[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5619 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5619

 To amend the SAFE Port Act to provide for the eligibility of certain 
third party logistics providers for participation in the Customs-Trade 
                 Partnership Against Terrorism program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2010

  Mr. Owens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the SAFE Port Act to provide for the eligibility of certain 
third party logistics providers for participation in the Customs-Trade 
                 Partnership Against Terrorism program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS PROVIDERS FOR 
              PARTICIPATION IN C-TPAT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 212 of the SAFE Port Act (Public Law 109-
347; 6 U.S.C. 962) is amended by inserting after ``contract logistics 
providers,'' the following: ``non-asset based third party logistics 
providers that arrange international transportation of freight, 
including motor carrier brokers of property licensed by the Department 
of Transportation,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
        effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies 
        with respect to applicants seeking to participate in the 
        Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (``C-TPAT'') 
        program on or after the date on which the regulations published 
        pursuant to paragraph (2) take effect.
            (2) Regulations.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
        acting through the Commissioner responsible for United States 
        Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland 
        Security, shall publish in the Federal Register criteria for 
        participation in C-TPAT program of non-asset based third party 
        logistics providers described in section 212 of the SAFE Port 
        Act, as added by subsection (a), not later than 60 days after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act.
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