This bill revises requirements regarding the public disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in the manifest of vessels or aircraft entering a U.S. port or place. Specifically, the bill directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to remove such information, including Social Security numbers and passport numbers, from a manifest signed and transmitted to CBP before it is accessible by the public.
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to protect from public disclosure of 
      personally identifiable information contained in manifests.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROTECTION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE 
              INFORMATION CONTAINED IN MANIFESTS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 431(c) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1431(c)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2)(A) The information listed in paragraph (1) shall not be 
available for public disclosure if--
            ``(i) the Secretary of the Treasury makes an affirmative 
        finding on a shipment-by-shipment basis that disclosure is 
        likely to pose a threat of personal injury or property damage; 
        or
            ``(ii) the information is exempt under the provisions of 
        section 552(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code.
    ``(B) The Secretary shall ensure that any personally identifiable 
information, including Social Security account numbers and passport 
numbers, is removed from any manifest signed, produced, delivered, or 
electronically transmitted under this section before access to the 
manifest is provided to the public.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to protect from public disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in manifests.
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to protect from public disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in manifests.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to protect from public disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in manifests.
Rep. Crist, Charlie