(3) OUTSIDE
REVIEW.—The Secretary shall 
conduct, through an independent panel, a review of 
the Automated Targeting System. The results of 
this review shall be included in the plan required 
under subsection (a). 
(4) SMART SYSTEM.—The Secretary shall con-
sider future iterations of the Automated Targeting 
System, which would incorporate smart features, 
such as more complex algorithms and real-time intel-
ligence, instead of relying solely on rule sets that are 
periodically updated. 
(c) NEW
OR EXPANDED INFORMATION SUBMIS-
SIONS.—In considering any new or expanded information 
submission requirements, the Secretary shall consult with 
stakeholders and identify the need for such information, 
and the appropriate timing of its submission, in the plan 
required under subsection (a). 
(d) SECURE TRANSMISSION OF CERTAIN INFORMA-
TION.—All information required by the Department from 
supply chain partners shall be transmitted in a secure 
fashion, as determined by the Secretary, so as to protect 
the information from unauthorized access. 
SEC. 7. UNIFORM DATA FOR GOVERNMENT-WIDE USAGE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with representatives from appropriate Federal agencies, as 
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determined by the Secretary, shall establish and imple-
ment a single, uniform data system for the electronic col-
lection, dissemination, and sharing of import and export 
information to increase the efficiency of data submission 
and the security of such data related to border security, 
trade, and public health and safety of international car-
goes. 
(b) PRIVATE SECTOR CONSULTATION.—The Sec-
retary shall consult with private sector stakeholders in de-
veloping uniform data submission requirements, proce-
dures, and schedules under the system established pursu-
ant to subsection (a). 
SEC. 8. EMPLOYEE VERIFICATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH 
ACCESS TO SECURE AREAS OF SEAPORTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security acting through 
the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security 
(Transportation Security Administration). 
(2) TERRORIST WATCH LISTS.—The term ‘‘ter-
rorist watch lists’’ means all available information 
on known or suspected terrorist threats. 
(b) EMPLOYEE VERIFICATION FOR CURRENT EM-
PLOYEES.— 
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(1) SECURITY DIRECTIVE.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall issue a security directive requiring 
States to submit to the Secretary biographic infor-
mation on each individual employed, as of the date 
of issuance of the security directive, in a position in 
which the individual has access to a secure area of 
a seaport in the United States. 
(2) DETERMINATION OF SECURE AREAS.—The 
Secretary shall work with the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard to determine which areas will be treat-
ed as secure areas for the purposes of this sub-
section. 
(3) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF INFORMA-
TION.—The security directive shall require that 
States submit the biographic information by not 
later than 30 days after the date of issuance of the 
security directive. 
(4) COMPARISON OF BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION 
AGAINST INFORMATION ON KNOWN OR SUSPECTED 
TERRORIST THREATS.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 75 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall compare the biographic in-
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formation received on each individual against 
terrorist watch lists. 
(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may 
omit from any comparison under this subsection 
information regarding an individual who has 
previously been compared against terrorist 
watch lists. 
(5) PROCESS.— 
(A) MANNER OF COLLECTION AND STOR-
AGE
OF
INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall 
determine the manner in which the biographic 
information will be collected and stored. 
(B) COSTS
OF
COMPARISONS.—The Sec-
retary may not charge any fee for conducting 
comparisons under this subsection. 
(c) EMPLOYEE VERIFICATION FOR FUTURE EMPLOY-
EES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 75 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall establish and begin implementing a 
process for— 
(A) obtaining biographic information on in-
dividuals employed, beginning after the date of 
issuance of the security directive under sub-
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section (b)(1), in a position described in sub-
section (b)(1); and 
(B) comparing the biographic information 
on such individuals against all available infor-
mation on known or suspected terrorist threats. 
(2) COSTS
OF
COMPARISONS.—The Secretary 
shall determine how to cover costs of comparisons 
conducted pursuant to this subsection. 
(d) PROHIBITED
EMPLOYMENT.—The Secretary 
shall specify security factors that are sufficient to prohibit 
the employment of an individual in a position described 
in subsection (b)(1). 
(e) PROTECTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS.—The Secretary 
shall issue regulations to establish protections for individ-
uals subject to comparisons under this section. The protec-
tions shall be substantially equivalent to the protections 
for individuals under sections 70105(c)(2), 70105(c)(3), 
and 70105(e) of title 46, United States Code. 
(f) RESTRICTIONS ON USE AND MAINTENANCE OF 
INFORMATION.— 
(1) RESTRICTION
ON
DISCLOSURE.—Informa-
tion obtained by the Secretary on an individual 
under this section may not be made available to the 
public, including the individual’s employer. 
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(2) CONFIDENTIALITY; USE.—Any information 
constituting grounds for prohibiting the employment 
of an individual in a position described in subsection 
(b)(1) shall be maintained confidentially by the Sec-
retary and may be used only for making determina-
tions under this section. The Secretary may share 
any such information with other Federal law en-
forcement agencies. The Secretary may not share 
any such information with an individual’s employer, 
except to inform the employer of whether or not the 
individual has been prohibited under this section 
from employment in a position described in sub-
section (b)(1). 
(g) REPORTING.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Reform of the Senate a report con-
taining information on— 
(1) the number of matches made in conducting 
comparisons under subsection (b); 
(2) the corresponding ports at which the 
matches were identified; and 
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(3) the actions taken to determine necessary 
corrective actions, as well as any corrective actions 
taken. 
SEC. 9. DIRECTOR OF CARGO SECURITY POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department 
a Director of Cargo Security Policy (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Director’’). 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director shall— 
(1) advise the Secretary regarding all aspects of 
Department programs relating to cargo security; 
(2) develop Department-wide policies regarding 
cargo security; and 
(3) coordinate the cargo security policies and 
programs of the Department with other executive 
agencies, including by working with officials of the 
Department of State, as appropriate, in negotiating 
international agreements relating to cargo security. 
SEC. 
10. 
CONTAINER 
SECURITY 
STANDARDS 
AND 
VERIFICATION PROCEDURES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall establish, by regulation, minimum stand-
ards and verification procedures for securing con-
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tainers in transit to an importer in the United 
States. 
(2) INFORMATION
SOURCES.—The Secretary 
shall use information from C–TPAT, Operation Safe 
Commerce, any container security program of the 
Directorate of Science and Technology, and other se-
curity initiatives to establish the standards and pro-
cedures described in paragraph (1). Such standards 
may address operation, technology use, and perform-
ance. 
(3) DEADLINE FOR ENFORCEMENT.—Not later 
than 2 years after the establishment of standards 
and procedures under subsection (a), all containers 
bound for ports of entry in the United States shall 
meet such standards and procedures. 
(b) REVIEW
AND ENHANCEMENT.—The Secretary 
shall regularly— 
(1) review the standards and procedures estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a); and 
(2) enhance the security standards and proce-
dures, as appropriate, based on tests of technologies 
as they become commercially available to detect con-
tainer intrusion and the highest consequence threats, 
particularly weapons of mass destruction, in accord-
ance with section 15. 
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(c) INTERNATIONAL
CARGO
SECURITY
STAND-
ARDS.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, is encouraged to promote and establish inter-
national standards for the security of containers moving 
through the international supply chain with foreign gov-
ernments and international organizations, including the 
International Maritime Organization and the World Cus-
toms Organization. 
SEC. 11. RADIATION DETECTION AND RADIATION SAFETY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office of the Department, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a strategy for the deployment of 
radiation detection equipment at all ports of entry. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) a risk-based prioritization of maritime ports 
of entry at which radiation detection equipment will 
deployed; 
(2) a proposed timeline of when radiation detec-
tion equipment will be deployed at each of the mari-
time ports of entry identified under paragraph (1); 
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(3) the type of equipment to be used at each of 
the maritime ports of entry identified under para-
graph (1); 
(4) standard operating procedures for exam-
ining containers with such equipment; 
(5) an evaluation of the environmental health 
and safety impacts of nonintrusive inspection tech-
nology; 
(6) the Department policy for using nonintru-
sive inspection equipment; 
(7) a classified annex that details plans for cov-
ert testing; 
(8) a classified annex that outlines the risk- 
based prioritization of maritime ports of entry used 
under paragraph (1); and 
(9) a plan that— 
(A) details the health and safety impacts 
of nonintrusive inspection technology; and 
(B) describes the policy of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection for using nonintrusive 
inspection equipment. 
SEC. 12. CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized to 
establish and implement a program (to be known as the 
‘‘Container Security Initiative’’ or ‘‘CSI’’) to identify and 
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examine maritime containers that pose a risk for terrorism 
at foreign ports before the containers are shipped to the 
United States. 
(b) ASSESSMENT.—Before the Secretary designates 
any foreign port under CSI, the Secretary, in coordination 
with other Federal officials, as appropriate, shall conduct 
an assessment of the port to evaluate costs, benefits, and 
other factors associated with designation, including— 
(1) the level of risk for the potential com-
promise of containers by terrorists or terrorist weap-
ons; 
(2) the economic impact of cargo traveling from 
the foreign port in terms of trade value and volume; 
(3) the results of the Coast Guard assessments 
conducted pursuant to section 70108 of title 46, 
United States Code; 
(4) the capabilities and level of cooperation ex-
pected of the intended host country; 
(5) the potential for validation of security prac-
tices by the Department, directly or through cer-
tified third parties within the country in which the 
foreign port is located; and 
(6) the potential for C–TPAT and GreenLane 
cargo traveling from the foreign port. 
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(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of 
each year in which the Secretary proposes to designate 
a foreign port under CSI, the Secretary shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report, in clas-
sified or unclassified form, detailing the assessment of 
each foreign port the Secretary is considering designating 
under CSI. 
(d) CURRENT CSI PORTS.—The report under sub-
section (c) shall include an annual assessment justifying 
the continuance of each port designated under CSI as of 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(e) DESIGNATION OF NEW PORTS.—The Secretary 
shall not designate a foreign port under CSI unless the 
Secretary has completed the assessment required in sub-
section (b) for that port and submitted a report under sub-
section (c) that includes that port. 
(f) INSPECTIONS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS
AND
PROCEDURES.—The 
Secretary shall— 
(A) establish technical capability require-
ments and standard operating procedures for 
the use of nonintrusive inspection and radiation 
detection equipment in conjunction with CSI; 
(B) require each port designated under 
CSI to operate the equipment in accordance 
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with the requirements and procedures estab-
lished under subparagraph (A); and 
(C) continually monitor the technologies, 
processes, and techniques used to inspect cargo 
at ports designated under CSI. 
(2) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Energy, and other Federal agencies, 
shall identify foreign assistance programs that 
could facilitate the implementation of cargo se-
curity antiterrorism measures at ports des-
ignated under CSI and foreign ports not des-
ignated 
under 
CSI 
that 
lack 
effective 
antiterrorism measures. 
(B) ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may 
lease, loan, or otherwise provide foreign au-
thorities nonintrusive inspection equipment or 
radiation detection equipment for examining 
conveyances and intermodal shipping containers 
at any foreign or domestic port, under such 
terms and conditions the Secretary may deter-
mine (including nonreimbursable transfer of 
ownership), if provision of such equipment is 
determined by the Secretary to help secure and 
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facilitate international trade and is in the inter-
ests of the United States. 
(C) TRAINING.—The Secretary may pro-
vide training on the use of equipment to domes-
tic or foreign personnel at each port designated 
under CSI. 
(g) PERSONNEL.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) annually assess the personnel needs at each 
port designated under CSI; 
(2) deploy personnel in accordance with the as-
sessment under paragraph (1); and 
(3) consider the potential for remote targeting 
to decrease the number of personnel who are de-
ployed at foreign ports. 
SEC. 13. CUSTOMS-TRADE PARTNERSHIP AGAINST TER-
RORISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is author-
ized to establish a voluntary program (to be known 
as the ‘‘Customs-Trade Partnership Against Ter-
rorism’’ or ‘‘C–TPAT’’) to strengthen and improve 
the overall security of the international supply chain 
and United States border security. 
(2) GAO RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall address, and to the extent appropriate imple-
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ment, the recommendations of the C–TPAT pro-
gram that were identified in the Government Ac-
countability Office report entitled ‘‘CARGO SECU-
RITY: Partnership Program Grants Importers Re-
duced Scrutiny with Limited Assurance of Improved 
Security’’ (GAO–05–404). 
(3) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall establish minimum requirements, program 
tiers, and program benefits of C–TPAT. 
(b) PARTICIPATION.—Importers, brokers, air, sea, 
land carriers, and other entities in the international supply 
chain and intermodal transportation system are eligible to 
apply to voluntarily enter into partnerships with the De-
partment. 
(c) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—An applicant seek-
ing to participate in C–TPAT shall— 
(1) demonstrate a history of moving commerce 
in the international supply chain; 
(2) conduct an assessment of its supply chains 
based upon security criteria established by the Sec-
retary, including— 
(A) business partner requirements; 
(B) container security; 
(C) physical security and access controls; 
(D) personnel security; 
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(E) procedural security; 
(F) security training and threat awareness; 
and 
(G) information technology security; 
(3) implement and maintain security measures 
and supply chain security practices meeting security 
criteria; and 
(4) meet all other requirements established by 
the Secretary. 
(d) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall update guidelines for certifying a par-
ticipant’s security measures and supply chain secu-
rity practices. 
(2) TIER ONE BENEFITS.—The Secretary may 
offer limited benefits to C–TPAT participants whose 
security measures and supply chain security prac-
tices have been certified in accordance with the 
guidelines established pursuant to paragraph (1). 
(e) VALIDATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
a participant has been certified under subsection 
(d)(1), the Secretary shall validate, directly or 
through certified third parties, the security measures 
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and supply chain security practices of that partici-
pant. Such validation shall include a visit to foreign 
locations utilized by the C–TPAT participant as part 
of the supply chain. 
(2) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall update guidelines for validating a par-
ticipant’s security measures and supply chain secu-
rity practices. 
(3) CONSEQUENCES
FOR
FAILED
VALIDA-
TION.—If a C–TPAT participant’s security meas-
ures and supply chain security practices fail to meet 
validation requirements, the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection may— 
(A) deny the participant all benefits under 
C–TPAT on a temporary or permanent basis; 
or 
(B) suspend or expel the participant from 
C–TPAT. 
(4) RIGHT
OF
APPEAL.—A C–TPAT partici-
pant described under paragraph (3) may file an ap-
peal with the Secretary of the Commissioner’s deci-
sion under paragraph (3)(A) to deny benefits under 
C–TPAT and under paragraph (3)(B) to suspend or 
expel the participant from C–TPAT. 
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(5) TIER TWO BENEFITS.—The Secretary shall 
extend benefits to each participant who has been 
validated under this subsection, which may include— 
(A) reduced examinations; and 
(B) priority processing for searches. 
(f) REVALIDATION.—The Secretary shall establish a 
process for revalidating C–TPAT participants. Such re-
validation shall occur not less frequently than once during 
every 3-year period following validation. 
SEC. 14. GREENLANE DESIGNATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a third tier of C–TPAT (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘GreenLane’’) that offers additional benefits to validated 
C–TPAT participants that demonstrate a sustained com-
mitment beyond the minimum requirements for participa-
tion in C–TPAT. 
(b) BASIC REQUIREMENTS.—Designated GreenLane 
participants shall ensure that— 
(1) entry data is submitted on shipments before 
loading; 
(2) cargo is loaded on a vessel with a vessel se-
curity plan approved or accepted under section 
70103(c) of title 46, United States Code, or the 
International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code; 
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(3) container security devices that exceed the 
standards and procedures established by the Sec-
retary are utilized; 
(4) cargo security practices exceed the security 
criteria established by the Secretary beyond the min-
imum requirements for C–TPAT participation under 
section 13(c), particularly in the area of access con-
trols; and 
(5) cargo complies with any other requirements 
determined by the Secretary. 
(c) CONTAINERS TRANSHIPPED THROUGH CANADA 
OR MEXICO UNDER GREENLANE.—Containers entering 
the United States under GreenLane at a land border port 
of entry shall undergo the equivalent, appropriate level of 
inspection and screening for potential compromise by ter-
rorists or terrorist weapons as containers arriving at a 
United States port of entry from a foreign port. 
(d) CONSEQUENCES FOR LACK OF COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any participant whose secu-
rity measures and supply chain security practices 
have been found by the Secretary to be out of com-
pliance with any requirements of the GreenLane 
program 
shall 
be 
denied 
all 
benefits 
under 
GreenLane. 
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(2) RIGHT
OF
APPEAL.—GreenLane partici-
pants under paragraph (1) shall have the right to 
appeal denial of benefits decisions to the Secretary 
and request redesignation under GreenLane. 
(e) NON-CONTAINERIZED CARGO.—The Secretary 
may consider the potential for participation in the 
GreenLane Program by importers of non-containerized 
cargoes that otherwise meet the requirements under this 
section. 
(f) POLICIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
consultation with private sector stakeholders, shall 
establish— 
(A) requirements for supply chain visibility 
procedures; 
(B) performance standards for container 
security devices and protocols for their use; 
(C) procedures for overseas screening and 
examination of GreenLane containers; and 
(D) any other GreenLane Program re-
quirements that the Secretary considers appro-
priate, including requirements building upon se-
curity measures and supply chain security best 
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practices contained in the C–TPAT minimum 
requirements set forth in section 13(c). 
(2) BENEFITS.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Commercial Operations Advi-
sory Committee, may provide benefits for participa-
tion in the GreenLane Program, which may in-
clude— 
(A) the expedited release of GreenLane 
cargo into destination ports within the United 
States during all threat levels designated by the 
Secretary or the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard; 
(B) reduced or eliminated bonding require-
ments for GreenLane cargo; 
(C) preference to vessels (as described in 
section 5(b)); 
(D) further reduced examinations; 
(E) priority processing for examinations; 
(F) further reduced scores in the Auto-
mated Targeting System; and 
(G) streamlined billing of any customs du-
ties or fees. 
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SEC. 15. JOINT OPERATIONS CENTERS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than three years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall expand existing and establish new joint operations 
centers for maritime and cargo security to— 
(1) enhance information sharing; 
(2) facilitate day-to-day operational coordina-
tion; and 
(3) in the case of a transportation security inci-
dent, facilitate incident management and response. 
(b) PARTICIPATION.—The following entities shall 
participate in each joint operations center for maritime 
and cargo security: 
(1) The United States Coast Guard. 
(2) U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
(3) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment. 
(4) The Department of Defense, as appropriate. 
(5) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(6) Other Federal agencies with a presence at 
a particular port, as appropriate, or as otherwise se-
lected by the Secretary. 
(7) State, local, and international law enforce-
ment and first responder agencies responsible for the 
port, as appropriate, or as otherwise selected by the 
Secretary. 
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(8) Port authority representatives, maritime ex-
changes, private sector stakeholders, and other enti-
ties subject to an Area Maritime Security Plan, as 
selected by the Secretary. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each joint operations center 
for maritime and cargo security shall— 
(1) assist, as appropriate, in the implementa-
tion of maritime transportation security plans devel-
oped under section 70103 of title 46, United States 
Code; 
(2) implement the transportation security inci-
dent response plans required under section 70104 of 
such title; 
(3) carry out information sharing activities con-
sistent with those required under section 1016 of the 
National Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 
(6 U.S.C. 485) and the Homeland Security Informa-
tion Sharing Act (6 U.S.C. 481 et seq.); 
(4) conduct short- and long-range vessel track-
ing under sections 70114 and 70115 of such title 
46, United States Code; and 
(5) carry out such other responsibilities as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
(d) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—The Secretary shall 
sponsor and expedite individuals participating in the joint 
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