What does MHLS stand for?

Under the 2002 Maritime Transportation Security Act, the Coast Guard, in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is the lead federal agency for maritime homeland security (MHLS).

As the lead federal agent for the Maritime Homeland Security, the Coast Guard developed a Maritime Homeland Security Strategy focused on awareness, prevention, protection, response, and recovery.

The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 charged the Coast Guard with many maritime homeland security responsibilities, such as assessing port vulnerabilities and ensuring that vessels and port facilities have adequate security plans, and the Coast Guard has worked hard to meet these requirements.

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Loy, understood the transformation needed and established maritime homeland security as the service's number-one mission priority alongside SAR and rebalanced mission emphases in terms of this national mandate.

GAO-04-636T April 7, 2004 As the lead federal agency for maritime homeland security within the Department of Homeland Security, the Coast Guard is facing extraordinary, heightened responsibilities to protect America's ports, waterways, and waterside facilities from terrorist attacks.

members of the Operations Directorate also serve on several "integrated process teams" tasked to address issues such as the operational plan to support maritime-domain awareness initiatives, the deployment plan for the Coast Guard's maritime homeland security strategy, and the review now underway to address the Coast Guard's response to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction.

The post-9/11 role of the Coast Guard in maritime homeland security lies in controlling the littoral, patrolling harbors and coasts, boarding and escorting vessels entering port, responding to hazardous material incidents, and providing maritime point defense of installations.