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Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaport Act of 2003

Introduced: September 5, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Sep 5, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11164-11167)
Sep 5, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11163-11164)
Sep 5, 2003
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Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) entry by false pretenses to a secure area of a seaport; (2) knowingly failing to obey an order to heave to by an authorized Federal officer; (3) forcibly interfering with an authorized law enforcement action or providing false information during a boarding; (4) willfully disabling a passenger vehicle; and (5) unlawfully and intentionally destroying any aid to maritime navigation maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation that endangers safe navigation.

Sets penalties for knowingly and intentionally: (1) placing in U.S. waters a device or substance likely to destroy or damage a vessel or its cargo or likely to interfere with safe navigation or maritime commerce; (2) discharging or releasing into U.S. navigable water or adjoining shoreline any substance that would endanger human life, health, or welfare or the marine environment; (3) transporting aboard any vessel explosive, biological, chemical, or radioactive or nuclear material to be used to commit a Federal crime of terrorism.

Sets penalties for: (1) transporting aboard any vessel a terrorist or terror suspect; (2) willfully causing destruction of a vessel or maritime facility; (3) imparting or conveying false information concerning an attempt made to commit certain criminal acts; and (4) knowingly carrying a weapon, explosive, incendiary device, or loaded firearm on a vessel or at a seaport.

Requires the Attorney General to issue regulations to require the reporting of cargo theft.

Expands the scope of a prohibition against theft of interstate or foreign shipments.

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase penalties for noncompliance with manifest requirements.

What's happening now September 5, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11164-11167)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1587: Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaport Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1587/
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"S. 1587: Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaport Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1587/.
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