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S. 4572 — what changed

Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion Act

From Introduced in Senate to Reported in Senate. 1 section amended and 1 added between Introduced in Senate and Reported in Senate.

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.
(c)
added GAO review and report—
(1)
added Review—
(A)
added In general— The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the use by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of non-intrusive inspection systems for border security.
(B)
added Elements— The review required by subparagraph (A) shall include the following:
(i)
added An identification of—
(I)
added the number and types of non-intrusive inspection systems deployed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and
(II)
added the locations to which such systems have been deployed.
(ii)
added An examination of the manner in which U.S. Customs and Border Protection—
(I)
added assesses the effectiveness of such systems; and
(II)
added uses such systems in conjunction with other border security resources and assets, such as border barriers and technology, to detect and interdict drug smuggling and trafficking at the southwest border of the United States.
(2)
added Report— Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report on the findings of the review conducted under paragraph (1).

Sec. 6 Report on feasibility of using non-intrusive inspection systems for southbound inspections

added
(a)
added Sense of Congress— It is the sense of Congress that non-intrusive inspection systems should be used to detect and interdict illicit and dangerous goods and unclaimed money that flow out of the United States to supply and fund transnational drug cartels.
(b)
added Report— Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report on the feasibility of using non-intrusive inspection systems to scan 10 percent of all vehicles exiting the United States through land ports of entry by September 30, 2024.