,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aece  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ab1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,hahn 7for herself and ,mr4 ,poe of
 ,texas7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,homeland      
,security to conduct a study and report 
to ,congress on gaps in port security in
 the ,united ,states and a plan to      
address them4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,gauging       
,american ,port ,security ,act or the   
,,gaps ,act4  #b4 ,study1 report1 and   
plan to address gaps in port security   
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #a year 
after the date of enactment of this ,act
 the ,inspector ,general of the         
,department of ,homeland ,security      
shall--  7#a7 conduct a study of1 and   
submit to the ,congress a report on1    
remaining gaps in port security in the  
,united ,states2 and  7#b7 include in   
such report a prioritization of such    

gaps and a plan for addressing them4    
7b7 ,form ,the report required under    
subsection 7a7 shall be submitted in    
classified form but shall contain an    
unclassified annex4  #c4 ,information   
sharing ,the ,secretary of ,homeland    
,security shall1 in accordance with     
rules for the handling of classified    
information1 share1 as appropriate1 with
 designated points of contact from      
,federal agencies and ,state1 local1 or 
tribal governments1 and port system     
owners and operators1 relevant          
information regarding remaining gaps in 
port security of the ,united ,states1   
prioritization of such gaps1 and a plan 
for addressing such gaps4 ,in the event 
that a designated point of contact does 
not have the necessary security         
clearance to receive such information1  
the ,secretary shall help expedite the  
clearance process1 as appropriate4