Funds to improve the security of intermodal containers coming into the country and for emergency highway repairs were included in a homeland security bill vetoed by President Bush.

Bush said he was sending a message to Congress on the $5.1 billion bill, saying much of the money had little to do with national emergency.
Included in the bill was $39 million to improve and increase inspections of the 6 million cargo containers entering the country each year. These containers, which arrive on ships and are offloaded onto trucks or railcars, have been the source of much concern among terrorism experts. U.S. Customs can inspect just 2 percent of the 6 million cargo containers entering the U.S. each year, raising fears that terrorists could easily smuggle weapons of mass destruction in to the country in such a container. 
Also in the bill was $98 million for emergency highway repairs in 18 states, including repair of the Interstate 40 bridge that was destroyed in Oklahoma in May and reopened recently.