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6 U.S.C. § 921a — Domestic radiation detection and imaging
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**(a) Scanning containers** Subject to [section 1318 of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1318&num=0&edition=prelim), not later than December 31, 2007, all containers entering the United States through the 22 ports through which the greatest volume of containers enter the United States by vessel shall be scanned for radiation. To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall deploy next generation radiation detection technology.
**(b) Strategy** The Secretary shall develop a strategy for the deployment of radiation detection capabilities that includes—
(1) a risk-based prioritization of ports of entry at which radiation detection equipment will be deployed;
(2) a proposed timeline of when radiation detection equipment will be deployed at each port of entry identified under paragraph (1);
(3) the type of equipment to be used at each port of entry identified under paragraph (1), including the joint deployment and utilization of radiation detection equipment and nonintrusive imaging equipment;
(4) standard operating procedures for examining containers with such equipment, including sensor alarming, networking, and communications and response protocols;
(5) operator training plans;
(6) an evaluation of the environmental health and safety impacts of nonintrusive imaging technology and a radiation risk reduction plan, in consultation with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, that seeks to minimize radiation exposure of workers and the public to levels as low as reasonably achievable;
(7) the policy of the Department for using nonintrusive imaging equipment in tandem with radiation detection equipment; and
(8
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**(a) Scanning containers** Subject to [section 1318 of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1318&num=0&edition=prelim), not later than December 31, 2007, all containers entering the United States through the 22 ports through which the greatest volume of containers enter the United States by vessel shall be scanned for radiation. To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall deploy next generation radiation detection technology.
**(b) Strategy** The Secretary shall develop a strategy for the deployment of radiation detection capabilities that includes—
(1) a risk-based prioritization of ports of entry at which radiation detection equipment will be deployed;
(2) a proposed timeline of when radiation detection equipment will be deployed at each port of entry identified under paragraph (1);
(3) the type of equipment to be used at each port of entry identified under paragraph (1), including the joint deployment and utilization of radiation detection equipment and nonintrusive imaging equipment;
(4) standard operating procedures for examining containers with such equipment, including sensor alarming, networking, and communications and response protocols;
(5) operator training plans;
(6) an evaluation of the environmental health and safety impacts of nonintrusive imaging technology and a radiation risk reduction plan, in consultation with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, that seeks to minimize radiation exposure of workers and the public to levels as low as reasonably achievable;
(7) the policy of the Department for using nonintrusive imaging equipment in tandem with radiation detection equipment; and
(8) a classified annex that—
(A) details plans for covert testing; and
(B) outlines the risk-based prioritization of ports of entry identified under paragraph (1).
**(c) Standards** The Secretary, acting through the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection 11 See Change of Name note below. and in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall publish technical capability standards and recommended standard operating procedures for the use of nonintrusive imaging and radiation detection equipment in the United States. Such standards and procedures—
(1) should take into account relevant standards and procedures utilized by other Federal departments or agencies as well as those developed by international bodies; and
(2) shall not be designed so as to endorse specific companies or create sovereignty conflicts with participating countries.
**(d) Implementation** Not later than 3 years after October 13, 2006, the Secretary shall fully implement the strategy developed under subsection (b).
**(e) Expansion to other United States ports of entry**
(1) **In general** — As soon as practicable after—
(A) implementation of the program for the examination of containers for radiation at ports of entry described in subsection (a); and
(B) submission of the strategy developed under subsection (b),
but not later than December 31, 2008, the Secretary shall expand the strategy developed under subsection (b), in a manner consistent with the requirements of subsection (b), to provide for the deployment of radiation detection capabilities at all other United States ports of entry not covered by the strategy developed under subsection (b).
(2) **Risk assessment** — In expanding the strategy under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall identify and assess the risks to those other ports of entry in order to determine what equipment and practices will best mitigate the risks.
**(f) Intermodal Rail Radiation Detection Test Center**
(1) **Establishment** — In accordance with subsection (b), and in order to comply with this section, the Secretary shall establish an Intermodal Rail Radiation Detection Test Center (referred to in this subsection as the “Test Center”).
(2) **Projects** — The Secretary shall conduct multiple, concurrent projects at the Test Center to rapidly identify and test concepts specific to the challenges posed by on-dock rail.
(3) **Location** — The Test Center shall be located within a public port facility at which a majority of the containerized cargo is directly laden from (or unladen to) on-dock, intermodal rail.
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**(a) Coordination of grants and standards programs** The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Director for Emergency Communications, shall ensure that grant guidelines for the use of homeland security assistance administered by the Department relating to interoperable emergency communications are coordinated and consistent with the goals and recommendations in the National Emergency Communications Plan under [section 572 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section572&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Denial of eligibility for grants**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Grants and Planning, and in consultation with the Assistant Director for Emergency Communications, may prohibit any State, local, or tribal government from using homeland security assistance administered by the Department to achieve, maintain, or enhance emergency communications capabilities, if—
(A) such government has not complied with the requirement to submit a Statewide Interoperable Communications Plan as required by [section 194(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section194/f&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) such government has proposed to upgrade or purchase new equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus standards and has not provided a reasonable explanation of why such equipment or systems will serve the needs of the applicant better than equipment or systems that meet or exceed such standards; and
(C) as of the date that is 3 years after the date of the completion of the initial National Emergency Communications Plan under [section 572 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC
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**(a)** Whenever the President shall by proclamation declare an emergency to exist by reason of a state of war, or otherwise, he may authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to extend during the continuance of such emergency the time herein prescribed for the performance of any act, and may authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to permit, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, the importation free of duty of food, clothing, and medical, surgical, and other supplies for use in emergency relief work. The Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the Congress any action taken under the provisions of this section.
**(b)**
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury, when necessary to respond to a national emergency declared under the National Emergencies Act ([50 U.S.C. 1601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or to a specific threat to human life or national interests, is authorized to take the following actions on a temporary basis:
(A) Eliminate, consolidate, or relocate any office or port of entry of the Customs Service.
(B) Modify hours of service, alter services rendered at any location, or reduce the number of employees at any location.
(C) Take any other action that may be necessary to respond directly to the national emergency or specific threat.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, when necessary to respond to a specific threat to human life or national interests, is authorized to close temporarily any Customs office or port of entry or take any other lesser action that may be necessary to respond to the specific threat.
(3) The Secretary of th
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
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1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘part 1572’’.
identify and test concepts specific to the chal-
lenges posed by on-dock rail.
(3) Location
The Test Center shall be located within a
public port facility at which a majority of the
containerized cargo is directly laden from (or
unladen to) on-dock, intermodal rail.
(Pub. L. 109–347, title I, § 121, Oct. 13, 2006, 120
Stat. 1898; Pub. L. 115–254, div. J, § 1816(b), Oct. 5,
2018, 132 Stat. 3541.)
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AMENDMENTS
2018—Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1816(b)(1),
(2), redesignated subsecs. (f) to (h) as (c) to (e), respec-
tively, and struck out former subsecs. (c) to (e). Prior
to amendment, subsecs. (c) to (e) read as follows:
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after October 13,
2006, the Secretary shall submit the strategy developed
under subsection (b) to the appropriate congressional
committees.
‘‘(d) UPDATE.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the submission of the report under subsection (c),
the Secretary shall provide a more complete evaluation
under subsection (b)(6).
‘‘(e) OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION THREATS.—
Not later than 180 days after October 13, 2006, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on the feasibility of, and a strat-
egy for, the development of equipment to detect and
prevent shielded nuclear and radiological threat mate-
rial and chemical, biological, and other weapons of
mass destruction from entering the United States.’’
Subsec. (e)(1)(B). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1816(b)(3), struck
out ‘‘(and updating, if any, of that strategy under sub-
section (c))’’ after ‘‘under subsection (b)’’.
Subsecs. (f) to (i). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1816(b)(2), redesig-
nated subsecs.
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