Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110
§921a Integration of Detection Equipment and Technologies
Title 6 › CHAPTER 3 — SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVERY PORT › SUBCHAPTER I — SECURITY OF UNITED STATES SEAPORTS › Part B — Port Operations › § 921a
Summary
The Secretary of Homeland Security must integrate domestic chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection equipment with border systems. Within 6 months after August 3, 2007, the Secretary must give Congress a plan to certify readiness before deployment.
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Title 6, §921a
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(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.
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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.
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6 U.S.C. § 921a
Title 6, Domestic Security
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110