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[CITE: 33USC1226]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
             CHAPTER 25--PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY PROGRAM
 
Sec. 1226. Port, harbor, and coastal facility security


(a) General authority

    The Secretary may take actions described in subsection (b) of this 
section to prevent or respond to an act of terrorism against--
        (1) an individual, vessel, or public or commercial structure, 
    that is--
            (A) subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and
            (B) located within or adjacent to the marine environment; or

        (2) a vessel of the United States or an individual on board that 
    vessel.

(b) Specific authority

    Under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary may--
        (1) carry out or require measures, including inspections, port 
    and harbor patrols, the establishment of security and safety zones, 
    and the development of contingency plans and procedures, to prevent 
    or respond to acts of terrorism; and
        (2) recruit members of the Regular Coast Guard and the Coast 
    Guard Reserve and train members of the Regular Coast Guard and the 
    Coast Guard Reserve in the techniques of preventing and responding 
    to acts of terrorism.

(c) Nondisclosure of port security plans

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, information related to 
security plans, procedures, or programs for passenger vessels or 
passenger terminals authorized under this chapter is not required to be 
disclosed to the public.

(Pub. L. 92-340, Sec. 7, as added Pub. L. 99-399, title IX, Sec. 906, 
Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 890; amended Pub. L. 104-324, title III, 
Sec. 302, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3917.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1226, Pub. L. 92-340, Sec. 7, formerly title I, 
Sec. 106, July 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 427; renumbered Sec. 7 and amended 
Pub. L. 95-474, Sec. 2, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1475, related to 
requirement respecting federally licensed pilots on any foreign or 
domestic self-propelled vessel engaged in the foreign trade when 
operating in the navigable waters of the United States in areas, etc., 
where a pilot is not otherwise required by State law, prior to repeal by 
Pub. L. 98-557, Sec. 29(g), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2875.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-324 added subsec. (c).
