WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announces the witnesses for a Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee hearing on Supply Chain Security: Secure Freight Initiative and the Implementation of 100 Percent Scanning. The full witness list is below.

The hearing will focus on the SFI ICS (Secure Freight Initiative International Container Security) pilot program required under the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act (SAFE Port, P.L. 109-347) and the implementation of the 100 percent scanning requirement in the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act (P.L. 110-53).

Supply Chain Security: Secure Freight Initiative and the Implementation of 100 Percent Scanning
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
Date:  Thursday, June 12, 2008 
Time:  10:00 a.m.
Location:  Room 253, Russell Senate Office Building

Witnesses:
Mr. Jayson Ahern, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Mr. David Huizenga, Assistant Deputy Administrator, Office of International Material Protection and Cooperation, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration

Mr. Stephen L. Caldwell, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office