Sec. 4. REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF CTPAT
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## SEC. 4 REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF CTPAT ###
(a)In General Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report assessing the effectiveness of CTPAT. ###
(b)Elements The report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: ####
(1)An analysis of— #####
(A)security incidents in the cargo supply chain during the 5-year period preceding submission of the report that involved criminal activity, including drug trafficking, human smuggling, commercial fraud, or terrorist activity; and #####
(B)whether those incidents involved participants in CTPAT or entities not participating in CTPAT. ####
(2)An analysis of causes for the suspension or removal of entities from participating in CTPAT as a result of security incidents during that 5-year period. ####
(3)An analysis of the number of active CTPAT participants involved in one or more security incidents while maintaining their status as participants. ####
(4)Recommendations to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for improvements to CTPAT to improve prevention of security incidents in the cargo supply chain involving participants in CTPAT.