United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 6713 (112th)
Ensuring Scanned Containers Arrive in Ports Efficiently Act of 2012
Introduced
27 December 2012
Last action
27 December 2012 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Sponsors
Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Ensuring Scanned Containers Arrive in Ports Efficiently Act of 2012 - Amends the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), on order to extend the date after which all containers loaded on a vessel destined for the United States must be scanned in a foreign port, to submit a feasibility study, including a cost-benefit analysis and an available systems assessment, on meeting such requirement.
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Timeline
27 December 2012
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
27 December 2012
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
27 December 2012
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 27 December 2012 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 27 December 2012
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 27 December 2012
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 27 December 2012
Sponsors
- Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] · D · Sponsor
- · hshm00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6713
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6713
- us · 112-hr-6713 · source updated 14 August 2025