§70304 — Title 46 Shipping | U.S. Code

Summary

When the Secretary tells the Secretary of State that a foreign port lacks effective security and threatens passengers, vessels, or crew, the Secretary of State must immediately issue and publicize a travel advisory. Only the Secretary, after consulting the Secretary of State, can lift it, and the Secretary of State must notify Congress immediately of changes.

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.

§70304 Travel Advisories on Security at Foreign Ports

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Title 46, §70304

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