Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion Act
Bill: S.4572 | Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. (D-MI)
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion Act
This bill requires the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to increase its use of nonintrusive inspection systems for passenger and commercial vehicles at land ports of entry.

To require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expand the use of non-
          intrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) non-intrusive inspections systems are an important tool 
        to increase U.S. Customs and Border Protection's ability to 
        detect and interdict illicit and unclaimed goods while securely 
        and efficiently facilitating the flow of trade and travel 
        entering the United States at land ports of entry;
            (2) it is in the interest of United States trade and border 
        security to develop the capacity to increase to 100 percent the 
        rate of scanning of passenger and commercial vehicles entering 
        the United States at land ports of entry;
            (3) U.S. Customs and Border Protection should actively 
        implement plans to increase the rate of scanning of passenger 
        and commercial vehicles entering the United States at land 
        ports of entry towards 100 percent, consistent with the 
        Securing America's Ports Act (Public Law 116-299; 6 U.S.C. 211 
        note); and
            (4) U.S. Customs and Border Protection should use past and 
        future congressional appropriations for non-intrusive 
        inspection systems to incrementally increase the rate of 
        scanning of passenger and commercial vehicles entering the 
        United States at land ports of entry and to ensure adequate 
        staffing and other resources so as to support the full use of 
        such systems and adjudication of scans.

SEC. 3. USE OF NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS AT LAND PORTS OF ENTRY.

    (a) Fiscal Year 2024.--Using non-intrusive inspection systems 
acquired through previous appropriations Acts, beginning not later than 
September 30, 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall use non-
intrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry to scan not fewer 
than--
            (1) 40 percent, cumulatively, of passenger vehicles 
        entering the United States through land ports of entry; and
            (2) 90 percent, cumulatively, of commercial vehicles 
        entering the United States through land ports of entry.
    (b) Subsequent Fiscal Years.--Following fiscal year 2024, U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection shall use non-intrusive inspection 
systems at land ports of entry to reach the next projected benchmark 
for incremental scanning of passenger and commercial vehicles entering 
the United States at such ports of entry.
    (c) GAO Review and Report.--
            (1) Review.--
                    (A) In general.--The Comptroller General of the 
                United States shall conduct a review of the use by U.S. 
                Customs and Border Protection of non-intrusive 
                inspection systems for border security.
                    (B) Elements.--The review required by subparagraph 
                (A) shall include the following:
                            (i) An identification of--
                                    (I) the number and types of non-
                                intrusive inspection systems deployed 
                                by U.S. Customs and Border Protection; 
                                and
                                    (II) the locations to which such 
                                systems have been deployed.
                            (ii) An examination of the manner in which 
                        U.S. Customs and Border Protection--
                                    (I) assesses the effectiveness of 
                                such systems; and
                                    (II) uses such systems in 
                                conjunction with other border security 
                                resources and assets, such as border 
                                barriers and technology, to detect and 
                                interdict drug smuggling and 
                                trafficking at the southwest border of 
                                the United States.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
        the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
        the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
        of Representatives a report on the findings of the review 
        conducted under paragraph (1).

SEC. 4. BRIEFING.

    Not later than May 30, 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives regarding the progress made during the first half of 
fiscal year 2024 in achieving the scanning benchmarks referred to in 
that section.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

    If the requirements described in section 3(a) are not met in fiscal 
year 2024, not later than 120 days after the end of that fiscal year, 
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit a 
report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives that--
            (1) analyzes the causes for not meeting such requirements 
        and identifies any resource gaps and challenges; and
            (2) details the steps that will be taken to ensure 
        compliance with such requirements in the subsequent fiscal 
        year.

SEC. 6. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF USING NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS 
              FOR SOUTHBOUND INSPECTIONS.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that non-
intrusive inspection systems should be used to detect and interdict 
illicit and dangerous goods and unclaimed money that flow out of the 
United States to supply and fund transnational drug cartels.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives a report on the feasibility of 
using non-intrusive inspection systems to scan 10 percent of all 
vehicles exiting the United States through land ports of entry by 
September 30, 2024.
                                                       Calendar No. 576

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 4572

                          [Report No. 117-220]

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