Subcommittee On Economic Security Infrastructure Protection And Cybersecurity News

Hearing on SAFE Port Act

Representative Lungren (R-CA) introduced the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act or SAFE Port Act (H.R. 4954) to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes. On March 16, the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity of the House Committee on Homeland Security conducted a Hearing on the SAFE Port Act. In a Combined Statement, Jayson P. Ahern, Customs and Border Protection and Captain Brian Salerno, US Coast Guard, testified regarding vessel security, advance electronic information, the automated targeting system, the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)…

Hearing on Coast Guard Programs Impacting Maritime Border Security

The Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity of the House Committee on Homeland Security conducted a hearing on Coast Guard programs impacting maritime border security. Admiral Thomas H. Collins, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, testified concerning the Integrated Deepwater System and the Maritime Security Response Teams, among other things. Source: HK Law