[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 130 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           INTRODUCING THE SCAN CONTAINERS ABSOLUTELY NOW ACT

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to remember the victims of September 11 
and to introduce legislation to protect Americans from potential 
attacks against targets that I believe still remain vulnerable 13 years 
later.
  Our airports are more secure, but I live near the Port of Los 
Angeles, and I know that our Nation's ports are not as secure as they 
should be.
  Top security experts recommend that shipping containers entering our 
Nation's ports be screened for radiological and nuclear materials and 
other potentially dangerous cargo. If something happened to disrupt 
commerce at our ports, it would be catastrophic for our entire Nation 
and the global economy.
  Congress passed laws requiring that 100 percent of all cargo be 
screened by 2012, but that deadline came and went, and we are nowhere 
near screening/scanning all our cargo. Only 3 percent of our cargo is 
screened today.
  Today, I am introducing the Scan Containers Absolutely Now Act, the 
SCAN Act, to finally make port security a reality.

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