46 U.S.C. § 3508 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 46. Shipping § 3508. Crime scene preservation training for passenger vessel crewmembers

(a) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Maritime Administration, shall maintain training standards and curricula to allow for the certification of passenger vessel security personnel, crewmembers, and law enforcement officials on the appropriate methods for prevention, detection, evidence preservation, and reporting of criminal activities in the international maritime environment. The Administrator of the Maritime Administration may certify organizations in the United States and abroad that offer the curriculum for training and certification under subsection (c).

(b) Minimum standards.--The standards established by the Secretary under subsection (a) shall include--

(c) Certification requirement.--No vessel to which this section applies may enter a United States port on a voyage (or voyage segment) on which a United States citizen is a passenger unless there is at least 1 crewmember onboard who is certified as having successfully completed training in the prevention, detection, evidence preservation, and reporting of criminal activities in the international maritime environment on passenger vessels under subsection (a).

(d) Civil penalty.--Any person that violates this section or a regulation under this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $50,000.

(e) Denial of entry.--The Secretary may deny entry into the United States to a vessel to which this section applies if the owner of the vessel--

[(f) Redesignated (e)]