House Homeland Security Committee Invites Airforwarders Association to Testify on Air Cargo Matters
The House Homeland Security Committee invited the Airforwarders Association (AfA) to testify before its Transportation and Protective Security Subcommittee on July 25, AfA said in an email to members. The committee asked AfA to be prepared to answer questions on…
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topics including technology, the current air cargo threat landscape, the CBP/Transportation Security Administration Air Cargo Advanced Screening (ACAS) initiative, and ACAS language in the Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017 (here), approved by the full committee on June 28. That bill would require DHS to issue a final rule within 180 days of enactment to implement ACAS, to include electronic submission to DHS of data elements for targeting cargo, including “appropriate elements of shipment level data,” according to the legislative text.