Senate Panel Advances Deputy DHS Secretary Nomination, Food Security Bill
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on March 15 cleared the nomination of Elaine Duke to serve as deputy homeland security secretary to go to the Senate floor, and advanced a bill that would require Department of Homeland…
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Security leadership to work with CBP in developing a plan to screen agricultural imports for terrorism threats, the committee said in a statement (here). The Securing our Agriculture and Food Act would require the DHS secretary to carry out a program to defend U.S. food, agriculture and veterinary systems against terrorism and other "high-consequence events" that pose a high risk to homeland security. That includes coordinating with CBP, as appropriate, on food and agriculture security and screening procedures for imported products, according to the bill text (here). The committee advanced the bill to the Senate floor with no amendments.