[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4572 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4572

To require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expand the use of non-
          intrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 2022

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expand the use of non-
          intrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) non-intrusive inspections systems are an important tool 
        to increase U.S. Customs and Border Protection's ability to 
        detect and interdict illicit and unclaimed goods while securely 
        and efficiently facilitating the flow of trade and travel 
        entering the United States at land ports of entry;
            (2) it is in the interest of United States trade and border 
        security to develop the capacity to increase to 100 percent the 
        rate of scanning of passenger and commercial vehicles entering 
        the United States at land ports of entry;
            (3) U.S. Customs and Border Protection should actively 
        implement plans to increase the rate of scanning of passenger 
        and commercial vehicles entering the United States at land 
        ports of entry towards 100 percent, consistent with the 
        Securing America's Ports Act (Public Law 116-299; 6 U.S.C. 211 
        note); and
            (4) U.S. Customs and Border Protection should use past and 
        future congressional appropriations for non-intrusive 
        inspection systems to incrementally increase the rate of 
        scanning of passenger and commercial vehicles entering the 
        United States at land ports of entry and to ensure adequate 
        staffing and other resources so as to support the full use of 
        such systems and adjudication of scans.

SEC. 3. USE OF NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS AT LAND PORTS OF ENTRY.

    (a) Fiscal Year 2024.--Using non-intrusive inspection systems 
acquired through previous appropriations Acts, beginning not later than 
September 30, 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall use non-
intrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry to scan not fewer 
than--
            (1) 40 percent, cumulatively, of passenger vehicles 
        entering the United States through land ports of entry; and
            (2) 90 percent, cumulatively, of commercial vehicles 
        entering the United States through land ports of entry.
    (b) Subsequent Fiscal Years.--Following fiscal year 2024, U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection shall use non-intrusive inspection 
systems at land ports of entry to reach the next projected benchmark 
for incremental scanning of passenger and commercial vehicles entering 
the United States at such ports of entry.

SEC. 4. BRIEFING.

    Not later than May 30, 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives regarding the progress made during the first half of 
fiscal year 2024 in achieving the scanning benchmarks referred to in 
that section.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

    If the requirements described in section 3(a) are not met in fiscal 
year 2024, not later than 120 days after the end of that fiscal year, 
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit a 
report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives that--
            (1) analyzes the causes for not meeting such requirements 
        and identifies any resource gaps and challenges; and
            (2) details the steps that will be taken to ensure 
        compliance with such requirements in the subsequent fiscal 
        year.
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