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PUBLIC LAW 110–161—DEC. 26, 2007

(B) to provide other assistance with the preparation of the plan required under subsection (a). (d) COORDINATION WITH THE SECURE BORDER INITIATIVE.—The plan required under subsection (a) shall include a description of activities undertaken during the previous year as part of the Secure Border Initiative and actions planned for the coming year as part of the Secure Border Initiative. SEC. 605. PORT OF ENTRY TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall carry out a technology demonstration program to test and evaluate new port of entry technologies, refine port of entry technologies and operational concepts, and train personnel under realistic conditions. (b) TECHNOLOGY TESTED.—Under the demonstration program, the Commissioner shall test technologies that enhance port of entry operations, including those related to inspections, communications, port tracking, identification of persons and cargo, sensory devices, personal detection, decision support, and the detection and identification of weapons of mass destruction. (c) DEMONSTRATION SITES.— (1) NUMBER.—The Commissioner shall carry out the demonstration program at not less than three sites and not more than five sites. (2) LOCATION.—Of the sites selected under subsection (c)— (A) at least one shall be located on the northern border of the United States; and (B) at least one shall be located on the southern border of the United States. (3) SELECTION CRITERIA.—To ensure that one of the facilities selected as a port of entry demonstration site for the demonstration program has the most up-to-date design, contains sufficient space to conduct the demonstration program, has a traffic volume low enough to easily incorporate new technologies without interrupting normal processing activity, and can efficiently carry out demonstration and port of entry operations, one port of entry selected as a demonstration site may— (A) have been established not more than 15 years before the date of the enactment of this Act; (B) consist of not less than 65 acres, with the possibility of expansion onto not less than 25 adjacent acres; and (C) have serviced an average of not more than 50,000 vehicles per month during the 12 months preceding the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall permit personnel from appropriate Federal agencies to utilize a demonstration site described in subsection (c) to test technologies that enhance port of entry operations, including those related to inspections, communications, port tracking, identification of persons and cargo, sensory devices, personal detection, decision support, and the detection and identification of weapons of mass destruction. (e) REPORT.— (1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Senate

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