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124 STAT. 3005 PUBLIC LAW 111–281—OCT. 15, 2010 (b) USE BY MARITIME SECURITY COMMITTEES.—Within 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall require each Area Maritime Security Committee to use this standard to regularly evaluate each port’s assessed risk and prioritize how to mitigate the most significant risks. (c) OTHER USES OF STANDARD.—The Secretary shall utilize the standard when considering departmental resource allocations and grant making decisions. (d) USE OF MARITIME RISK ASSESSMENT MODEL.—Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall make the United States Coast Guard’s Maritime Security Risk Assess- ment Model available, in an unclassified version, on a limited basis to regulated vessels and facilities to conduct true risk assess- ments of their own facilities and vessels using the same criteria employed by the Coast Guard when evaluating a port area, facility, or vessel. SEC. 828. PORT SECURITY ZONES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 701 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—PORT SECURITY ZONES ‘‘§ 70131. Definitions ‘‘In this subchapter: ‘‘(1) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term ‘law enforce- ment agency’ means an agency of a State, a political subdivision of a State, or a Federally recognized tribe that is authorized by law to supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of criminal law. ‘‘(2) SECURITY ZONE.—The term ‘security zone’ means a security zone, established by the Commandant of the Coast Guard or the Commandant’s designee pursuant to section 1 of title II of the Act of June 15, 1917 (50 U.S.C. 191) or section 7(b) of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1226(b)), for a vessel carrying especially hazardous cargo when such vessel— ‘‘(A) enters, or operates within, the internal waters of the United States and the territorial sea of the United States; or ‘‘(B) transfers such cargo or residue in any port or place, under the jurisdiction of the United States, within the territorial sea of the United States or the internal waters of the United States. ‘‘§ 70132. Credentialing standards, training, and certification for State and local support for the enforcement of security zones for the transportation of espe- cially hazardous cargo ‘‘(a) STANDARD.—The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall establish, by regulation, national standards for training and credentialing of law enforcement personnel— ‘‘(1) to enforce a security zone; or ‘‘(2) to assist in the enforcement of a security zone. ‘‘(b) TRAINING.— ‘‘(1) The Commandant of the Coast Guard— Regulations.