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other department or agency of the Federal govern-
ment with respect to deployment of nuclear and ra-
diological detection systems outside the United 
States. 
‘‘(3) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Energy, and the heads of other Fed-
eral agencies, shall identify foreign assistance 
programs that could facilitate the implementa-
tion of cargo security antiterrorism measures at 
ports designated under CSI and foreign ports 
not designated under CSI that lack effective 
antiterrorism measures. 
‘‘(B) ACQUISITION.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to loan or otherwise assist in the de-
ployment of nonintrusive inspection or nuclear 
and radiological detection systems for cargo 
containers at each designated CSI port under 
such terms and conditions as the Secretary de-
termines to be appropriate and to provide train-
ing for foreign personnel involved in CSI. 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue a 
‘do not load’ order to each port designated under 
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CSI to prevent the onload of any cargo that has 
been identified as higher risk by the Automated Tar-
geting System unless the cargo— 
‘‘(A) is scanned with a non intrusive im-
agery device and nuclear or radiological detec-
tion equipment; 
‘‘(B) is devanned and inspected with nu-
clear or radiological detection equipment; or 
‘‘(C) is determined to be of lower risk fol-
lowing additional inquiries by appropriate per-
sonnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
‘‘(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to interfere with 
the ability of the Secretary to deny entry of any 
cargo into the United States. 
‘‘(f) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees not later than March 
1 of each year a report on the status of CSI, including— 
‘‘(1) a description of the security improvements 
gained through CSI; 
‘‘(2) the rationale for the continuance of each 
port designated under CSI; 
‘‘(3) an assessment of the personnel needs at 
each port designated under CSI; and 
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‘‘(4) a description of the potential for remote 
targeting to decrease the number of personnel who 
are deployed at foreign ports under CSI. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $196,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2007 through 2012 to carry out this 
section. 
‘‘SEC. 1806. INFORMATION SHARING RELATING TO SUPPLY 
CHAIN SECURITY COOPERATION. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
‘‘(1) to establish continuing liaison and to pro-
vide for supply chain security cooperation between 
Department and the private sector; and 
‘‘(2) to provide for regular and timely inter-
change of information between the private sector 
and the Department concerning developments and 
security risks in the supply chain environment. 
‘‘(b) SECURE SYSTEM.—The Secretary shall develop 
a secure electronic data interchange system to collect from 
and share appropriate risk information related to securing 
the supply chain with the private sector entities deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—In developing the system 
under subsection (b), the Secretary shall consult with the 
Commercial Operations Advisory Committee and a broad 
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range of public and private sector entities likely to utilize 
the system, including importers, exporters, carriers, cus-
toms brokers, and freight forwarders, among other par-
ties. 
‘‘(d) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall establish 
uniform procedures for the receipt, care, and storage of 
supply chain security information that is voluntarily sub-
mitted to the Department through the system developed 
under subsection (b). 
‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS.—The voluntary information col-
lected through the system developed under subsection (b) 
shall be used exclusively for ensuring security and shall 
not be used for determining entry or for any other com-
mercial enforcement purpose. The voluntary information 
submitted to the Department through the system devel-
oped under subsection (b) shall not be construed to con-
stitute compliance with any requirement to submit such 
information to a Federal agency under any other provision 
of law. 
‘‘(f) PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary shall develop 
protocols for determining appropriate private sector per-
sonnel who shall have access to the system developed 
under subsection (b). Such personnel shall include des-
ignated security officers within companies that are deter-
mined to be low risk through participation in the Customs- 
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Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program established 
pursuant to subtitle B of this title. 
‘‘(g) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, information that is voluntarily submitted 
by the private sector to the Department through the sys-
tem developed under subsection (b)— 
‘‘(1) shall be exempt from disclosure under sec-
tion 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the Freedom of Information Act); 
‘‘(2) shall not, without the written consent of 
the person or entity submitting such information, be 
used directly by the Department or a third party, in 
any civil action arising under Federal or State law 
if such information is submitted in good faith; and 
‘‘(3) shall not, without the written consent of 
the person or entity submitting such information, be 
used or disclosed by any officer or employee of the 
United States for purposes other than the purposes 
of this section, except— 
‘‘(A) in furtherance of an investigation or 
other prosecution of a criminal act; or 
‘‘(B) when disclosure of the information 
would be— 
‘‘(i) to either House of Congress, or to 
the extent of matter within its jurisdiction, 
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