SEC. 2. 100 PERCENT SCANNING OF CARGO CONTAINERS AT 
DOMESTIC PORTS PILOT PROGRAM. 
Subtitle C of the Security and Accountability For 
Every Port Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 237. 100 PERCENT SCANNING OF CARGO CONTAINERS 
AT DOMESTIC PORTS PILOT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct a 1-year pilot program at 2 domestic ports to 
evaluate the process of 100 percent scanning of 
cargo containers and its potential for use at all do-
mestic ports. 
‘‘(2) EQUIPMENT.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) select the equipment necessary to 
conduct the pilot program under this section 
prior to the solicitation of applications from do-
mestic ports under paragraph (3); 
‘‘(B) make information about the equip-
ment available to domestic ports as part of the 
application process under paragraph (3); 
‘‘(C) acquire the equipment necessary to 
conduct the pilot program under this section; 
and 
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‘‘(D) permit equipment acquired and used 
under this section to remain with the selected 
ports upon completion of the pilot program. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
PROCESS.—The Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(A) conduct an application process by so-
liciting applications from domestic ports; and 
‘‘(B) select 2 domestic ports to participate 
in the pilot program. 
‘‘(b) EVALUATION.—In consultation with the Govern-
ment Accountability Office, the Secretary shall determine 
performance measures to be used to assess the program 
prior to the selection of participating ports under sub-
section (a)(3). 
‘‘(c) EQUIPMENT
AND PERFORMANCE
OF SCAN-
NING.—The Secretary may— 
‘‘(1) purchase or lease equipment necessary to 
carry out the pilot program; and 
‘‘(2) contract for performance of scanning of 
cargo under the pilot program. 
‘‘(d) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall achieve full-scale implementation of the 
pilot program under this section. 
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‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after comple-
tion of the pilot program under this section, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives that includes— 
‘‘(1) an evaluation of the process of 100 percent 
scanning of cargo containers; 
‘‘(2) the results of performance measures used 
to assess the pilot program implemented under this 
section; and 
‘‘(3) recommendations of how to carry out 100 
percent scanning at all domestic ports. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Department not 
to exceed $30,000,000, to carry out the pilot program im-
plemented under this section for fiscal year 2016.’’. 
SEC. 3. CLERICAL AMENDMENT. 
The table of contents of the Security and Account-
ability For Every Port Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
236 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 237. 100 percent scanning of cargo containers at domestic ports pilot 
program.’’. 
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