Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part B · Chapter 3 — Security and Accountability for Every Port
§ 965. Tier 2 participants in C–TPAT
Statutory text
Validation
The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall validate the security measures and supply chain security practices of a Tier 1 participant in accordance with the guidelines referred to in subsection (c). Such validation shall include on-site assessments at appropriate foreign locations utilized by the Tier 1 participant in its supply chain and shall, to the extent practicable, be completed not later than 1 year after certification as a Tier 1 participant.
Benefits
The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall extend benefits to each C–TPAT participant that has been validated as a Tier 2 participant under this section, which may include—
reduced scores in the Automated Targeting System;
reduced examinations of cargo; and
priority searches of cargo.
Guidelines
Not later than 180 days after , the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall develop a schedule and update the guidelines for validating a participant’s security measures and supply chain security practices under this section.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006
Pub. L. 109–347 title II § 215 · 120 Stat. 1884
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 965
(Pub. L. 109–347, title II, § 215, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1910.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–347, title II, § 215, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1910.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 215. TIER 2 PARTICIPANTS IN C–TPAT. (a) Validation.— The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall validate the security measures and supply chain security practices of a Tier 1 participant in accordance with the guidelines referred to in subsection (c). Such validation shall include on-site assessments at appropriate foreign locations utilized by the Tier 1 participant in its supply chain and shall, to the extent practicable, be completed not later than 1 year after certification as a Tier 1 participant. (b) Benefits.— The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall extend benefits to each C–TPAT participant that has been validated as a Tier 2 participant under this section, which may include— (1) reduced scores in the Automated Targeting System; (2) reduced examinations of cargo; and (3) priority searches of cargo. (c) Guidelines.— Deadline. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall develop a schedule and update the guidelines for validating a participant’s security measures and supply chain security practices under this section.
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