Bill > S4572

This bill, the Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion Act, aims to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to expand the use of non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems at land ports of entry. It establishes specific scanning targets for passenger and commercial vehicles entering the United States, requiring CBP to scan at least 40% of passenger vehicles and 90% of commercial vehicles by the end of fiscal year 2024. The bill also calls for CBP to use NII systems to incrementally increase the scanning rate in subsequent years, and directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review CBP's use of NII systems. Additionally, the bill requires CBP to brief Congress on its progress in meeting the scanning targets and, if the targets are not met, to submit a report analyzing the causes and detailing steps to ensure compliance in the following fiscal year. Finally, the bill expresses the sense of Congress that NII systems should also be used to detect and interdict illicit goods and unclaimed money exiting the United States, and directs CBP to report on the feasibility of using such systems for southbound inspections.