2016 US Code
Title 6 - Domestic Security
Chapter 3 - Security and Accountability for Every Port
Subchapter I - Security of United States Seaports
Part B - Port Operations
Sec. 921a - Integration of detection equipment and technologies

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Citation 6 U.S.C. § 921a (2016)
Section Name §921a. Integration of detection equipment and technologies
Section Text (a) Responsibility of Secretary

The Secretary of Homeland Security shall have responsibility for ensuring that domestic chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection equipment and technologies are integrated, as appropriate, with other border security systems and detection technologies.

(b) Report

Not later than 6 months after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that contains a plan to develop a departmental technology assessment process to determine and certify the technology readiness levels of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection technologies before the full deployment of such technologies within the United States.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 110–53, title XI, §1104, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 380.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, and not as part of the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006, also known as the SAFE Port Act, which comprises this chapter.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 6 - DOMESTIC SECURITY
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 6 - DOMESTIC SECURITY
CHAPTER 3 - SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVERY PORT
SUBCHAPTER I - SECURITY OF UNITED STATES SEAPORTS
Part B - Port Operations
Sec. 921a - Integration of detection equipment and technologies
Contains section 921a
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 121 Stat. 380
Public Law References Public Law 110-53
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