Sec. 2301. Expediting legitimate trade and travel at ports of entry
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The Secretary is authorized to develop and implement a plan to deploy technology— to expedite the screening of legitimate trade and travel; and to enhance the ability to identify narcotics and other contraband, at every land, air, and sea port of entry. The technology deployment plan developed pursuant to subsection
(a)shall include— the specific steps that will be taken to increase the rate of high-throughput scanning of commercial and passenger vehicles and freight rail traffic entering the United States at land ports of entry and rail-border crossings along the border using large-scale, nonintrusive inspection systems or similar technology before primary inspections booths to enhance border security; a comprehensive description of the technologies and improvements needed to facilitate legal travel and trade, reduce wait times, and better identify contraband at land and rail ports of entry, including— the specific steps the Secretary will take to ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that high-throughput scanning technologies are deployed within 5 years at all land border ports of entry to ensure that all commercial and passenger vehicles and freight rail traffic entering the United States at land ports of entry and rail-border crossings along the border undergo pre-primary scanning; and the specific steps the Secretary will take to increase the amount of cargo that is subject to nonintrusive inspections systems at all ports of entry; a comprehensive description of the technologies and improvements needed to enhance traveler experience, reduce inspection and wait times, and better identify potential criminals and terrorists at air ports of entry; a comprehensive description of the technologies and improvements needed— to enhance the security of maritime trade; to increase the percent of shipping containers that are scanned; and to enhance the speed and quality of inspections without adversely impacting trade flows; any projected impacts identified by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection regarding— the number of commercial and passenger vehicles and freight rail traffic entering at land ports of entry and rail-border crossings; where such systems are in use; and the average wait times at peak and non-peak travel times, by lane type (if applicable), as scanning rates are increased; any projected impacts, as identified by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, regarding border security operations at ports of entry as a result of implementation actions, including any required changes to the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers or their duties and assignments; any projected impact on— the ability of regular border crossers and border community residents to cross the border efficiently; and the privacy and civil liberties of border community residents (as identified by medical professionals), border community stakeholders (including elected officials, educators, and business leaders), and civil rights experts; detailed performance measures and benchmarks that can be used to evaluate how effective these technologies are in helping to expedite legal trade and travel while enhancing security at ports of entry; and the estimated costs and an acquisition plan for implementing the steps identified in the plan, including— achieving pre-primary, high-throughput scanning at all feasible land and rail ports of entry within the timeframes specified in paragraph (1); reducing passenger and pedestrian wait times; the acquisition, operations, and maintenance costs for large-scale, nonintrusive inspection systems and other technologies identified in the plan; and associated costs for any necessary infrastructure enhancements or configuration changes at each port of entry. The acquisition plan required under subsection (b)(9) shall promote, to the extent practicable, opportunities for entities that qualify as small business concerns (as defined under section 3(a) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632(a) )). The Secretary is authorized to develop and implement a plan that— identifies infrastructure improvements at ports of entry that would— enhance the ability to process asylum seekers; facilitate daily pedestrian and vehicular trade and traffic; and detect, interdict, disrupt, and prevent fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances and associated contraband from entering the United States; describes circumstances in which effective technology in use at certain ports of entry smart cannot be implemented at other ports of entry, including— infrastructure constraints that would impact the ability to deploy detection equipment to improve the ability of such officers to identify such drugs and other dangers that are being illegally transported into the United States; and mitigation measures that could be implemented at these ports of entry; and includes other improvements to infrastructure and safety equipment that are needed to protect officers from inclement weather, surveillance by smugglers, and accidental exposure to narcotics or other dangers associated with the inspection of potential drug traffickers. There are authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to implement the plans required under this section.
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