Public Law 116-299 · H.R. 5273 · Became law

Securing America's Ports Act

Official title: “To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan to increase to 100 percent the rates of scanning of commercial and passenger vehicles and freight rail entering the United States at land ports of entry along the border using large-scale, non-intrusive inspection systems to enhance border security, and for other purposes.”

House: without objection · Senate: without objection
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