CTPAT Pilot Program Act of 2023

Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance, Border security and unlawful immigration, Congressional oversight, Customs enforcement, Drug trafficking and controlled substances, Fraud offenses and financial crimes, Government studies and investigations, Human trafficking, Public-private cooperation, Smuggling and trafficking, Terrorism, Transportation safety and security

Summary:  <p><b>Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Pilot Program Act of 2023 or the CTPAT Pilot Program Act of </b><strong></strong><b>2023</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to carry out a pilot program that assesses whether allowing certain entities to participate in the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) would enhance port security, combat terrorism, prevent supply chain security breaches, or otherwise meet the goals of CTPAT.</p> <p>Such entities are (1) non-asset-based third-party logistics providers that arrange international freight transportation and are licensed by the Department of Transportation; or (2) asset-based third-party logistics providers that facilitate cross-border activity, are licensed or bonded by specified federal agencies, and execute logistics services using their own warehousing assets and resources.</p> <p>The bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the effectiveness of CTPAT.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 794 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 794

  To require a pilot program on the participation of non-asset-based 
   third-party logistics providers in the Customs-Trade Partnership 
                           Against Terrorism.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 14, 2023

Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Carper) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a pilot program on the participation of non-asset-based 
   third-party logistics providers in the Customs-Trade Partnership 
                           Against Terrorism.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Customs Trade Partnership Against 
Terrorism Pilot Program Act of 2023'' or the ``CTPAT Pilot Program Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Finance of 
                the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and the 
                Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) CTPAT.--The term ``CTPAT'' means the Customs Trade 
        Partnership Against Terrorism established under subtitle B of 
        title II of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act 
        (6 U.S.C. 961 et seq.).

SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM ON PARTICIPATION OF THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS 
              PROVIDERS IN CTPAT.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        carry out a pilot program to assess whether allowing entities 
        described in subsection (b) to participate in CTPAT would 
        enhance port security, combat terrorism, prevent supply chain 
        security breaches, or otherwise meet the goals of CTPAT.
            (2) Federal register notice.--Not later than one year after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
        publish in the Federal Register a notice specifying the 
        requirements for the pilot program required by paragraph (1).
    (b) Entities Described.--An entity described in this subsection 
is--
            (1) a non-asset-based third-party logistics provider that--
                    (A) arranges international transportation of 
                freight and is licensed by the Department of 
                Transportation; and
                    (B) meets such other requirements as the Secretary 
                specifies in the Federal Register notice required by 
                subsection (a)(2); or
            (2) an asset-based third-party logistics provider that--
                    (A) facilitates cross border activity and is 
                licensed or bonded by the Federal Maritime Commission, 
                the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. 
                Customs and Border Protection, or the Department of 
                Transportation;
                    (B) manages and executes logistics services using 
                its own warehousing assets and resources on behalf of 
                its customers; and
                    (C) meets such other requirements as the Secretary 
                specifies in the Federal Register notice required by 
                subsection (a)(2).
    (c) Requirements.--In carrying out the pilot program required by 
subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall--
            (1) ensure that--
                    (A) not more than 10 entities described in 
                paragraph (1) of subsection (b) participate in the 
                pilot program; and
                    (B) not more than 10 entities described in 
                paragraph (2) of that subsection participate in the 
                program;
            (2) provide for the participation of those entities on a 
        voluntary basis;
            (3) continue the program for a period of not less than one 
        year after the date on which the Secretary publishes the 
        Federal Register notice required by subsection (a)(2); and
            (4) terminate the pilot program not more than 5 years after 
        that date.
    (d) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the termination 
of the pilot program under subsection (c)(4), the Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
findings of, and any recommendations arising from, the pilot program 
concerning the participation in CTPAT of entities described in 
subsection (b), including an assessment of participation by those 
entities.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF CTPAT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
assessing the effectiveness of CTPAT.
    (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) An analysis of--
                    (A) security incidents in the cargo supply chain 
                during the 5-year period preceding submission of the 
                report that involved criminal activity, including drug 
                trafficking, human smuggling, commercial fraud, or 
                terrorist activity; and
                    (B) whether those incidents involved participants 
                in CTPAT or entities not participating in CTPAT.
            (2) An analysis of causes for the suspension or removal of 
        entities from participating in CTPAT as a result of security 
        incidents during that 5-year period.
            (3) An analysis of the number of active CTPAT participants 
        involved in one or more security incidents while maintaining 
        their status as participants.
            (4) Recommendations to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
        Border Protection for improvements to CTPAT to improve 
        prevention of security incidents in the cargo supply chain 
        involving participants in CTPAT.
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