---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 963"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "963"
heading: "Minimum requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/963"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Security and Accountability for Every Port"
  - "Subchapter II — Security of the International Supply Chain"
  - "Part B — Customs–Trade Partnership Against Terrorism"
---

# §963. Minimum requirements


An applicant seeking to participate in C–TPAT shall—

- (1) demonstrate a history of moving cargo in the [international supply chain](/usc/6/901.md?p=10);
- (2) conduct an assessment of its supply chain based upon security criteria established by the [Secretary](/usc/6/901.md?p=15), acting through the [Commissioner](/usc/6/901.md?p=4), including—
  - (A) business partner requirements;
  - (B) [container](/usc/6/901.md?p=5) security;
  - (C) physical security and access controls;
  - (D) [personnel](/usc/6/101.md?p=15) security;
  - (E) procedural security;
  - (F) security training and threat awareness; and
  - (G) information technology security;
- (3) implement and maintain security measures and supply chain security practices meeting security criteria established by the [Commissioner](/usc/6/901.md?p=4); and
- (4) meet all other requirements established by the [Commissioner](/usc/6/901.md?p=4), in consultation with the [Commercial Operations Advisory Committee](/usc/6/901.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–347, title II, § 213, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1909.)