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Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a report that describes and 
assesses the state of the Coast Guard’s Deployable Spe-
cialized Forces (in this section referred to as the ‘‘DSF’’). 
Such report shall include, at a minimum, the following ele-
ments: 
(1) For each of the past three fiscal years, and 
for each type of DSF, the following: 
(A) A cost analysis, including training, op-
erating, and travel costs. 
(B) The number of personnel assigned. 
(C) The total number of units. 
(D) The total number of operations con-
ducted. 
(E) The number of operations requested by 
each of the following: 
(i) The Coast Guard. 
(ii) Other components or offices of the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
(iii) Other Federal departments or 
agencies. 
(iv) State agencies. 
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(v) Local agencies. 
(F) The number of operations fulfilled by 
the entities specified in subparagraph (E). 
(2) Mission impact, feasibility, and cost, includ-
ing potential cost savings, of locating DSF capabili-
ties, including the following scenarios: 
(A) Combining DSFs, primarily focused on 
counterdrug operations, under one centralized 
command. 
(B) Distributing counter-terrorism and 
anti-terrorism capabilities to DSFs in each 
major United States port. 
(b) DEPLOYABLE SPECIALIZED FORCE DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘Deployable Specialized Force’’ 
means a unit of the Coast Guard that serves as a quick 
reaction force designed to be deployed to handle counter- 
drug, counter-terrorism, and anti-terrorism operations or 
other maritime threats to the United States. 
SEC. 10. CUSTOMS-TRADE PARTNERSHIP AGAINST TER-
RORISM IMPROVEMENT. 
(a) C-TPAT EXPORTERS.—Section 212 of the Secu-
rity and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 962) is amended by inserting ‘‘exporters,’’ after 
‘‘Importers,’’. 
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(b) RECOGNITION OF OTHER COUNTRIES’ TRUSTED 
SHIPPER PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 218 of the Security 
and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 968) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 218. RECOGNITION OF OTHER COUNTRIES’ TRUSTED 
SHIPPER PROGRAMS. 
‘‘Not later than 30 days before signing an arrange-
ment between the United States and a foreign government 
providing for mutual recognition of supply chain security 
practices which might result in the utilization of benefits 
described in section 214, 215, or 216, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees of the proposed terms of such arrangement; 
and 
‘‘(2) determine, in consultation with the Com-
missioner, that such foreign government’s supply 
chain security program provides comparable security 
as that provided by C-TPAT.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Security and Account-
ability for Every Port Act of 2006 is amended by 
amending the item relating to section 218 to read as 
follows: 
‘‘Sec. 218. Recognition of other countries’ trusted shipper programs.’’. 
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SEC. 11. STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENHANCE THE SECURITY OF 
THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN. 
Paragraph (2) of section 201(g) of the Security and 
Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 941) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) UPDATES.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this paragraph and 
every three years thereafter, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report that contains an update of the strategic plan 
described in paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 12. CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE. 
Subsection (l) of section 205 of the Security and Ac-
countability for Every Port Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 945) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later 
than September 30, 2007,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later 
than 270 days after the date of the enactment of the 
Border and Maritime Security Coordination Im-
provement Act,’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 
(H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively (and 
by moving the margins of such paragraphs 2 ems to 
the left); and 
(3) by striking paragraph (2). 
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SEC. 13. TRANSPORTATION WORKER IDENTIFICATION CRE-
DENTIAL WAIVER AND APPEALS PROCESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 70105 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘(r) SECURING
THE
TRANSPORTATION
WORKER 
IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL AGAINST USE BY UNAU-
THORIZED ALIENS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator of the Transportation Se-
curity Administration, shall seek to strengthen the 
integrity of transportation security cards issued 
under this section against improper access by an in-
dividual who is not lawfully present in the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) COMPONENTS.—In carrying out subsection 
(a), the Administrator of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration shall— 
‘‘(A) publish a list of documents that will 
identify non-United States citizen transpor-
tation security card applicants and verify the 
immigration statuses of such applicants by re-
quiring each such applicant to produce a docu-
ment or documents that demonstrate— 
‘‘(i) identity; and 
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