SAFE Port Act

{{Short description|Law regulating port security and online gambling}}

{{Use American English|date = March 2019}}

{{Use mdy dates|date = March 2019}}

{{Infobox U.S. legislation

| shorttitle = SAFE Port Act

| othershorttitles = {{unbulleted list|Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006|Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act}}

| longtitle = An Act to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.

| colloquialacronym = SPA

| nickname = Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006

| enacted by = 109th

| effective date = October 13, 2006

| public law url = https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-120/pdf/STATUTE-120-Pg1884.pdf

| cite public law = 109-347

| cite statutes at large = {{usstat|120|1884}}

| acts amended = Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Tariff Act of 1930

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| title amended = {{unbulleted list|6 U.S.C.: Domestic Security|46 U.S.C.: Shipping}}

| sections created = {{Usc-title-chap|6|3}} § 901 et seq.

| sections amended = {{Usc-title-chap|46|701|I}} § 70101 et seq.

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| introducedin = House

| introducedbill = {{USBill|109|H.R.|4954}}

| introducedby = Dan Lungren (R-CA)

| introduceddate = March 14, 2006

| committees = House Homeland Security, House Transportation and Infrastructure

| passedbody1 = House

| passeddate1 = May 4, 2006

| passedvote1 = 421-2 {{US House Vote|2006|127}}

| passedbody2 = Senate

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| passeddate2 = September 14, 2006

| passedvote2 = 98-0 {{US Senate Vote|109|2|249}}

| conferencedate = September 29, 2006

| passedbody3 = House

| passeddate3 = September 30, 2006

| passedvote3 = 409-2 {{US House Vote|2006|516}}

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| passedbody4 = Senate

| passeddate4 = September 30, 2006

| passedvote4 = Agreed unanimous onsent

| signedpresident = George W. Bush

| signeddate = October 13, 2006

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The Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 (or SAFE Port Act, {{USPL|109|347}}{{USBill|109|HR|4954|pipe=Text of the SAFE Port Act}}, via House.gov) was an Act of Congress in the United States covering port security and to which an online gambling measure was added at the last moment. The House and Senate passed the conference report on September 30, 2006, and President Bush signed the Act into law on October 13, 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=24070 |title=George W. Bush: "Remarks on Signing the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006," October 13, 2006 |author1=Peters, Gerhard |author2=Woolley, John T |work=The American Presidency Project |publisher=University of California - Santa Barbara}}{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=24072 |title=George W. Bush: "Statement on Signing the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006," October 13, 2006 |author1=Peters, Gerhard |author2=Woolley, John T |work=The American Presidency Project |publisher=University of California - Santa Barbara}}