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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3575 

To establish conditions under which the Secretary of Homeland Security 

may commence U.S. Customs and Border Protection security screening 

operations at a preclearance facility outside the United States, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2013 

Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. PAYNE, 

Mr. HIGGINS, and Mr. BARBER) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To establish conditions under which the Secretary of Homeland Security may commence U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection security screening operations at a 

preclearance facility outside the United States, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Putting Security First 

5 in Preclearance Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY. 

2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec3 retary of Homeland Security (in this Act referred to as 

4 the ‘‘Secretary’’) may establish conditions under which the 

5 Secretary may commence U.S. Customs and Border Pro6 tection security screening operations at a preclearance fa7 cility outside the United States only in accordance with 

8 the requirements of this Act. 

9 SEC. 3. NOTICE TO CONGRESS. 

10 Not later than 90 days before entering into any 

11 agreement to commence security screening operations at 

12 a preclearance facility under section 2, the Secretary shall 

13 provide to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Committee on Home15 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate with 

16 the following: 

17 (1) A notice of intent to commence such secu18 rity screening operations. 

19 (2) A copy of the proposed agreement that is 

20 the subject of such notice of intent. 

21 (3) A comprehensive assessment that includes 

22 the following: 

23 (A) A homeland security threat assessment 

24 for the country in which such screening oper25 ations are proposed. 


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1 (B) Information on the anticipated home2 land security benefits associated with estab3 lishing such facility or commencing such secu4 rity screening operations. 

5 (C) Information on potential security 

6 vulnerabilities associated with commencing such 

7 security screening operations, and mitigation 

8 plans to address such potential security 

9 vulnerabilities. 

10 (D) A U.S. Customs and Border Protec11 tion staffing model for such security screening 

12 operations and plans for how such positions 

13 would be filled. 

14 (E) Information about the anticipated im15 pact on border security staffing at United 

16 States airports of the deployment of U.S. Cus17 toms and Border Protection officers to carry 

18 out such security screening operations. 

19 (F) Information on the anticipated costs 

20 over the next five fiscal years associated with 

21 commencing such security screening operations. 

22 (G) Information on anticipated funding 

23 sources for costs identified in subparagraph 

24 (F), including user fee collections. 


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1 (H) Information on potential impacts on 

2 passengers traveling to the United States. 

3 (I) Other factors that the Secretary deter4 mines to be necessary for Congress to com5 prehensively assess the appropriateness of com6 mencing such security screening operations. 

7 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION. 

8 No U.S. Customs and Border Protection security 

9 screening positions at a preclearance facility outside the 

10 United States may be funded directly or through reim11 bursement by a foreign government or a foreign person. 

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