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1 H.R. 5273, Securing America's Ports Act 1 (August 18, 2020)

handle is hein.congrec/hrsra0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ICongressional Budget Office Cost Estimate August 18, 2020 By Fiscal Year, M iions of Dollars 2020 2020-2025 2020-23J Direct Spending (Outlays) 0 0 0 Revenues Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit 0 0 0 0 0 0 At land ports of entry to the United States, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) uses scanning technology capable of producing an image of the contents of commercial and passenger vehicles as they pass through inspection areas. Those systems, known as large- scale nonintrusive inspection (LS Nil) systems, allow for scanning of higher volumes of vehicles and cargo compared to physical inspection. In 2020, the Congress appropriated $59 million for CBP to procure and deploy such systems. H.R. 5273 would require CBP to produce a plan to increase the use of LS Nil systems to 100 percent at land ports of entry. 1 The plan would include benchmarks for measuring scanning rates and estimates of costs to acquire, operate, and maintain those systems. The act would require CBP to report annually to the Congress on its progress in implementing the plan. H.R. 5273 also would require the Department of Homeland Security to conduct research and development to enhance the effectiveness of LS Nil systems. Using information provided by CBP, CBO estimates that the agency would spend about $300,000 on staffing and contract costs in 2021 to produce the required plan and an 1. At land ports of entry to the United States, CBP currently scans approximately 1 percent to 2 percent of passenger vehicles and 15 percent to 17 percent of commercial trucks with nonintrusive inspection systems. The bulk of scanning efforts are focused at ports of entry along the southern border where the volume of vehicle traffic is considerably higher than along the northern border. See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, wwwcbo.gov/publication /54437; How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www.cbo~gov/publication/42904.

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