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124 STAT. 2249 PUBLIC LAW 111–207—JULY 27, 2010 ‘‘(ii) the incident concerns an offense by or against a United States national committed outside the juris- diction of any nation; ‘‘(iii) the incident occurs in the Territorial Sea of the United States, regardless of the nationality of the vessel, the victim, or the perpetrator; or ‘‘(iv) the incident concerns a victim or perpetrator who is a United States national on a vessel during a voyage that departed from or will arrive at a United States port. ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF INCIDENT DATA VIA INTERNET.— ‘‘(A) WEBSITE.—The Secretary shall maintain a statis- tical compilation of all incidents described in paragraph (3)(A)(i) on an Internet site that provides a numerical accounting of the missing persons and alleged crimes recorded in each report filed under paragraph (3)(A)(i) that are no longer under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The data shall be updated no less fre- quently than quarterly, aggregated by cruise line, each cruise line shall be identified by name, and each crime shall be identified as to whether it was committed by a passenger or a crew member. ‘‘(B) ACCESS TO WEBSITE.—Each cruise line taking on or discharging passengers in the United States shall include a link on its Internet website to the website main- tained by the Secretary under subparagraph (A). ‘‘(h) ENFORCEMENT.— ‘‘(1) PENALTIES.— ‘‘(A) CIVIL PENALTY.—Any person that violates this sec- tion or a regulation under this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for each day during which the violation continues, except that the max- imum penalty for a continuing violation is $50,000. ‘‘(B) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Any person that willfully vio- lates this section or a regulation under this section shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. ‘‘(2) 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— ‘‘(A) commits an act or omission for which a penalty may be imposed under this subsection; or ‘‘(B) fails to pay a penalty imposed on the owner under this subsection. ‘‘(i) PROCEDURES.—Within 6 months after the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010, the Secretary shall issue guidelines, training curricula, and inspection and certifi- cation procedures necessary to carry out the requirements of this section. ‘‘(j) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary and the Commandant shall each issue such regulations as are necessary to implement this section. ‘‘(k) APPLICATION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section and section 3508 apply to a passenger vessel (as defined in section 2101(22)) that— ‘‘(A) is authorized to carry at least 250 passengers; ‘‘(B) has onboard sleeping facilities for each passenger; Deadline. Guidelines. Deadlines.