Immigration Advisory Program Authorization Act of 2018

Summary: Immigration Advisory Program Authorization Act of 2018 or the IAP Authorization Act of 2018  (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) an immigration advisory program for CBP officers, pursuant to an agreement with a host country, to assist air carriers and security employees at foreign airports review traveler information during the processing of U.S.-bound flights.   CBP shall provide Congress with:   a copy of any host country agreement within 60 days of such agreement entering into force which shall include information on anticipated homeland security benefits, costs, CBP personnel needs, and possible terrorist and criminal travel; and  a copy of, and a justification for, any substantially amended agreement within 30 days of such agreement entering into force. 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Advisory Program 
Authorization Act of 2018'' or the ``IAP Authorization Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle B of title IV of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

``SEC. 419. IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--There is authorized within United States Customs 
and Border Protection an immigration advisory program (in this section 
referred to as the `program') for United States Customs and Border 
Protection officers, pursuant to an agreement with a host country, to 
assist air carriers and security employees at foreign airports with 
review of traveler information during the processing of flights bound 
for the United States.
    ``(b) Activities.--In carrying out the program, United States 
Customs and Border Protection officers may--
            ``(1) be present during processing of flights bound for the 
        United States;
            ``(2) assist air carriers and security employees with 
        document examination and traveler security assessments;
            ``(3) provide relevant training to air carriers, security 
        employees, and host-country authorities;
            ``(4) analyze electronic passenger information and 
        passenger reservation data to identify potential threats;
            ``(5) engage air carriers and travelers to confirm 
        potential terrorist watchlist matches;
            ``(6) make recommendations to air carriers to deny 
        potentially inadmissable passengers boarding flights bound for 
        the United States; and
            ``(7) conduct other activities to secure flights bound for 
        the United States, as directed by the Commissioner of United 
        States Customs and Border Protection.
    ``(c) Notification to Congress.--Not later than 60 days before an 
agreement with the government of a host country pursuant to the program 
described in this section enters into force, the Commissioner of United 
States Customs and Border Protection shall provide the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate with--
            ``(1) a copy of such agreement, which shall include--
                    ``(A) the identification of the host country with 
                which United States Customs and Border Protection 
                intends to enter into such agreement;
                    ``(B) the location at which activities described in 
                subsection (b) will be conducted pursuant to such 
                agreement; and
                    ``(C) the terms and conditions for United States 
                Customs and Border Protection personnel operating at 
                such location;
            ``(2) country-specific information on the anticipated 
        homeland security benefits associated with such agreement;
            ``(3) an assessment of the impacts such agreement will have 
        on United States Customs and Border Protection domestic port of 
        entry staffing;
            ``(4) information on the anticipated costs over the 5 
        fiscal years after such agreement enters into force associated 
        with carrying out such agreement;
            ``(5) details on information sharing mechanisms to ensure 
        that United States Customs and Border Protection has current 
        information to prevent terrorist and criminal travel; and
            ``(6) other factors that the Commissioner determines 
        necessary for Congress to comprehensively assess the 
        appropriateness of carrying out the program.
    ``(d) Amendment of Existing Agreements.--Not later than 30 days 
before a substantially amended program agreement with the government of 
a host country in effect as of the date of the enactment of this 
section enters into force, the Commissioner of United States Customs 
and Border Protection shall provide to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate--
            ``(1) a copy of such agreement, as amended; and
            ``(2) the justification for such amendment.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `air carrier' and 
`foreign air carrier' have the meanings given such terms in section 
40102 of title 49, United States Code.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of section 411 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (18), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (19) as paragraph (20); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (18) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(19) carry out section 419, relating to the immigration 
        advisory program; and''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 418 the following new item:

``Sec. 419. Immigration advisory program.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.