The goal of this legislation if to expand the 100% air cargo screening mandate on passenger aircraft to aircraft that carry only cargo. A copy of Bill H.R. 6140 is included in the newsletter. It directs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to:

• Develop a system to screen 100 percent of cargo transported on all-cargo aircraft within 3 years, with half of the cargo screened within 18 months;

• Establish a system for the regular inspection of shipping facilities for shipments of air cargo transported on all-cargo planes for purposes of ensuring that appropriate security controls, systems, and protocols are observed; and

• Enter into arrangements with government authorities of foreign countries to ensure that inspections are conducted on a regular basis at shipping facilities for cargo transported in air transportation to the United States.

The requirement in the Bill for “regular inspections of shipping facilities for shipments of cargo transported in air transportation or intrastate air transportation to ensure that appropriate security controls system and protocols are observed” could also include shipping facilities that have been accredited as Certified Cargo Screening Facilities

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