Title 46 — ShippingRelease 119-73
§70304 Travel advisories on security at foreign ports
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle VII— - Security and Drug Enforcement › Chapter CHAPTER 703— - MARITIME SECURITY › § 70304
Summary
If the Secretary finds under section 70303(b) that a foreign port lacks effective security and threatens passengers or crew, the Secretary of State must immediately and widely publicize a travel advisory. The advisory can be lifted only when the Secretary, after consulting the Secretary of State, finds security restored, and the Secretary of State must notify Congress immediately of any status change.
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Title 46, §70304
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(a)On being notified by the Secretary that the Secretary has determined that a condition exists that threatens the safety or security of passengers, passenger vessels, or crew traveling to or from a foreign port that the Secretary has determined under section 70303(b) of this title does not maintain and administer effective security measures, the Secretary of State immediately shall issue a travel advisory for that port. The Secretary of State shall take the necessary steps to widely publicize the travel advisory.
(b)A travel advisory issued under subsection (a) may be lifted only if the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, has determined that effective security measures are maintained and administered at the port.
(c)The Secretary of State shall notify Congress immediately of any change in the status of a travel advisory issued under this section.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7030446 App.:1804.Pub. L. 99–399, title IX, § 908, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 891; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, title XXII, § 2224(b), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–819. In subsection (b), the words “with respect to which the Secretary of Transportation had made the determination described in section 1803(d) of this Appendix” are omitted as unnecessary.
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46 U.S.C. § 70304
Title 46 — Shipping
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Apr 6, 2026
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