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H.R. 5273 · 116th Congress

Securing America's Ports Act

Law · 116-299 · Jan 5, 2021
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XTD Torres SmallSponsor
9 cosponsors · 6 D, 3 R
DCR Crenshaw ESD Slotkin MAR Amodei JHD Harder JCD Correa VGD Gonzalez KRD Rice ASD Spanberger DLR Lesko

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Nov 26, 2019
  2. House Passed Feb 10, 2020
  3. Senate Passed Dec 7, 2020
  4. House Changes resolved Dec 10, 2020
  5. President To the President Dec 24, 2020
  6. President Signed Jan 5, 2021
  7. Law Jan 5, 2021

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress a plan to perform high-throughput scanning of all commercial and passenger vehicles and freight rail traffic entering the United States at a land port of entry or rail-border crossing using large-scale non-intrusive inspection systems, such as X-ray and gamma-ray imaging…

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Jan 5, 2021

Securing America's Ports Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress a plan to perform high-throughput scanning of all commercial and passenger vehicles and freight rail traffic entering the United States at a land port of entry or rail-border crossing using large-scale non-intrusive inspection systems, such as X-ray and gamma-ray imaging systems, or similar technology. The plan shall include elements such as (1) an inventory of such systems currently in use, (2) the estimated costs of achieving a 100% scanning rate, and (3) the anticipated impact that increasing the scanning rate will have on wait times at land ports of entry and rail-border crossings. DHS shall periodically report to Congress on the progress in implementing the plan.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Securing America's Ports Act

Also known as: Securing America’s Ports Act

Latest action (Jan 5, 2021): Became Public Law No: 116-299.

Policy area: Immigration · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 26, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Nov 26, 2019
  2. House Passed Feb 10, 2020
  3. Senate Passed Dec 7, 2020
  4. House Changes resolved Dec 10, 2020
  5. President To the President Dec 24, 2020
  6. President Signed Jan 5, 2021
  7. Law Jan 5, 2021

No recorded floor vote found.