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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 6876
5	5	To require a pilot program on the participation of third-party logistics pro-
6	6	viders in the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, and for
7	7	other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	DECEMBER19, 2023
10	10	Ms. S
11	11	LOTKIN(for herself, Mr. LUTTRELL, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mrs. MILLER-
12	12	M
13	13	EEKS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
14	14	mittee on Homeland Security
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To require a pilot program on the participation of third-
17	17	party logistics providers in the Customs Trade Partner-
18	18	ship Against Terrorism, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Customs Trade Part-4
23	23	nership Against Terrorism Pilot Program Act of 2023’’ 5
24	24	or the ‘‘CTPAT Pilot Program Act of 2023’’. 6
25	25	SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON PARTICIPATION OF THIRD- 7
26	26	PARTY LOGISTICS PROVIDERS IN CTPAT. 8
27	27	(a) E
28	28	STABLISHMENT.— 9
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32	32	(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 1
33	33	Security shall carry out a pilot program to assess 2
34	34	whether allowing entities described in subsection (b) 3
35	35	to participate in CTPAT would enhance port secu-4
36	36	rity, combat terrorism, prevent United States supply 5
37	37	chain security breaches, or otherwise satisfy the 6
38	38	goals of CTPAT. 7
39	39	(2) F
40	40	EDERAL REGISTER NOTICE .—Not later 8
41	41	than one year after the date of the enactment of this 9
42	42	Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall pub-10
43	43	lish in the Federal Register a notice for entities de-11
44	44	scribed in subsection (b) to apply to participate in 12
45	45	the pilot program required under paragraph (1). 13
46	46	(b) E
47	47	NTITIESDESCRIBED.—An entity described in 14
48	48	this subsection is— 15
49	49	(1) a non-asset-based third-party logistics pro-16
50	50	vider that— 17
51	51	(A) arranges international transportation 18
52	52	of freight and is licensed or bonded by the Fed-19
53	53	eral Maritime Commission, the Transportation 20
54	54	Security Administration, U.S. Customs and 21
55	55	Border Protection, or the Department of Trans-22
56	56	portation; and 23
57	57	(B) satisfies such other requirements as 24
58	58	the Secretary of Homeland Security specifies in 25
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62	62	the Federal Register notice required pursuant 1
63	63	to subsection (a)(2); or 2
64	64	(2) an asset-based third-party logistics provider 3
65	65	that— 4
66	66	(A) facilitates cross border activity and is 5
67	67	licensed or bonded by the Federal Maritime 6
68	68	Commission, the Transportation Security Ad-7
69	69	ministration, U.S. Customs and Border Protec-8
70	70	tion, or the Department of Transportation; 9
71	71	(B) manages and executes logistics services 10
72	72	using its own warehousing assets and resources 11
73	73	on behalf of its customers; and 12
74	74	(C) satisfies such other requirements as 13
75	75	the Secretary of Homeland Security specifies in 14
76	76	the Federal Register notice required pursuant 15
77	77	to subsection (a)(2). 16
78	78	(c) A
79	79	PPLICATION.—An entity that wants to partici-17
80	80	pate in the pilot program under subsection (a)(1) shall 18
81	81	submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security an applica-19
82	82	tion at such time, in such manner, and containing such 20
83	83	information as the Secretary may require. 21
84	84	(d) R
85	85	EQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the pilot pro-22
86	86	gram under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of Homeland 23
87	87	Security shall— 24
88	88	(1) ensure that— 25
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92	92	(A) not more than ten entities described in 1
93	93	paragraph (1) of subsection (b) participate in 2
94	94	the pilot program; and 3
95	95	(B) not more than ten entities described in 4
96	96	paragraph (2) of such subsection participate in 5
97	97	the pilot program; 6
98	98	(2) provide for the participation of each of such 7
99	99	categories of entities on a voluntary basis; and 8
100	100	(3) continue the pilot program for a period of 9
101	101	not less than one and not more than five years after 10
102	102	the date on which the Secretary publishes the Fed-11
103	103	eral Register notice required pursuant to subsection 12
104	104	(a)(2). 13
105	105	(e) R
106	106	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 14
107	107	after the termination of the pilot program under sub-15
108	108	section (d)(3), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 16
109	109	submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-17
110	110	port on the findings of, and any recommendations arising 18
111	111	from, the pilot program relating to the participation in 19
112	112	CTPAT of entities described in subsection (b), including 20
113	113	an assessment of participation by such entities. 21
114	114	(f) R
115	115	EPORT ONEFFECTIVENESS OFCTPAT.— 22
116	116	(1) I
117	117	N GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 23
118	118	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 24
119	119	Comptroller General of the United States shall sub-25
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123	123	mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 1
124	124	report assessing the effectiveness of CTPAT. 2
125	125	(2) E
126	126	LEMENTS.—The report required by sub-3
127	127	section (a) shall include the following: 4
128	128	(A) An analysis of— 5
129	129	(i) security incidents in the United 6
130	130	States cargo supply chain during the five- 7
131	131	year period preceding submission of the re-8
132	132	port that involved criminal activity, includ-9
133	133	ing drug trafficking, human smuggling, or 10
134	134	terrorist activity; and 11
135	135	(ii) whether such incidents involved 12
136	136	entities participating in CTPAT or entities 13
137	137	not participating in CTPAT. 14
138	138	(B) An analysis of causes for the suspen-15
139	139	sion or removal of entities from participating in 16
140	140	CTPAT as a result of security incidents during 17
141	141	the five-year period referred to in paragraph 18
142	142	(1). 19
143	143	(C) An analysis of the number of active 20
144	144	CTPAT participants involved in one or more se-21
145	145	curity incidents while maintaining their status 22
146	146	as participants. 23
147	147	(D) An analysis of CTPAT’s benefits for 24
148	148	its participants. 25
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152	152	(E) Recommendations, as appropriate, to 1
153	153	the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 2
154	154	Protection for improvements to CTPAT, includ-3
155	155	ing with respect to preventing security incidents 4
156	156	in the United States cargo supply chain and en-5
157	157	hancing CTPAT benefits for participants. 6
158	158	(g) D
159	159	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7
160	160	(1) A
161	161	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -8
162	162	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-9
163	163	mittees’’ means— 10
164	164	(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 11
165	165	and Governmental Affairs and the Committee 12
166	166	on Finance of the Senate; and 13
167	167	(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 14
168	168	and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 15
169	169	House of Representatives. 16
170	170	(2) CTPAT.—The term ‘‘CTPAT’’ means the 17
171	171	Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism es-18
172	172	tablished under subtitle B of title II of the Security 19
173	173	and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (6 20
174	174	U.S.C. 961 et seq.). 21
175	175	Æ
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