Sec. 1065. Report on Great Lakes and inland waterways seaports
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 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 containing the results of the review and an explanation of the methodology used for the review conducted pursuant to subsection
(b)regarding the screening practices for foreign cargo arriving at seaports on the Great Lakes and inland waterways. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, to the maximum extent possible, but may include a classified annex, if necessary. In selecting seaports on inland waterways to include in the review under this subsection, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that the inland waterways seaports are— equal in number to the Great Lakes seaports included in the review; comparable to Great Lakes seaports included in the review, as measured by number of imported shipments arriving at the seaport each year; and covered by at least the same number of Field Operations offices as the Great Lakes seaports included in the review, but are not covered by the same Field Operations offices as such Great Lakes seaports. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall conduct a review of all Great Lakes and selected inland waterways seaports that receive international cargo— to determine, for each such seaport— the current screening capability, including the types and numbers of screening equipment and whether such equipment is physically located at a seaport or assigned and available in the area and made available to use; the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel assigned from a Field Operations office, broken out by role; the expenditures for procurement and overtime incurred by U.S. Customs and Border Protection during the most recent fiscal year; the types of cargo received, such as containerized, break-bulk, and bulk; the legal entity that owns the seaport; a description of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s use of space at the seaport, including— whether U.S. Customs and Border Protection or the General Services Administration owns or leases any facilities; and if U.S. Customs and Border Protection is provided space at the seaport, a description of such space, including the number of workstations; and the current cost-sharing arrangement for screening technology or reimbursable services; to identify, for each Field Operations office— any ports of entry that are staffed remotely from service ports; the distance of each such service port from the corresponding ports of entry; and the number of officers and the types of equipment U.S. Customs and Border Protection utilizes to screen cargo entering or exiting through such ports; and that includes a threat assessment of incoming containerized and noncontainerized cargo at Great Lakes seaports and selected inland waterways seaports.