120 STAT. 1916
PUBLIC LAW 109–347—OCT. 13, 2006
(6) may provide an automated notification of questionable or high-risk cargo as a trigger for further inspection by appropriately trained personnel. (d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after achieving full-scale implementation under subsection (c), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and, as appropriate, the Secretary of Energy, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees, that includes— (1) an evaluation of the lessons derived from the pilot system implemented under this subsection; (2) an analysis of the efficacy of the Automated Targeting System or other relevant programs in utilizing the images captured to examine high-risk containers; (3) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the integrated scanning system in detecting shielded and unshielded nuclear and radiological material; (4) an evaluation of software and other technologies that are capable of automatically identifying potential anomalies in scanned containers; and (5) an analysis of the need and feasibility of expanding the integrated scanning system to other container security initiative ports, including— (A) an analysis of the infrastructure requirements; (B) a projection of the effect on current average processing speed of containerized cargo; (C) an evaluation of the scalability of the system to meet both current and future forecasted trade flows; (D) the ability of the system to automatically maintain and catalog appropriate data for reference and analysis in the event of a transportation disruption; (E) an analysis of requirements, including costs, to install and maintain an integrated scanning system; (F) the ability of administering personnel to efficiently manage and utilize the data produced by a nonintrusive scanning system; (G) the ability to safeguard commercial data generated by, or submitted to, a nonintrusive scanning system; and (H) an assessment of the reliability of currently available technology to implement an integrated scanning system. 6 USC 982.
SEC. 232. SCREENING AND SCANNING OF CARGO CONTAINERS.
(a) ONE HUNDRED PERCENT SCREENING OF CARGO CONTAINERS AND 100 PERCENT SCANNING OF HIGH-RISK CONTAINERS.— (1) SCREENING OF CARGO CONTAINERS.—The Secretary shall ensure that 100 percent of the cargo containers originating outside the United States and unloaded at a United States seaport undergo a screening to identify high-risk containers. (2) SCANNING OF HIGH-RISK CONTAINERS.—The Secretary shall ensure that 100 percent of the containers that have been identified as high-risk under paragraph (1), or through other means, are scanned or searched before such containers leave a United States seaport facility. (b) FULL-SCALE IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and foreign partners, as appropriate, shall ensure integrated scanning systems are fully deployed
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