 111–281—OCT. 15, 2010 or engaging in a violation of law relating to a threat or an act of terrorism (as that term is defined in section 3077 of title 18) against a vessel, facility, port, or waterway. ‘‘(c) INFORMATION; TRAINING.— ‘‘(1) INFORMATION.—The Secretary may establish, as an element of the Program, a network of individuals and commu- nity-based organizations that encourage the public and industry to recognize activities referred to in subsection (b), promote voluntary reporting of such activity, and enhance the situa- tional awareness within the Nation’s ports and waterways. Such network shall, to the extent practicable, be conducted in cooperation with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. ‘‘(2) TRAINING.—The Secretary may provide training in— ‘‘(A) observing and reporting on covered activities; and ‘‘(B) sharing such reports and coordinating the response by Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. ‘‘(d) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.—Participation in the Pro- gram— ‘‘(1) shall be wholly voluntary; ‘‘(2) shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for, or receipt of, any other service or assistance from, or to participation in, any other program of any kind; and ‘‘(3) shall not require disclosure of information regarding the individual reporting covered activities or, for proprietary purposes, the location of such individual. ‘‘(e) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordinate the Pro- gram with other like watch programs. The Secretary shall submit, concurrent with the President’s budget submission for each fiscal year, a report on coordination of the Program and like watch pro- grams within the Department of Homeland Security to the Com- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep- resentatives. ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this section $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2016. Such funds shall remain available until expended.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for chapter 701 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 70121 the following: ‘‘70122. Waterway watch program.’’. SEC. 802. TRANSPORTATION WORKER IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after completing the pilot program under section 70105(k)(1) of title 46, United States Code, to test TWIC access control technologies at port facili- ties and vessels nationwide, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and to the Comptroller General a report containing an assessment of the results of the pilot. The report shall include— (1) the findings of the pilot program with respect to key technical and operational aspects of implementing TWIC tech- nologies in the maritime sector; Deadline. 46 USC 70101. Reports.
