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2-Calendar No. 221
32 118THCONGRESS
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54 STSESSION S. 1822
6-[Report No. 118–105]
75 To require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expand the use of non-
86 intrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry.
97 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
108 JUNE6, 2023
119 Mr. P
12-ETERS(for himself, Mr. CORNYN, and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the fol-
13-lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
14-Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
15-O
16-CTOBER3, 2023
17-Reported by Mr. P
18-ETERS, with an amendment
19-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
10+ETERS(for himself and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill;
11+which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
12+rity and Governmental Affairs
2013 A BILL
2114 To require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expand
2215 the use of non-intrusive inspection systems at land ports
2316 of entry.
2417 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2518 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2619 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2720 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Non-Intrusive Inspec-4
2821 tion Expansion Act’’. 5
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31-•S 1822 RS
32-SEC.2.USEOFNON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS AT 1
33-LANDPORTSOFENTRY. 2
34-(a)FISCALYEAR2026.—Usingnon-intrusiveinspec-3
35-tionsystemsacquiredthroughpreviousappropriations 4
36-Acts,beginningnotlaterthanSeptember30,2026,U.S. 5
37-CustomsandBorderProtectionshallusenon-intrusivein-6
38-spectionsystemsatlandportsofentrytoscannotfewer 7
39-than— 8
40-(1)40percent,cumulatively,ofpassengervehi-9
41-clesenteringtheUnitedStatesthroughlandports 10
42-ofentry;and 11
43-(2)90percent,cumulatively,ofcommercialve-12
44-hiclesenteringtheUnitedStatesthroughlandports 13
45-ofentry. 14
46-(b)SUBSEQUENTFISCALYEARS.—Beginninginfis-15
47-calyear2027,U.S.CustomsandBorderProtectionshall 16
48-usenon-intrusiveinspectionsystemsatlandportsofentry 17
49-toreachthenextprojectedbenchmarkforincremental 18
50-scanningofpassengerandcommercialvehiclesentering 19
51-theUnitedStatesatsuchportsofentry. 20
52-(c)BRIEFING.—NotlaterthanMay30,2026,the 21
53-CommissionerofU.S.CustomsandBorderProtection 22
54-shallbrieftheCommitteeonHomelandSecurityandGov-23
55-ernmentalAffairsoftheSenateandtheCommitteeon 24
56-HomelandSecurityoftheHouseofRepresentativesre-25
57-gardingtheprogressmadeduringthefirsthalfoffiscal 26
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60-•S 1822 RS
61-year2026inachievingthescanningbenchmarksdescribed 1
62-insubsection(a). 2
63-(d)REPORT.—Ifthescanningbenchmarksdescribed 3
64-insubsection(a)arenotmetbytheendoffiscalyear 4
65-2026,notlaterthan120daysaftertheendofthatfiscal 5
66-year,theCommissionerofU.S.CustomsandBorderPro-6
67-tectionshallsubmitareporttotheCommitteeonHome-7
68-landSecurityandGovernmentalAffairsoftheSenateand 8
69-theCommitteeonHomelandSecurityoftheHouseof 9
70-Representativesthat— 10
71-(1)analyzesthecausesfornotmeetingsuchre-11
72-quirements; 12
73-(2)identifiesanyresourcegapsandchallenges; 13
74-and 14
75-(3)detailsthestepsthatwillbetakentoensure 15
76-compliancewithsuchrequirementsinthesubse-16
77-quentfiscalyear. 17
78-SEC.3.NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS FOROUT-18
79-BOUNDINSPECTIONS. 19
80-(a)FEASIBILITYSTUDY.—Notlaterthan270days 20
81-afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theCommis-21
82-sionerofU.S.CustomsandBorderProtectionshallsub-22
83-mitareporttotheCommitteeonHomelandSecurityand 23
84-GovernmentalAffairsoftheSenateandtheCommittee 24
85-onHomelandSecurityoftheHouseofRepresentatives 25
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88-•S 1822 RS
89-thatanalyzesthefeasibilityofusingnon-intrusiveinspec-1
90-tionsystemstoscan10percentofallvehiclesexitingthe 2
91-UnitedStatesthroughlandportsofentrywithequipment 3
92-availableonthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct. 4
93-(b)IMPLEMENTATION.—Beginningnotlaterthan 5
94-September30,2026,U.S.CustomsandBorderProtection 6
95-shallusenon-intrusiveinspectionsystemsatlandports 7
96-ofentrytoscannotfewerthan10percentofallvehicles 8
97-exitingtheUnitedStatesthroughlandportsofentry. 9
98-SEC.4.GAOREVIEWANDREPORT. 10
99-(a)REVIEW.— 11
100-(1)INGENERAL.—TheComptrollerGeneralof 12
101-theUnitedStatesshallconductareviewoftheuse 13
102-byU.S.CustomsandBorderProtectionofnon-in-14
103-trusiveinspectionsystemsforbordersecurity. 15
104-(2)ELEMENTS.—Thereviewrequiredunder 16
105-paragraph(1)shall— 17
106-(A)identify— 18
107-(i)thenumberandtypesofnon-intru-19
108-siveinspectionsystemsdeployedbyU.S. 20
109-CustomsandBorderProtection;and 21
110-(ii)thelocationstowhichsuchsys-22
111-temshavebeendeployed;and 23
112-(B)examinethemannerinwhichU.S. 24
113-CustomsandBorderProtection— 25
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116-•S 1822 RS
117-(i)assessestheeffectivenessofsuch 1
118-systems;and 2
119-(ii)usessuchsystemsinconjunction 3
120-withotherbordersecurityresourcesand 4
121-assets,suchasborderbarriersandtech-5
122-nology,todetectandinterdictdrugsmug-6
123-glingandtraffickingatthesouthwestbor-7
124-deroftheUnitedStates. 8
125-(b)REPORT.—Notlaterthan2yearsafterthedate 9
126-oftheenactmentofthisAct,theComptrollerGeneralshall 10
127-submitareporttotheCommitteeonHomelandSecurity 11
128-andGovernmentalAffairsoftheSenateandtheCom-12
129-mitteeonHomelandSecurityoftheHouseofRepresenta-13
130-tivescontainingthefindingsofthereviewconductedpur-14
131-suanttosubsection(a). 15
132-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 16
133-This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Non-Intrusive Inspec-17
134-tion Expansion Act’’. 18
135-SEC. 2. USE OF NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS AT 19
136-LAND PORTS OF ENTRY. 20
22+SEC. 2. USE OF NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS AT 6
23+LAND PORTS OF ENTRY. 7
13724 (a) F
138-ISCALYEAR2026.—Using non-intrusive inspec-21
139-tion systems acquired through previous appropriations 22
140-Acts, beginning not later than September 30, 2026, U.S. 23
141-Customs and Border Protection shall use non-intrusive in-24
142-spection systems at land ports of entry to scan, cumula-25
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145-•S 1822 RS
146-tively, at ports of entry where systems are in place by the 1
147-deadline, not fewer than— 2
148-(1) 40 percent of passenger vehicles entering the 3
149-United States; and 4
150-(2) 90 percent of commercial vehicles entering 5
151-the United States. 6
25+ISCALYEAR2026.—Using non-intrusive inspec-8
26+tion systems acquired through previous appropriations 9
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30+Acts, beginning not later than September 30, 2026, U.S. 1
31+Customs and Border Protection shall use non-intrusive in-2
32+spection systems at land ports of entry to scan not fewer 3
33+than— 4
34+(1) 40 percent, cumulatively, of passenger vehi-5
35+cles entering the United States through land ports 6
36+of entry; and 7
37+(2) 90 percent, cumulatively, of commercial ve-8
38+hicles entering the United States through land ports 9
39+of entry. 10
15240 (b) S
153-UBSEQUENTFISCALYEARS.—Beginning in fiscal 7
154-year 2027, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall use 8
155-non-intrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry to 9
156-reach the next projected benchmark for incremental scan-10
157-ning of passenger and commercial vehicles entering the 11
158-United States at such ports of entry. 12
41+UBSEQUENTFISCALYEARS.—Beginning in fis-11
42+cal year 2027, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall 12
43+use non-intrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry 13
44+to reach the next projected benchmark for incremental 14
45+scanning of passenger and commercial vehicles entering 15
46+the United States at such ports of entry. 16
15947 (c) B
160-RIEFING.—Not later than May 30, 2026, the Com-13
161-missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall brief 14
162-the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 15
163-Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Se-16
164-curity of the House of Representatives regarding the 17
165-progress made during the first half of fiscal year 2026 in 18
166-achieving the scanning benchmarks described in subsection 19
167-(a). 20
168-(d) R
169-EPORT.—If the scanning benchmarks described in 21
170-subsection (a) are not met by the end of fiscal year 2026, 22
171-not later than 120 days after the end of that fiscal year, 23
172-the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 24
173-shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Secu-25
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176-•S 1822 RS
177-rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-1
178-mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-2
179-tives that— 3
180-(1) analyzes the causes for not meeting such re-4
181-quirements; 5
182-(2) identifies any resource gaps and challenges; 6
183-and 7
184-(3) details the steps that will be taken to ensure 8
185-compliance with such requirements in the subsequent 9
186-fiscal year. 10
187-SEC. 3. NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS FOR OUT-11
188-BOUND INSPECTIONS. 12
189-(a) S
190-TRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 13
191-of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Cus-14
192-toms and Border Protection shall submit a strategy to the 15
193-Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-16
194-fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Secu-17
195-rity of the House of Representatives for increasing sustained 18
196-outbound inspection operations at land ports of entry that 19
197-includes— 20
198-(1) the number of existing and planned outbound 21
199-inspection lanes at each port of entry; 22
200-(2) infrastructure limitations that limit the abil-23
201-ity of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deploy 24
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204-•S 1822 RS
205-non-intrusive inspection systems for outbound inspec-1
206-tions; 2
207-(3) the number of additional non-intrusive in-3
208-spection systems that are necessary to increase scan-4
209-ning capacity for outbound inspections; and 5
210-(4) plans for funding and acquiring the systems 6
211-described in paragraph (3). 7
48+RIEFING.—Not later than May 30, 2026, the 17
49+Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 18
50+shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-19
51+ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 20
52+Homeland Security of the House of Representatives re-21
53+garding the progress made during the first half of fiscal 22
54+year 2026 in achieving the scanning benchmarks described 23
55+in subsection (a). 24
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59+(d) REPORT.—If the scanning benchmarks described 1
60+in subsection (a) are not met by the end of fiscal year 2
61+2026, not later than 120 days after the end of that fiscal 3
62+year, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Pro-4
63+tection shall submit a report to the Committee on Home-5
64+land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 6
65+the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 7
66+Representatives that— 8
67+(1) analyzes the causes for not meeting such re-9
68+quirements; 10
69+(2) identifies any resource gaps and challenges; 11
70+and 12
71+(3) details the steps that will be taken to ensure 13
72+compliance with such requirements in the subse-14
73+quent fiscal year. 15
74+SEC. 3. NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS FOR OUT-16
75+BOUND INSPECTIONS. 17
76+(a) F
77+EASIBILITYSTUDY.—Not later than 270 days 18
78+after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commis-19
79+sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall sub-20
80+mit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and 21
81+Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 22
82+on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 23
83+that analyzes the feasibility of using non-intrusive inspec-24
84+tion systems to scan 10 percent of all vehicles exiting the 25
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88+United States through land ports of entry with equipment 1
89+available on the date of the enactment of this Act. 2
21290 (b) I
213-MPLEMENTATION.—Beginning not later than Sep-8
214-tember 30, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall 9
215-use non-intrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry 10
216-to scan not fewer than 10 percent of all vehicles exiting the 11
217-United States through land ports of entry. 12
218-SEC. 4. GAO REVIEW AND REPORT. 13
91+MPLEMENTATION.—Beginning not later than 3
92+September 30, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection 4
93+shall use non-intrusive inspection systems at land ports 5
94+of entry to scan not fewer than 10 percent of all vehicles 6
95+exiting the United States through land ports of entry. 7
96+SEC. 4. GAO REVIEW AND REPORT. 8
21997 (a) R
220-EVIEW.— 14
98+EVIEW.— 9
22199 (1) I
222-N GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 15
223-the United States shall conduct a review of the use by 16
224-U.S. Customs and Border Protection of non-intrusive 17
225-inspection systems for border security. 18
100+N GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 10
101+the United States shall conduct a review of the use 11
102+by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of non-in-12
103+trusive inspection systems for border security. 13
226104 (2) E
227-LEMENTS.—The review required under 19
228-paragraph (1) shall— 20
229-(A) identify— 21
230-(i) the number and types of non-intru-22
231-sive inspection systems deployed by U.S. 23
232-Customs and Border Protection; and 24
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236-(ii) the locations to which such systems 1
237-have been deployed; and 2
238-(B) examine the manner in which U.S. 3
239-Customs and Border Protection— 4
240-(i) assesses the effectiveness of such sys-5
241-tems; and 6
242-(ii) uses such systems in conjunction 7
243-with other border security resources and as-8
244-sets, such as border barriers and technology, 9
245-to detect and interdict drug smuggling and 10
246-trafficking at the southwest border of the 11
247-United States. 12
105+LEMENTS.—The review required under 14
106+paragraph (1) shall— 15
107+(A) identify— 16
108+(i) the number and types of non-intru-17
109+sive inspection systems deployed by U.S. 18
110+Customs and Border Protection; and 19
111+(ii) the locations to which such sys-20
112+tems have been deployed; and 21
113+(B) examine the manner in which U.S. 22
114+Customs and Border Protection— 23
115+(i) assesses the effectiveness of such 24
116+systems; and 25
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120+(ii) uses such systems in conjunction 1
121+with other border security resources and 2
122+assets, such as border barriers and tech-3
123+nology, to detect and interdict drug smug-4
124+gling and trafficking at the southwest bor-5
125+der of the United States. 6
248126 (b) R
249-EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 13
250-of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 14
251-submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security 15
252-and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 16
253-on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives con-17
254-taining the findings of the review conducted pursuant to 18
255-subsection (a). 19
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261-CONGRESS
262-1
263-ST
264-S
265-ESSION
266-
267-S. 1822
268-[Report No. 118–105]
269-A BILL
270-To require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to
271-expand the use of non-intrusive inspection sys-
272-tems at land ports of entry.
273-O
274-CTOBER
275-3, 2023
276-Reported with an amendment
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127+EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 7
128+of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 8
129+submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security 9
130+and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-10
131+mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-11
132+tives containing the findings of the review conducted pur-12
133+suant to subsection (a). 13
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