6 U.S.C. § 921a — Integration of detection equipment and

Page 423 TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY § 926 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.) Editorial Notes 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. (f) to (i) as (c) to (f), respectively. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Reference to the Director for Domestic Nuclear De- tection deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Sec- retary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, see section 2(b)(1)(B) of Pub. L. 115–387, set out as a note under section 591 of this title. § 921a. Integration of detection equipment and technologies (a) Responsibility of Secretary The Secretary of Homeland Security shall have responsibility for ensuring that domestic chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection equipment and technologies are inte- grated, as appropriate, with other border secu- rity systems and detection technologies. (b) Report Not later than 6 months after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that contains a plan to develop a departmental technology assessment process to determine and certify the technology readiness levels of chem- ical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detec- tion technologies before the full deployment of such technologies within the United States. (Pub. L. 110–53, title XI, § 1104, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 380.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Implementing Rec- ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, and not as part of the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006, also known as the SAFE Port Act, which comprises this chapter. § 922. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–254, div. J, § 1816(c), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3541 Section, Pub. L. 109–347, title I, § 122, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1899, related to inspection of car ferries entering from abroad. § 923. Random searches of containers Not later than 1 year after October 13, 2006, the Secretary, acting through the Commis- sioner, shall develop and implement a plan, uti- lizing best practices for empirical scientific re- search design and random sampling, to conduct random searches of containers in addition to any targeted or preshipment inspection of such containers required by law or regulation or con- ducted under any other program conducted by the Secretary. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that implementation of the random sampling plan precludes additional searches of containers not inspected pursuant to the plan. (Pub. L. 109–347, title I, § 123, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1899.) § 924. Threat assessment screening of port truck drivers Not later than 90 days after October 13, 2006, the Secretary shall implement a threat assess- ment screening, including name-based checks against terrorist watch lists and immigration status check, for all port truck drivers with ac- cess to secure areas of a port who have a com- mercial driver’s license but do not have a cur- rent and valid hazardous materials endorsement issued in accordance with section 1572 1 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, that is the same as the threat assessment screening required for facility employees and longshoremen by the Commandant of the Coast Guard under Coast Guard Notice USCG–2006–24189 (Federal Register, Vol. 71, No. 82, Friday, April 28, 2006). (Pub. L. 109–347, title I, § 125, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1900.) § 925. Border Patrol unit for United States Virgin Islands (a) In general The Secretary may establish at least 1 Border Patrol unit for the United States Virgin Islands. (b) Report Not later than 180 days after October 13, 2006, the Secretary shall submit a report to the ap- propriate congressional committees that in- cludes the schedule, if any, for carrying out sub- section (a). (Pub. L. 109–347, title I, § 126, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1900.) § 926. Center of Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness (a) Establishment The Secretary shall establish a university- based Center for Excellence for Maritime Do-