Last week the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure published their report on HR 2838, the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2011. Not much has changed from a chemical security perspective in the amended version of the bill reported from when the bill was introduced.
Interfering with GPS
As I noted in my earlier blog §302 makes it a class E felony to interfere “with the broadcast or reception of a radio, microwave, or other signal (including a signal from a global positioning system)” {proposed amendment to 14 USC 88(e)}. Interestingly the explanation of that section in the Committee Report (pg 22) never mentions GPS, simply referring to ‘Aids to Navigation’. Actually that explanation may target GPS signal tampering better than the wording in §302.
Fast Track
It looks like this bill may be on a relative fast track to consideration before the House. The report includes letters from Chairman King (R,NY; Homeland Security Committee) and Chairman Smith (R,TX; Judiciary Committee) explaining that they are foregoing requesting serial referral of the bill to their respective committees “in order that it may proceed expeditiously to the House floor for consideration” {Chairman Smith letter, September 27th, 2011; page 58 of Report}. Interestingly, neither Committee was originally included in the committee referral list at introduction; should they have been?
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