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Senators Introduce Bill To Ramp Up Cargo, Vehicle Screening At Land Ports

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, July 20th, 2022

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Senators Introduce Bill To Ramp Up Cargo, Vehicle Screening At Land Ports

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).

A bipartisan bill to require significantly more commercial and passenger vehicles are scanned by X-ray systems as they enter the U.S. at land ports was introduced in the Senate on Wednesday. The benchmark called for in the Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion Act would be 90 percent of commercial vehicles and 40 percent of passenger vehicles in fiscal year 2024. The bill was introduced by Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and John Cornyn (R-Texas).…

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