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Union Calendar No. 393 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4698 

[Report No. 114–513] 

To enhance aviation by requiring airport security assessments and a security 

coordination enhancement plan, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2016 

Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KEATING, Mr. DONOVAN, and Mr. 

KING of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Homeland Security 

APRIL 21, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 3, 2016] 


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A BILL 

To enhance aviation by requiring airport security assessments and a security coordination enhancement plan, 

and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Securing Aviation from 

5 Foreign Entry Points and Guarding Airports Through En6 hanced Security Act of 2016’’. 

7 SEC. 2. LAST POINT OF DEPARTURE AIRPORT SECURITY AS8 SESSMENT. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 

11 Transportation Security Administration shall conduct a 

12 comprehensive security risk assessment of all last point of 

13 departure airports with nonstop flights to the United 

14 States. 

15 (b) CONTENTS.—The security risk assessment required 

16 under subsection (a) shall include consideration of the fol17 lowing: 

18 (1) The level of coordination and cooperation be19 tween the Transportation Security Administration 

20 and the foreign government of the country in which 

21 the last point of departure airport with nonstop 

22 flights to the United States is located. 

23 (2) The intelligence and threat mitigation capa24 bilities of the country in which such airport is lo25 cated. 


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1 (3) The number of known or suspected terrorists 

2 annually transiting through such airport. 

3 (4) The passenger security screening practices, 

4 capabilities, and capacity of such airport. 

5 (5) The security vetting undergone by aviation 

6 workers at such airport. 

7 (6) The access controls utilized by such airport 

8 to limit to authorized personnel access to secure and 

9 sterile areas of such airports. 

10 SEC. 3. SECURITY COORDINATION ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 

13 Transportation Security Administration shall submit to 

14 Congress and the Government Accountability Office a 

15 plan— 

16 (1) to enhance and bolster security collaboration, 

17 coordination, and information sharing relating to se18 curing international-inbound aviation between the 

19 United States and domestic and foreign partners, in20 cluding U.S. Customs and Border Protection, foreign 

21 government entities, passenger air carriers, cargo air 

22 carriers, and United States Government entities, in 

23 order to enhance security capabilities at foreign air24 ports, including airports that may not have nonstop 


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1 flights to the United States but are nonetheless deter2 mined by the Administrator to be high risk; and 

3 (2) that includes an assessment of the ability of 

4 the Administration to enter into a mutual agreement 

5 with a foreign government entity that permits Ad6 ministration representatives to conduct without prior 

7 notice inspections of foreign airports. 

8 (b) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 submission of the plan required under subsection (a), the 

10 Comptroller General of the United States shall review the 

11 efforts, capabilities, and effectiveness of the Transportation 

12 Security Administration to enhance security capabilities at 

13 foreign airports and determine if the implementation of 

14 such efforts and capabilities effectively secures inter15 national-inbound aviation. 

16 SEC. 4. WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT. 

17 Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment 

18 of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Secu19 rity Administration shall submit to Congress a comprehen20 sive workforce assessment of all Administration personnel 

21 within the Office of Global Strategies of the Administration 

22 or whose primary professional duties contribute to the Ad23 ministration’s global efforts to secure transportation secu24 rity, including a review of whether such personnel are as25 signed in a risk-based, intelligence-driven manner. 


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1 SEC. 5. DONATION OF SCREENING EQUIPMENT TO PRO2 TECT THE UNITED STATES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans4 portation Security Administration is authorized to donate 

5 security screening equipment to a foreign last point of de6 parture airport operator if such equipment can be reason7 ably expected to mitigate a specific vulnerability to the se8 curity of the United States or United States citizens. 

9 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days before any dona10 tion of security screening equipment pursuant to subsection 

11 (a), the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad12 ministration shall provide to the Committee on Homeland 

13 Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

14 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 

15 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

16 the Senate a detailed written explanation of the following: 

17 (1) The specific vulnerability to the United 

18 States or United States citizens that will be mitigated 

19 by such donation. 

20 (2) An explanation as to why the recipient of 

21 such donation is unable or unwilling to purchase se22 curity screening equipment to mitigate such vulner23 ability. 

24 (3) An evacuation plan for sensitive technologies 

25 in case of emergency or instability in the country to 

26 which such donation is being made. 


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1 (4) How the Administrator will ensure the secu2 rity screening equipment that is being donated is 

3 used and maintained over the course of its life by the 

4 recipient. 

5 (5) The total dollar value of such donation. 

6 SEC. 6. NATIONAL CARGO SECURITY PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans8 portation Security Administration may evaluate foreign 

9 countries’ air cargo security programs to determine whether 

10 such programs provide a level of security commensurate 

11 with the level of security required by United States air 

12 cargo security programs. 

13 (b) APPROVAL AND RECOGNITION.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator of the 

15 Transportation Security Administration determines 

16 that a foreign country’s air cargo security program 

17 evaluated under subsection (a) provides a level of se18 curity commensurate with the level of security re19 quired by United States air cargo security programs, 

20 the Administrator shall approve and officially recog21 nize such foreign country’s air cargo security pro22 gram. 

23 (2) EFFECT OF APPROVAL AND RECOGNITION.— 

24 If the Administrator of the Transportation Security 

25 Administration approves and officially recognizes 


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1 pursuant to paragraph (1) a foreign country’s air 

2 cargo security program, cargo aircraft of such foreign 

3 country shall not be required to adhere to United 

4 States air cargo security programs that would other5 wise be applicable. 

6 (c) REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator of the 

8 Transportation Security Administration determines 

9 at any time that a foreign country’s air cargo secu10 rity program approved and officially recognized 

11 under subsection (b) no longer provides a level of se12 curity commensurate with the level of security re13 quired by United States air cargo security programs, 

14 the Administrator may revoke or temporarily suspend 

15 such approval and official recognition until such time 

16 as the Administrator determines that such foreign 

17 country’s cargo security programs provide a level of 

18 security commensurate with the level of security re19 quired by such United States air cargo security pro20 grams. 

21 (2) NOTIFICATION.—If the Administrator of the 

22 Transportation Security Administration revokes or 

23 suspends pursuant to paragraph (1) a foreign coun24 try’s air cargo security program, the Administrator 

25 shall notify the Committee on Homeland Security of 


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1 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

2 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

3 not later than 30 days after such revocation or sus4 pension. 


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Union Calendar No. 393 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4698 

[Report No. 114–513] 

A BILL 

To enhance aviation by requiring airport security 

ment plan, and for other purposes. assessments and a security coordination enhanceAPRIL 21, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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