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 PUBLIC LAW 107-210—AUG. 6, 2002 116 STAT. 985 arising under any other law, regulation, or order with regard to the documentation or carriage of cargo.". (c) SECRETARY.—For purposes of this section, the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Treasury. If, at the time the regulations required by subsection (a)(1) are promulgated, the Customs Service is no longer located in the Department of the Treasury, then the Secretary of the Treasury shall exercise the authority under subsection (a) jointly with the Secretary of the Department in which the Customs Service is located. SEC. 343A. SECURE SYSTEMS OF TRANSPORTATION. (a) JOINT TASK FORCE. —The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a joint task force to evaluate, prototype, and certify secure systems of transportation. The joint task force shall be comprised of officials from the Department of Transportation and the Customs Service, and any other officials that the Secretary deems appropriate. The task force shall establish a program to evaluate and certify secure systems of international intermodal transport no later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. The task force shall solicit and consider input from a broad range of interested parties. (b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—At a minimum the program referred to in subsection (a) shall require certified systems of international intermodal transport to be significantly more secure than existing transportation programs, and the program shall— (1) establish standards and a process for screening and evaluating cargo prior to import into or export from the United States; (2) establish standards and a process for a system of securing cargo and monitoring it while in transit; (3) establish standards and a process for allowing the United States Government to ensure and validate compliance with the program elements; and (4) include any other elements that the task force deems necessary to ensure the security and integrity of the international intermodal transport movements. (c) RECOGNITION OF CERTIFIED SYSTEMS.— (1) SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. — -The Secretary of the Treasury shall recognize certified systems of intermodal transport in the requirements of a national security plan for United States seaports, and in the provisions requiring planning to reopen United States ports for commerce. (2) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.— The Commissioner of Customs shall recognize certified systems of intermodal transport in the evaluation of cargo risk for purposes of United States imports and exports. (d) REPORT. —Within 1 year after the program described in subsection (a) is implemented, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transmit a report to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Finance of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways and Means of the House of Representatives that— (1) evaluates the program and its requirements; (2) states the Secretary's views as to whether any procedure, system, or technology evaluated as part of the program offers a higher level of security than under existing procedures; 19 USC 2071 note. 19 USC 2071 note. Establishment. Deadline. Deadline.

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