S. 1147 · 108th Congress
High-Tech Port Security Act of 2003
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Barbara Boxer
- Introduced
- 2003-05-23
- Latest action
- 2003-05-23 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
High-Tech Port Security Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to prescribe regulations: (1) establishing certification standards and procedures for blast-resistant containers; and (2) prohibiting entry into the United States of any vessel carrying regulated containers after such regulations are prescribed unless they are all certified blast-resistant.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish standards for the certification of equipment designed to screen a container carried by a vessel entering the United States for radioactive and explosive materials before the container leaves the port; (2) take action to ensure that the twenty largest domestic ports (and any others determined highly vulnerable) have deployed such certified screening equipment; and (3) establish command and control centers at the twenty largest domestic ports.