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Calendar No. 576 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4572 

[Report No. 117–220] 

To require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expand the use of nonintrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 20, 2022 

Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. CORNYN, and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

DECEMBER 5, 2022 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, with amendments 

[Insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expand 

the use of non-intrusive inspection systems at land ports 

of entry. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Non-Intrusive Inspec5 tion Expansion Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) non-intrusive inspections systems are an im4 portant tool to increase U.S. Customs and Border 

5 Protection’s ability to detect and interdict illicit and 

6 unclaimed goods while securely and efficiently facili7 tating the flow of trade and travel entering the 

8 United States at land ports of entry; 

9 (2) it is in the interest of United States trade 

10 and border security to develop the capacity to in11 crease to 100 percent the rate of scanning of pas12 senger and commercial vehicles entering the United 

13 States at land ports of entry; 

14 (3) U.S. Customs and Border Protection should 

15 actively implement plans to increase the rate of 

16 scanning of passenger and commercial vehicles en17 tering the United States at land ports of entry to18 wards 100 percent, consistent with the Securing 

19 America’s Ports Act (Public Law 116–299; 6 U.S.C. 

20 211 note); and 

21 (4) U.S. Customs and Border Protection should 

22 use past and future congressional appropriations for 

23 non-intrusive inspection systems to incrementally in24 crease the rate of scanning of passenger and com25 mercial vehicles entering the United States at land 

26 ports of entry and to ensure adequate staffing and 


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1 other resources so as to support the full use of such 

2 systems and adjudication of scans. 

3 SEC. 3. USE OF NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS AT 

4 LAND PORTS OF ENTRY. 

5 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2024.—Using non-intrusive inspec6 tion systems acquired through previous appropriations 

7 Acts, beginning not later than September 30, 2024, U.S. 

8 Customs and Border Protection shall use non-intrusive in9 spection systems at land ports of entry to scan not fewer 

10 than— 

11 (1) 40 percent, cumulatively, of passenger vehi12 cles entering the United States through land ports 

13 of entry; and 

14 (2) 90 percent, cumulatively, of commercial ve15 hicles entering the United States through land ports 

16 of entry. 

17 (b) SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—Following fiscal 

18 year 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall use 

19 non-intrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry to 

20 reach the next projected benchmark for incremental scan21 ning of passenger and commercial vehicles entering the 

22 United States at such ports of entry. 

23 (c) GAO REVIEW AND REPORT.— 

24 (1) REVIEW.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General 

2 of the United States shall conduct a review of the 

3 use by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of 

4 non-intrusive inspection systems for border secu5 rity. 

6 (B) ELEMENTS.—The review required by 

7 subparagraph (A) shall include the following: 

8 (i) An identification of— 

9 (I) the number and types of non10 intrusive inspection systems deployed 

11 by U.S. Customs and Border Protec12 tion; and 

13 (II) the locations to which such 

14 systems have been deployed. 

15 (ii) An examination of the manner in 

16 which U.S. Customs and Border Protec17 tion— 

18 (I) assesses the effectiveness of 

19 such systems; and 

20 (II) uses such systems in conjunc21 tion with other border security re22 sources and assets, such as border bar23 riers and technology, to detect and 

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1 ficking at the southwest border of the 

2 United States. 

3 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

5 General shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 

6 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 

7 the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

8 Representatives a report on the findings of the review 

9 conducted under paragraph (1). 

10 SEC. 4. BRIEFING. 

11 Not later than May 30, 2024, U.S. Customs and Bor12 der Protection shall brief the Committee on Homeland Se13 curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 

14 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep15 resentatives regarding the progress made during the first 

16 half of fiscal year 2024 in achieving the scanning bench17 marks referred to in that section. 

18 SEC. 5. REPORT. 

19 If the requirements described in section 3(a) are not 

20 met in fiscal year 2024, not later than 120 days after the 

21 end of that fiscal year, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 

22 and Border Protection shall submit a report to the Com23 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

24 of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security 

25 of the House of Representatives that— 


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1 (1) analyzes the causes for not meeting such re2 quirements and identifies any resource gaps and 

3 challenges; and 

4 (2) details the steps that will be taken to ensure 

5 compliance with such requirements in the subse6 quent fiscal year. 

7 SEC. 6. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF USING NON-INTRUSIVE 

8 INSPECTION SYSTEMS FOR SOUTHBOUND IN9 SPECTIONS. 

10 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

11 that non-intrusive inspection systems should be used to de12 tect and interdict illicit and dangerous goods and un13 claimed money that flow out of the United States to supply 

14 and fund transnational drug cartels. 

15 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Cus17 toms and Border Protection shall submit to the Committee 

18 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

19 Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

20 House of Representatives a report on the feasibility of using 

21 non-intrusive inspection systems to scan 10 percent of all 

22 vehicles exiting the United States through land ports of 

23 entry by September 30, 2024. 


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Calendar No. 576 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4572 

[Report No. 117–220] 

A BILL 

To require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 

tems at land ports of entry. expand the use of non-intrusive inspection sysDECEMBER 5, 2022 

Reported with amendments 


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