,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #degb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bj1     
#bjbb,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 
,cornyn7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border     
,protection to expand the use of        
non-intrusive inspection systems at land
 ports of entry4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the               
,non-,intrusive ,inspection ,expansion  
,act4  #b4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is   
the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7      
non-intrusive inspections systems are an
 important tool to increase ,u4,s4      
,customs and ,border ,protection's      
ability to detect and interdict illicit 
and unclaimed goods while securely and  
efficiently facilitating the flow of    
trade and travel entering the ,united   
,states at land ports of entry2  7#b7 it
 is in the interest of ,united ,states  

trade and border security to develop the
 capacity to increase to #ajj percent   
the rate of scanning of passenger and   
commercial vehicles entering the ,united
 ,states at land ports of entry2  7#c7  
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection 
should actively implement plans to      
increase the rate of scanning of        
passenger and commercial vehicles       
entering the ,united ,states at land    
ports of entry towards #ajj percent1    
consistent with the ,securing ,america's
 ,ports ,act 7,public ,law #aaf-bii2 #f 
,u4,s4,c4 #baa note72 and  7#d7 ,u4,s4  
,customs and ,border ,protection should 
use past and future congressional       
appropriations for non-intrusive        
inspection systems to incrementally     
increase the rate of scanning of        
passenger and commercial vehicles       
entering the ,united ,states at land    
ports of entry and to ensure adequate   
staffing and other resources so as to   
support the full use of such systems and
 adjudication of scans4  #c4 ,use of    

non-intrusive inspection systems at land
 ports of entry  7a7 ,fiscal year #bjbd 
,using non-intrusive inspection systems 
acquired through previous appropriations
 ,acts1 beginning not later than        
,september #cj1 #bjbd1 ,u4,s4 ,customs  
and ,border ,protection shall use       
non-intrusive inspection systems at land
 ports of entry to scan not fewer than--
 7#a7 #dj percent1 cumulatively1 of     
passenger vehicles entering the ,united 
,states through land ports of entry2 and
  7#b7 #ij percent1 cumulatively1 of    
commercial vehicles entering the ,united
 ,states through land ports of entry4   
7b7 ,subsequent fiscal years ,following 
fiscal year #bjbd1 ,u4,s4 ,customs and  
,border ,protection shall use           
non-intrusive inspection systems at land
 ports of entry to reach the next       
projected benchmark for incremental     
scanning of passenger and commercial    
vehicles entering the ,united ,states at
 such ports of entry4  #d4 ,briefing    
,not later than ,may #cj1 #bjbd1 ,u4,s4 

,customs and ,border ,protection shall  
brief the ,committee on ,homeland       
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate and the ,committee on       
,homeland ,security of the ,house of    
,representatives regarding the progress 
made during the first half of fiscal    
year #bjbd in achieving the scanning    
benchmarks referred to in that section4 
#e4 ,report ,if the requirements        
described in section #c7;a7 are not met 
in fiscal year #bjbd1 not later than    
#abj days after the end of that fiscal  
year1 the ,commissioner of ,u4,s4       
,customs and ,border ,protection 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 that-- 7#a7 
analyzes the causes for not meeting such
 requirements and identifies any        
resource gaps and challenges2 and  7#b7 
details the steps that will be taken to 
ensure compliance with such requirements

 in the subsequent fiscal year4