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(4) standard operating procedures for examining containers with the 
equipment, including sensor alarming, networking, and communications 
and response protocols; 
(5) operator training plans; 
(6) an evaluation of the environmental health and safety impacts of 
nonintrusive imaging technology and a radiation risk reduction plan, in 
consultation with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Administration, and the National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health, that seeks to minimize radiation expo-
sure of workers and the public to levels as low as reasonably achievable; 
(7) the policy of the Department for using nonintrusive imaging 
equipment in tandem with radiation detection equipment; and 
(8) a classified annex that— 
(A) details plans for covert testing; and 
(B) outlines the risk-based prioritization of ports of entry iden-
tified under paragraph (1). 
(c) EXPANSION TO OTHER UNITED STATES PORTS OF ENTRY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall expand the strategy devel-
oped under subsection (b), in a manner consistent with the require-
ments of subsection (b), to provide for the deployment of radiation de-
tection capabilities at all other United States ports of entry not covered 
by the strategy developed under subsection (b). 
(2) RISK ASSESSMENT.—In expanding the strategy under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall identify and assess the risks to those other 
ports of entry in order to determine what equipment and practices will 
best mitigate the risks. 
(d) STANDARDS.—The Secretary, acting through the Director for Domes-
tic Nuclear Detection and in collaboration with the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, shall publish technical capability standards and 
recommended standard operating procedures for the use of nonintrusive im-
aging and radiation detection equipment in the United States. The stand-
ards and procedures— 
(1) should take into account relevant standards and procedures uti-
lized by other Federal departments or agencies as well as those devel-
oped by international bodies; and 
(2) shall not be designed so as to endorse specific companies or cre-
ate sovereignty conflicts with participating countries. 
(e) INTERMODAL RAIL RADIATION DETECTION TEST CENTER.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with subsection (b), and to 
comply with this section, the Secretary shall establish an Intermodal 
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Rail Radiation Detection Test Center (in this subsection referred to as 
the ‘‘Test Center’’). 
(2) PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall conduct multiple, concurrent 
projects at the Test Center to rapidly identify and test concepts specific 
to the challenges posed by on-dock rail. 
(3) LOCATION.—The Test Center shall be located in a public port 
facility at which a majority of the containerized cargo is directly laden 
from (or unladen to) on-dock, intermodal rail. 
§ 30304. Integration 
of 
detection 
equipment 
and 
tech-
nologies 
The Secretary is responsible for ensuring that domestic chemical, biologi-
cal, radiological, and nuclear detection equipment and technologies are inte-
grated, as appropriate, with other border security systems and detection 
technologies. 
§ 30305. Inspection of car ferries entering from abroad 
The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, and in cooperation with ferry operators and appropriate 
foreign government officials, shall seek to develop a plan for the inspection 
of passengers and vehicles before the passengers board, or the vehicles are 
loaded onto, a ferry bound for a United States facility required to submit 
a plan under section 70103(c) of title 46. 
§ 30306. Random searches of containers 
The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall develop and imple-
ment a plan, utilizing best practices for empirical scientific research design 
and random sampling, to conduct random searches of containers in addition 
to any targeted or pre-shipment inspection of the containers required by law 
or regulation or conducted under any other program conducted by the Sec-
retary. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that implementa-
tion of the random sampling plan precludes additional searches of con-
tainers not inspected pursuant to the plan. 
§ 30307. Threat assessment screening of port truck drivers 
The Secretary shall implement a threat assessment screening, including 
name-based checks against terrorist watch lists and immigration status 
checks, for all port truck drivers with access to secure areas of a port who 
have a commercial driver’s license but do not have a current and valid haz-
ardous materials endorsement issued under part 1572 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations, that is the same as the threat assessment screening 
required for facility employees and longshoremen by the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard under Coast Guard Notice USCG-2006-24189 (71 Fed. Reg. 
25066). 
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§ 30308. Center of Excellence for Maritime Domain Aware-
ness 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a university-based 
Center for Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness following the merit- 
review processes and procedures that have been established by the Secretary 
for selecting university program centers of excellence. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Center established under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) prioritize its activities based on the ‘‘National Plan To Improve 
Maritime Domain Awareness’’ published by the Department in October 
2005; 
(2) recognize the extensive previous and ongoing work and existing 
competence in the field of maritime domain awareness at numerous 
academic and research institutions, such as the Naval Postgraduate 
School; 
(3) leverage existing knowledge and continue development of a broad 
base of expertise in academia and industry in maritime domain aware-
ness; and 
(4) provide educational, technical, and analytical assistance to Fed-
eral agencies with responsibilities for maritime domain awareness, in-
cluding the Coast Guard, to focus on the need for interoperability, in-
formation sharing, and common information technology standards and 
architecture. 
Chapter 305—Security of the International 
Supply Chain 
Subchapter I—General Provisions 
Sec. 
30501.
Strategic plan to enhance the security of the international supply chain. 
30502.
Post-incident resumption of trade. 
30503.
Automated targeting system. 
30504.
Container security standards and procedures. 
30505.
Container Security Initiative. 
Subchapter II—Customs–Trade Partnership Against Terrorism 
30511.
Establishment. 
30512.
Eligible entities. 
30513.
Minimum requirements. 
30514.
Tier 1 participants. 
30515.
Tier 2 participants. 
30516.
Tier 3 participants. 
30517.
Consequences for lack of compliance. 
30518.
Revalidation. 
30519.
Noncontainerized cargo. 
30520.
Program management. 
Subchapter III—Miscellaneous Provisions 
30531.
Screening and scanning of cargo containers. 
30532.
International cooperation and coordination. 
30533.
Information sharing relating to supply chain security cooperation. 
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Subchapter I—General Provisions 
§ 30501. Strategic plan to enhance the security of the inter-
national supply chain 
(a) STRATEGIC PLAN.—The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate 
Federal, State, local, and tribal government agencies and private-sector 
stakeholders responsible for security matters that affect or relate to the 
movement of containers through the international supply chain, shall de-
velop, implement, and update, as appropriate, a strategic plan to enhance 
the security of the international supply chain. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The strategic plan required under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) describe the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of Federal, 
State, local, and tribal government agencies and private-sector stake-
holders that relate to the security of the movement of containers 
through the international supply chain; 
(2) identify and address gaps and unnecessary overlaps in the roles, 
responsibilities, or authorities described in paragraph (1); 
(3) identify and make recommendations regarding legislative, regu-
latory, and organizational changes necessary to improve coordination 
among the entities or to enhance the security of the international sup-
ply chain; 
(4) provide measurable goals, including objectives, mechanisms, and 
a schedule, for furthering the security of commercial operations from 
point of origin to point of destination; 
(5) build on available resources and consider costs and benefits; 
(6) provide incentives for additional voluntary measures to enhance 
cargo security, as recommended by the Commissioner; 
(7) consider the impact of supply chain security requirements on 
small- and medium-sized companies; 
(8) include a process for sharing intelligence and information with 
private-sector stakeholders to assist in their security efforts; 
(9) identify a framework for prudent and measured response in the 
event of a transportation security incident involving the international 
supply chain; 
(10) provide protocols for the expeditious resumption of the flow of 
trade under section 30502 of this title; 
(11) consider the linkages between supply chain security and security 
programs in other systems of movement, including travel security and 
terrorism finance programs; and 
(12) expand on and relate to existing strategies and plans, including 
the National Response Plan, the National Maritime Transportation Se-
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