# SAFE Port Act

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{{Short description|Law regulating port security and online gambling}}
{{Use American English|date = March 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = March 2019}}
{{Infobox U.S. legislation
| shorttitle        = SAFE Port Act
| othershorttitles  = {{unbulleted list|Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006|Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act}}
| longtitle         = An Act to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.
| colloquialacronym = SPA
| nickname          = Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006
| enacted by        = 109th
| effective date    = October 13, 2006
| public law url    = https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-120/pdf/STATUTE-120-Pg1884.pdf
| cite public law   = 109-347
| cite statutes at large = {{usstat|120|1884}}
| acts amended    = [Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002](/source/Maritime_Transportation_Security_Act_of_2002)<br>[Homeland Security Act of 2002](/source/Homeland_Security_Act_of_2002)<br>[Tariff Act of 1930](/source/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act)
| acts repealed   = 
| title amended   = {{unbulleted list|[6 U.S.C.: Domestic Security](/source/Title_6_of_the_United_States_Code)|[46 U.S.C.: Shipping](/source/Title_46_of_the_United_States_Code)}}
| sections created = {{Usc-title-chap|6|3}} § 901 et seq.
| sections amended = {{Usc-title-chap|46|701|I}} § 70101 et seq.
| leghisturl      = 
| introducedin    = House
| introducedbill  = {{USBill|109|H.R.|4954}}
| introducedby    = [Dan Lungren](/source/Dan_Lungren) ([R](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))-[CA](/source/California))
| introduceddate  = March 14, 2006 
| committees      = [House Homeland Security](/source/United_States_House_Committee_on_Homeland_Security), [House Transportation and Infrastructure](/source/United_States_House_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure)
| passedbody1     = House
| passeddate1     = May 4, 2006
| passedvote1     = 421-2 {{US House Vote|2006|127}}
| passedbody2     = Senate
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| passeddate2     = September 14, 2006
| passedvote2     = 98-0 {{US Senate Vote|109|2|249}}
| conferencedate  = September 29, 2006
| passedbody3     = House
| passeddate3     = September 30, 2006
| passedvote3     = 409-2 {{US House Vote|2006|516}}
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| passedbody4     = Senate
| passeddate4     = September 30, 2006
| passedvote4     = Agreed unanimous onsent
| signedpresident = [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush)
| signeddate      = October 13, 2006
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The '''Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006''' (or '''SAFE Port Act''', {{USPL|109|347}}<ref>{{USBill|109|HR|4954|pipe=Text of the SAFE Port Act}}, via House.gov</ref>) was an [Act of Congress](/source/Act_of_Congress) in the United States covering [port security](/source/port_security) and to which an [online gambling](/source/online_gambling) measure was added at the last moment.  The House and Senate passed the conference report on September 30, 2006, and President [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush) signed the Act into law on October 13, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=24070 |title=George W. Bush: "Remarks on Signing the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006," October 13, 2006 |author1=Peters, Gerhard |author2=Woolley, John T |work=The American Presidency Project |publisher=University of California - Santa Barbara}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=24072 |title=George W. Bush: "Statement on Signing the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006," October 13, 2006 |author1=Peters, Gerhard |author2=Woolley, John T |work=The American Presidency Project |publisher=University of California - Santa Barbara}}</ref>

==Port security provisions==
The port security provisions were one of 20 bills introduced to Congress in the wake of the [Dubai Ports World controversy](/source/Dubai_Ports_World_controversy) that aimed to block Dubai Ports World acquiring P&O Ports, and more generally to stop key US ports falling into the hands of foreign owners by changing the [Exon–Florio Amendment](/source/Exon%E2%80%93Florio_Amendment).<ref name=Peteron/> The act codified into law a number of programs to improve security of U.S. ports, such as:

*Additional requirements for maritime facilities
*Creation of the [Transportation Worker Identification Credential](/source/Transportation_Worker_Identification_Credential)
*Establishment of '''Interagency Operations Centers''' for port security
*[Port Security Grant Program](/source/Port_Security_Grant_Program)
*[Container Security Initiative](/source/Container_Security_Initiative)
*Foreign port assessments
*[Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism](/source/Customs_Trade_Partnership_against_Terrorism)

In addition, the Act created the [Domestic Nuclear Detection Office](/source/Domestic_Nuclear_Detection_Office) within the [Department of Homeland Security](/source/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security) and appropriated funds toward the [Integrated Deepwater System Program](/source/Integrated_Deepwater_System_Program), a long-term [U.S. Coast Guard](/source/United_States_Coast_Guard) modernization program.<ref>[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7179&sequence=0 Congressional Budget Office analysis of H.R. 4954, prepared April 28, 2006]</ref>

==Internet gambling provisions==
{{main article|Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006}}
Title VIII of the Act is also known as the '''Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006''' (or '''UIGEA''').  This title (found at {{USC|31|5361|5367}}) "prohibits gambling businesses from knowingly accepting payments in connection with the participation of another person in a bet or wager that involves the use of the Internet and that is unlawful under any federal or state law."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ots.treas.gov/_files/422372.pdf|title=Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act|work=Examination Handbook Section 770|publisher=U.S. Treasury Department|accessdate=7 Jan 2011|archive-date=June 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601165540/https://www.ots.treas.gov/_files/422372.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>  ''[The Economist](/source/The_Economist)'' noted that the UIGEA provisions were "hastily tacked onto the end of unrelated legislation".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/business/2011/04/20/poker-face-off |title=Poker face off |newspaper=[The Economist](/source/The_Economist) |date=April 23, 2011 <!-- web says 20th --> |page=68}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002](/source/Maritime_Transportation_Security_Act_of_2002)
*[Port security](/source/Port_security)
*[Transportation Worker Identification Credential](/source/Transportation_Worker_Identification_Credential)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=Peteron>
{{cite book
| url         = https://books.google.com/books?id=IDeD1RW0zPEC
| author      = Edward Montgomery Graham, David Matthew Marchick
| year        = 2006
| title       = US national security and foreign direct investment
| page        = 31
| publisher   = [Peterson Institute](/source/Peterson_Institute)
| isbn        = 978-0-88132-391-7
}}
</ref>
}}

==External links==
* [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-12458/uslm/COMPS-12458.xml SAFE Port Act] ([https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-12458/pdf/COMPS-12458.pdf PDF]/[https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/COMPS-12458/ details]) as amended in the [GPO](/source/United_States_Government_Publishing_Office) [https://www.govinfo.gov/help/comps Statute Compilations collection]
* [https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/109/public/347?link-type=pdf SAFE Port Act] as enacted in the [US Statutes at Large](/source/United_States_Statutes_at_Large)

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Category:Acts of the 109th United States Congress
Category:United States federal gambling legislation
Category:United States federal commerce legislation
Category:United States federal criminal legislation
Category:United States federal transportation legislation
Category:United States federal defense and national security legislation

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