6 USC § 965 - Tier 2 participants in C–TPAT

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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s965"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "6 USC § 965 - Tier 2 participants in C–TPAT"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "965"
section_name: "Tier 2 participants in C–TPAT"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVERY PORT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SECURITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Customs–Trade Partnership Against Terrorism"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–347, title II, § 215, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1910.)"
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# § 965. Tier 2 participants in C–TPAT

**(a)** **Validation** The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall validate the security measures and supply chain security practices of a Tier 1 participant in accordance with the guidelines referred to in subsection (c). Such validation shall include on-site assessments at appropriate foreign locations utilized by the Tier 1 participant in its supply chain and shall, to the extent practicable, be completed not later than 1 year after certification as a Tier 1 participant.

**(b)** **Benefits** The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall extend benefits to each C–TPAT participant that has been validated as a Tier 2 participant under this section, which may include—

**(1)** reduced scores in the Automated Targeting System;

**(2)** reduced examinations of cargo; and

**(3)** priority searches of cargo.

**(c)** **Guidelines** October 13, 2006

Not later than 180 days after , the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall develop a schedule and update the guidelines for validating a participant’s security measures and supply chain security practices under this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–347, title II, § 215, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1910.)