Transportation and Border Security: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, April 9, 2003 |
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Page 14 - Security, a strategy which provides the framework to mobilize and organize the nation - the federal government, state and local governments, the private sector, and the American people — in the complex mission to protect our homeland. We have begun the very first steps of...
Page 63 - ... by General Foods. His Ph. D. in organic chemistry is from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Hopper was a member of the panel which advised FDA on protocol design for use at the National Center for Toxicological Research. In addition, he is chairman of the GMA Subcommittee which is working in close cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration and the US Department of Agriculture to pool information on the nutritional composition of food ingredients. Dr. Hopper will present testimony on the...
Page 8 - We are today a Nation at risk to a new and changing threat. The terrorist threat to America takes many forms, has many places to hide, and is often invisible.
Page 9 - TSA notifies the aircraft operator in writing that a security threat exists concerning that operation. (d) Twelve-five program-adoption: Each aircraft operator must carry out the requirements of paragraph (e) of this section for each operation that meets all of the following — (1) Is in an aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of 12,500 pounds or more; (2) Is in scheduled or charter service; (3) Is carrying passengers or cargo or both; and (4) Is not under a full program or partial...
Page 25 - Security, shall be responsible for the following: (1) Preventing the entry of terrorists and the instruments of terrorism into the United States. (2) Securing the borders, territorial waters, ports, terminals, waterways, and air, land, and sea transportation systems of the United States, including managing and coordinating those functions transferred to the Department at ports of entry.
Page 3 - My problem is to let the Japanese know we are watching them and' at the same time to do it in a way that will help Shidehara, who is on the right side, and not play into the hands of any Nationalist agitators on the other.
Page 10 - Finally, there are 51,000 port calls made by 7,500 foreign flag ships to our 361 ports. The Department has adopted a risk management approach as a cornerstone policy for developing risk-based regulatory standards for the various modes of transportation. Under this approach, there are three primary elements of good risk management: a threat assessment, a vulnerability assessment, and a criticality assessment.
Page 39 - Additionally, BCBP has put forth regulatory and legislative initiatives such as the 24-hour rule and the Trade Act of 2002 to support the receipt of accurate advance arrival data.
Page 12 - Guard successfully gained adoption of amendments to the Safety of Life At Sea (SOLAS) Convention and the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code at the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Page 10 - There are 3.9 million miles of public roads, which account for 2.7 trillion miles of travel by car and truck each year. There are 11.2 million trucks and almost 2.4 million rail cars coming into the US each year. There are 120,000 miles of rail owned by the major railroads accounting for 700 million rail freight miles annually.