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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4572 

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 and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 

8 (1) non-intrusive inspections systems are an im9 portant tool to increase U.S. Customs and Border 


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1 Protection’s ability to detect and interdict illicit and 

2 unclaimed goods while securely and efficiently facili3 tating the flow of trade and travel entering the 

4 United States at land ports of entry; 

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

6 and border security to develop the capacity to in7 crease to 100 percent the rate of scanning of pas8 senger and commercial vehicles entering the United 

9 States at land ports of entry; 

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

11 actively implement plans to increase the rate of 

12 scanning of passenger and commercial vehicles en13 tering the United States at land ports of entry to14 wards 100 percent, consistent with the Securing 

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

16 211 note); and 

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

18 use past and future congressional appropriations for 

19 non-intrusive inspection systems to incrementally in20 crease the rate of scanning of passenger and com21 mercial vehicles entering the United States at land 

22 ports of entry and to ensure adequate staffing and 

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

24 systems and adjudication of scans. 


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

2 LAND PORTS OF ENTRY. 

3 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2024.—Using non-intrusive inspec4 tion systems acquired through previous appropriations 

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

6 Customs and Border Protection shall use non-intrusive in7 spection systems at land ports of entry to scan not fewer 

8 than— 

9 (1) 40 percent, cumulatively, of passenger vehi10 cles entering the United States through land ports 

11 of entry; and 

12 (2) 90 percent, cumulatively, of commercial ve13 hicles entering the United States through land ports 

14 of entry. 

15 (b) SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—Following fiscal 

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

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

18 reach the next projected benchmark for incremental scan19 ning of passenger and commercial vehicles entering the 

20 United States at such ports of entry. 

21 SEC. 4. BRIEFING. 

22 Not later than May 30, 2024, U.S. Customs and Bor23 der Protection shall brief the Committee on Homeland Se24 curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 

25 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep26 resentatives regarding the progress made during the first 


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1 half of fiscal year 2024 in achieving the scanning bench2 marks referred to in that section. 

3 SEC. 5. REPORT. 

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

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

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

7 and Border Protection shall submit a report to the Com8 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

9 of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security 

10 of the House of Representatives that— 

11 (1) analyzes the causes for not meeting such re12 quirements and identifies any resource gaps and 

13 challenges; and 

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

15 compliance with such requirements in the subse16 quent fiscal year. 

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