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(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Finance of the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate; 
(E) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(F) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(G) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives; 
(H) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(I) other congressional committees, as appropriate. 
(2) COMMERCIAL
OPERATIONS
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—The term 
‘‘Commercial Operations Advisory Committee’’ means the Advisory 
Committee established under section 9503(c) of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–203, 19 U.S.C. 2071 
note) or any successor committee. 
(3) COMMERCIAL
SEAPORT
PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘commercial 
seaport personnel’’ includes any person engaged in an activity relating 
to the loading or unloading of cargo or passengers, the movement or 
tracking of cargo, the maintenance and repair of intermodal equipment, 
the operation of cargo-related equipment (whether or not integral to 
the vessel), and the handling of mooring lines on the dock when a ves-
sel is made fast or let go in the United States. 
(4) COMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commissioner’’ means the Commis-
sioner responsible for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
(5) CONTAINER.—The term ‘‘container’’ has the meaning given the 
term in the International Convention for Safe Containers, with an-
nexes, done at Geneva, December 2, 1972 (29 UST 3707). 
(6) CONTAINER SECURITY DEVICE.—The term ‘‘container security 
device’’ means a device, or system— 
(A) designed, at a minimum— 
(i) to identify positively a container; 
(ii) to detect and record unauthorized intrusion into a con-
tainer; and 
(iii) to secure a container against tampering throughout 
the supply chain; and 
(B) that has a low false alarm rate, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
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(7) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ means the Department 
of Homeland Security. 
(8) EXAMINATION.—The term ‘‘examination’’ means an inspection of 
cargo to detect the presence of mis-declared, restricted, or prohibited 
items that utilizes nonintrusive imaging and detection technology. 
(9) INSPECTION.—The term ‘‘inspection’’ means the comprehensive 
process used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection— 
(A) to assess goods entering the United States to appraise them 
for duty purposes, to detect the presence of restricted or prohib-
ited items, and to ensure compliance with all applicable laws; and 
(B) that may include screening, conducting an examination, or 
conducting a search. 
(10) INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN.—The term ‘‘international sup-
ply chain’’ means the end-to-end process for shipping goods to or from 
the United States beginning at the point of origin (including manufac-
turer, supplier, or vendor) through a point of distribution to the des-
tination. 
(11) RADIATION DETECTION EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘‘radiation de-
tection equipment’’ means any technology that is capable of detecting 
or identifying nuclear and radiological material or nuclear and radio-
logical explosive devices. 
(12) SCAN.—The term ‘‘scan’’ means utilizing nonintrusive imaging 
equipment, radiation detection equipment, or both, to capture data, in-
cluding images of a container. 
(13) SCREENING.—The term ‘‘screening’’ means a visual or auto-
mated review of information about goods, including manifest or entry 
documentation accompanying a shipment being imported into the 
United States, to determine the presence of mis-declared, restricted, or 
prohibited items and assess the level of threat posed by the affected 
cargo. 
(14) SEARCH.—The term ‘‘search’’ means an intrusive examination 
in which a container is opened and its contents are devanned and vis-
ually inspected for the presence of mis-declared, restricted, or prohib-
ited items. 
(15) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Homeland Security. 
(16) TRANSPORTATION DISRUPTION.—The term ‘‘transportation dis-
ruption’’ means any significant delay, interruption, or stoppage in the 
flow of trade caused by a natural disaster, heightened threat level, act 
of terrorism, or transportation security incident. 
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(17) TRANSPORTATION SECURITY INCIDENT.—The term ‘‘transpor-
tation security incident’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
70101(6) of title 46. 
Chapter 303—Security of United States 
Seaports 
Sec. 
30301.
Port Security Exercise Program. 
30302.
Facility exercise requirements. 
30303.
Domestic radiation detection and imaging. 
30304.
Integration of detection equipment and technologies. 
30305.
Inspection of car ferries entering from abroad. 
30306.
Random searches of containers. 
30307.
Threat assessment screening of port truck drivers. 
30308.
Center of Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness. 
§ 30301. Port Security Exercise Program 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency and in coordination with the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall establish a Port Security Exercise 
Program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Exercise Program’’) to test and 
evaluate the capabilities of Federal, State, local, and foreign governments, 
commercial seaport personnel and management, governmental and non-
governmental emergency response providers, the private sector, or any other 
organization or entity, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, to 
prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from acts of 
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies at facilities required to 
submit a plan under section 70103(c) of title 46. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure that the Exercise Pro-
gram— 
(1) conducts, on a periodic basis, port security exercises at the facili-
ties that are— 
(A) scaled and tailored to the needs of each facility; 
(B) live, in the case of the most at-risk facilities; 
(C) as realistic as practicable and based on current risk assess-
ments, including credible threats, vulnerabilities, and con-
sequences; 
(D) consistent with the National Incident Management System, 
the National Response Plan, the National Infrastructure Protec-
tion Plan, the National Preparedness Guidance, the National Pre-
paredness Goal, the National Maritime Transportation Security 
Plan, and other national initiatives; 
(E) evaluated against clear and consistent performance meas-
ures; 
(F) assessed to learn best practices, which shall be shared with 
appropriate Federal, State, and local officials, commercial seaport 
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personnel and management, governmental and nongovernmental 
emergency response providers, and the private sector; and 
(G) followed by remedial action in response to lessons learned; 
and 
(2) assists State and local governments and facilities in designing, 
implementing, and evaluating exercises that— 
(A) conform to the requirements of paragraph (1); and 
(B) are consistent with any applicable Area Maritime Transpor-
tation Security Plan and State or Urban Area Homeland Security 
Plan. 
(c) IMPROVEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary shall establish a port security 
exercise improvement plan process to— 
(1) identify and analyze each port security exercise for lessons 
learned and best practices; 
(2) disseminate lessons learned and best practices to participants in 
the Exercise Program; 
(3) monitor the implementation of lessons learned and best practices 
by participants in the Exercise Program; and 
(4) conduct remedial action tracking and long-term trend analysis. 
§ 30302. Facility exercise requirements 
The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating 
shall require each high-risk facility to conduct live or full-scale exercises de-
scribed in section 105.220(c) of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, not 
less frequently than once every 2 years, in accordance with the facility secu-
rity plan required under section 70103(c) of title 46. 
§ 30303. Domestic radiation detection and imaging 
(a) SCANNING CONTAINERS.—Subject to section 318 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1318), all containers entering the United States through 
the 22 ports through which the greatest volume of containers enter the 
United States by vessel shall be scanned for radiation. To the extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall deploy next-generation radiation detection tech-
nology. 
(b) STRATEGY.—The Secretary shall develop and implement a strategy 
for the deployment of radiation detection capabilities that includes— 
(1) a risk-based prioritization of ports of entry at which radiation 
detection equipment will be deployed; 
(2) a proposed timeline of when radiation detection equipment will 
be deployed at each port of entry identified under paragraph (1); 
(3) the type of equipment to be used at each port of entry identified 
under paragraph (1), including the joint deployment and utilization of 
radiation detection equipment and nonintrusive imaging equipment; 
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