S 378 · 109th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2005

Introduced 2005-02-15· Sponsored by Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]· Senate

Bill Progress

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House
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 86.(2005-04-21)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2005 - 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; and (4) willfully disabling a passenger vehicle. Sets penalties for knowingly and intentionally: (1) placing in U.S. navigable 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 onto an adjoining shoreline any substance that would endanger human life, health, or welfare or the marine environment; and (3) transporting aboard any vessel explosive, biological, chemical, or radioactive or nuclear material to be used to commit terrorism. Sets penalties for: (1) knowingly transporting aboard any vessel a terrorist or terror suspect; (2) willfully causing destruction of a vessel or maritime facility; and (3) imparting or conveying false information concerning an attempt mad…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

S. 378, Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2005

May 2, 2005

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 21, 2005</p>

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S. 378, Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2005

May 2, 2005

Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 21, 2005

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (6)

1 Democrat5 Republicans