To provide funding for an integrated scanning system for ports.

SA 4574. Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Mr. Schumer) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5441, making
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC.__. PILOT INTEGRATED SCANNING SYSTEM.

(a) Designations.--
(1) In general.--Not latter than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall
designate 3 foreign seaports through which containers pass or
are transshipped to the United States to pilot an integrated
scanning system that couples nonintrusive imaging equipment
and radiation detection equipment, which may be provided by
the Megaports Initiative of the Department of Energy. In
making designations under this subsection, the Secretary
shall consider 3 distinct ports with unique features and
differing levels of trade volume.
(2) Collaboration and cooperation.--The Secretary shall
collaborate with the Secretary of Energy and cooperate with
the private sector and host foreign government to implement
the pilot program under this subsection.
(b) Implementation.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall achieve a
full-scale implementation of the pilot integrated screening
system, which shall--
(1) scan all containers destined for the United States that
transit through the port;
(2) electronically transmit the images and information to
the container security initiative personnel in the host
country and the National Targeting Center for evaluation and
analysis;
(3) resolve every radiation alarm according to established
Department procedures;
(4) utilize the information collected to enhance the
Automated Targeting System or other relevant programs; and
(5) store the information for later retrieval and analysis.
(c) Report.--Not later than 120 days after achieving full-
scale implementation under subsection (b), the Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary
of State, shall submit a report, to the appropriate
congressional committees, that includes--
(1) an evaluation of the lessons derived from the pilot
program implemented under this section;
(2) an analysis of the efficacy of the Automated Targeted
System or other relevant programs in utilizing the images
captured to examine high-risk containers;
(3) an valuation of software that is capable of
automatically identifying potential anomalies in scanned
containers; and
(4) a plan and schedule to expand the integrated scanning
system developed under this section to other container
security initiative ports.
(d) Implementation.--As soon as practicable and possible
after the date of enactment of this Act, an integrated
scanning system shall be implemented to scan all containers
entering the United States prior to arrival in the United
States.
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