6 U.S.C. § 923
Random searches of containers
United States · Title 6 — DOMESTIC SECURITY · Status: effective
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- 6 U.S.C. § 923, Random searches of containers, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/428268
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Not later than 1 year after October 13, 2006, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall develop and implement a plan, utilizing best practices for empirical scientific research design and random sampling, to conduct random searches of containers in addition to any targeted or preshipment inspection of such containers required by law or regulation or conducted under any other program conducted by the Secretary. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that implementation of the random sampling plan precludes additional searches of containers not inspected pursuant to the plan.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- SAFE Port Act