3.0.0 2278 2025-05-27T14:12:29Z 2025-05-27T14:12:29Z Senate S S 2023-07-12 118 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported By 2024-12-02T22:19:00Z Markup By 2024-04-10T14:00:04Z Referred To 2023-07-12T20:37:08Z S. Rept. 118-251 118 5990 HR 2023-10-25 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2024-12-02 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652. Calendars 2024-12-02 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-251. Committee 2024-12-02 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-251. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2024-04-10 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2023-07-12 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2023-07-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK N K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2023-07-12 True O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2024-04-15 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2024-04-15 False 2024-06-25T15:09:00Z https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60452 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 10, 2024 Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration 2024-05-13T15:01:45Z Employment and training programs 2024-05-13T15:03:18Z Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 2024-05-13T15:07:26Z Law enforcement officers 2024-05-13T15:01:39Z Motor carriers 2024-05-13T15:02:06Z Motor vehicles 2024-05-13T15:01:54Z Smuggling and trafficking 2024-05-13T15:02:46Z Immigration 2023-07-20T20:00:26Z

00 2023-07-12 Introduced in Senate 2024-02-12T22:03:48Z <p><b>Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill establishes positions within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to review inspection images of vehicles and cargo entering or exiting the United States.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill establishes the position of image adjudicator within the CBP Office of Field Operations. An image adjudicator must (1) review nonintrusive inspection images of vehicles and cargo entering or exiting the United States; (2) assess whether such vehicles and cargo contain contraband, illicit drugs, weapons, or persons seeking to unlawfully enter the United States; and (3) refer suspicious vehicles and cargo for further inspection by a CBP officer. </p> <p>The bill also establishes the position of supervisory image adjudicator with additional responsibilities, including receiving and reporting intelligence to the National Targeting Center about techniques used by malign actors to transport contraband, illicit drugs, weapons, and persons seeking to unlawfully enter the United States. </p> <p>The bill establishes annual training requirements for both image adjudicator and supervisory image adjudicator positions, including training on privacy and civil liberties and how to analyze inspection images. </p> <p>Within a year of this bill's enactment, CBP must develop a workforce staffing model for these positions. The Government Accountability Office must validate the model within six months of the model's completion.</p>

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