116 STAT. 558 PUBLIC LAW 107-173—MAY 14, 2002 the United States from any place outside the United States, it shall be the duty of an appropriate oflEicial specified in subsection (d) to provide to any United States border officer (as defined in subsection (i)) at that port mainifest information about each passenger, crew member, and other occupant trsmisported on such vessel or gurcraft prior to arrived at that port. "(b) DEPARTURE MANIFESTS. —For each commercial vessel or aircraft taking passengers on board at any seaport or airport of the United States, who are destined to any place outside the United States, it shall be the duty of an appropriate official specified in subsection (d) to provide any United States border officer (as defined in subsection (i)) before departure from such port manifest information about each passenger, crew member, and other occupant to be transported. "(c) CONTENTS OF MANIFEST.— The information to be provided with respect to each person listed on a manifest required to be provided under subsection (a) or (b) shall include— "(1) complete name; "(2) date of birth; "(3) citizenship; "(4) sex; "(5) passport number and country of issuance; "(6) country of residence; "(7) United States visa number, date, and place of issuance, where applicable; "(8) alien registration number, where applicable; "(9) United States address while in the United States; and "(10) such other information the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Treasury determines as being necessary for the identification of the persons transported and for the enforcement of the immigration laws and to protect safety and national security. "(d) APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS SPECIFIED.— An appropriate official specified in this subsection is the master or commanding officer, or authorized agent, owner, or consignee, of the commercisd vessel or aircraft concerned. " (e) DEADLINE FOR REQUIREMENT OF ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF MANIFEST INFORMATION.—Not later than January 1, 2003, manifest information required to be provided under subsection (a) or (b) shall be transmitted electronically by the appropriate official specified in subsection (d) to an immigration officer. " (f) PROHIBITION. —No operator of any private or public carrier that is under a duty to provide manifest information under this section shall be granted clearance papers until the appropriate official specified in subsection (d) has complied with the requirements of this subsection, except that, in the case of commercial vessels or edrcraft that the Attorney General determines are making regular trips to the United States, the Attorney General may, when expedient, arrange for the provision of manifest information of persons departing the United States at a later date. "(g) PENALTIES AGAINST NONCOMPLYING SHIPMENTS, AIRCRAFT, OR CARRIERS.—I f it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that an appropriate official specified in subsection (d), any public or private carrier, or the agent of any transportation line, as the case may be, has refused or failed to provide manifest information required by subsection (a) or (b), or that the manifest
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