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 118 STAT. 1087 PUBLIC LAW 108–293—AUG. 9, 2004 the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. (e) REPORT ON RADIATION DETECTORS.—The Secretary shall prepare a report on progress in the installation of a system of radiation detection at all major United States seaports, and a timeline and expected completion date for the system. In the report, the Secretary shall include a preliminary analysis of any issues related to the installation or efficacy of the radiation detection equipment, as well as a cost estimate for completing installation of the system. (f) REPORT ON NONINTRUSIVE INSPECTION AT FOREIGN PORTS.— The Secretary shall prepare a report— (1) on whether and to what extent foreign seaports have been willing to utilize nonintrusive screening equipment at their ports to screen cargo, including the number of cargo containers that have been screened at foreign seaports, and the ports where they were screened; (2) indicating which foreign ports may be willing to utilize nonintrusive screening equipment for cargo exported for import into the United States; and (3) indicating ways to increase the effectiveness of the United States Government’s targeting and screening activities outside the United States and to what extent additional resources and program changes will be necessary to maximize scrutiny of cargo in foreign seaports that is destined for the United States. (g) EVALUATION OF CARGO INSPECTION TARGETING SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERMODAL CARGO CONTAINERS.—Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Inspector General of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall prepare a report that includes an assessment of— (1) the effectiveness of the current tracking system to deter mine whether it is adequate to prevent international intermodal containers from being used for purposes of terrorism; (2) the sources of information, and the quality of the information at the time of reporting, used by the system to determine whether targeting information is collected from the best and most credible sources and evaluate data sources to determine information gaps and weaknesses; (3) the targeting system for reporting and analyzing inspec tion statistics, as well as testing effectiveness; (4) the competence and training of employees operating the system to determine whether they are sufficiently capable to detect potential terrorist threats; and (5) whether the system is an effective system to detect potential acts of terrorism and whether additional steps need to be taken in order to remedy deficiencies in targeting inter national intermodal containers for inspection. (h) ACTION REPORT.—If the Inspector General of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating determines in any of the reports prepared under subsection (g) that the targeting system is insufficiently effective as a means of detecting potential acts of terrorism utilizing international intermodal containers, then the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating Deadlines. 46 USC 70101 note.

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