Enhanced Counter-Narcotics Detection and Technology Act

This bill would require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify, each year, the land ports of entry on the northern and southern borders that rank at or above the 70th percentile for drug seizures, and label them high-risk ports. Within one year of that label, the agency would have to install large-scale scanning systems, such as x-ray or gamma-ray imaging, to screen cargo at those ports, unless it finds the technology is not effective under metrics it sets. Starting a year after installation, the agency would have to scan at least 40 percent of passenger vehicles and 70 percent of commercial vehicles entering through those ports, where scanning is feasible. The agency would also have to train staff on the technology, look each year for new screening technology, and send Congress a yearly report on effectiveness.

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Sponsors

• David Schweikert Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors