46 U.S.C. § 70101 — Definitions
submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-295 to r/title-46-SHIPPING · 209 words · no verdicts yet
This section defines key terms for the maritime-security chapter, including plans, facilities, owners or operators, the Secretary, and transportation security incidents.
For this chapter: (1) “Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan” means a plan prepared under section 70103(b). (2) “Cybersecurity risk” has the meaning in section 2200 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002; this section does not define the quoted term. (3) “Facility” means any structure or facility located in, on, under, or next to waters under United States jurisdiction. (4) “National Maritime Transportation Security Plan” means the plan prepared and published under section 70103(a). (5) “Owner or operator” means, for a vessel*, anyone who owns, operates, or demise-charters it, and for a facility, anyone who owns, leases, or operates it. (6) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the department where the Coast Guard operates. (7) “Transportation security incident” means a security incident causing significant loss of life, environmental damage, transportation-system disruption, or economic disruption in a particular area. “Economic disruption” does not include a nonterrorism work stoppage or other employee action resulting from an employee-employer dispute.
For the purpose of this chapter:
The term “Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan” means an Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan prepared under section 70103(b).
The term “cybersecurity risk” has the meaning given the term in section 2200 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
The term “facility” means any structure or facility of any kind located in, on, under, or adjacent to any waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
The term “National Maritime Transportation Security Plan” means the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan prepared and published under section 70103(a).
The term “owner or operator” means—
in the case of a vessel*, any person owning, operating, or chartering by demise, such vessel; and
in the case of a facility, any person owning, leasing, or operating such facility.
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.
The term “transportation security incident” means a security incident resulting in a significant loss of life, environmental damage, transportation system disruption, or economic disruption in a particular area. In this paragraph, the term “economic disruption” does not include a work stoppage or other employee-related action not related to terrorism and resulting from an employee-employer dispute.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 107–295, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2068; amended Pub. L. 109–347, title I, § 124, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1900; Pub. L. 115–254, div. J, § 1805(b), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3534; Pub. L. 117–263, div. G, title LXXI, § 7143(d)(10), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3664.)
- 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-295 · 116 Stat. 2068
- 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-347 · 120 Stat. 1900
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-254 · 132 Stat. 3534
- 2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-263 · 136 Stat. 3664
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 107-295 on 2002-11-25.
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