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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5207 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the immigration 

advisory program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2018 

Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, and 

Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

the immigration advisory program, 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 ‘‘Immigration Advisory 

5 Program Authorization Act of 2018’’ or the ‘‘IAP Author6 ization Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE IMMIGRATION ADVISORY 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title IV of the 

4 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211 et seq.) 

5 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 419. IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM. 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized within U.S. 

8 Customs and Border Protection an immigration advisory 

9 program (in this section referred to as the ‘program’) for 

10 U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, pursuant to 

11 an agreement with a host country, to assist air carriers 

12 and security employees at foreign airports with review of 

13 traveler information during the processing of flights bound 

14 for the United States. 

15 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the program, U.S. 

16 Customs and Border Protection officers may— 

17 ‘‘(1) be present during processing of flights 

18 bound for the United States; 

19 ‘‘(2) assist air carriers and security employees 

20 with document examination and traveler security as21 sessments; 

22 ‘‘(3) provide relevant training to air carriers, 

23 security employees, and host-country authorities; 

24 ‘‘(4) analyze electronic passenger information 

25 and passenger reservation data to identify potential 

26 threats; 


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1 ‘‘(5) engage air carriers and travelers to con2 firm potential terrorist watchlist matches; 

3 ‘‘(6) make recommendations to air carriers to 

4 deny potentially inadmissable passengers boarding 

5 flights bound for the United States; and 

6 ‘‘(7) conduct other activities to secure flights 

7 bound for the United States, as directed by the 

8 Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec9 tion. 

10 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘air 

11 carrier’ and ‘foreign air carrier’ have the meanings given 

12 such terms in section 40102 of title 49, United States 

13 Code.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c) of 

15 section 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

16 U.S.C. 211) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (18), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

18 the semicolon at the end; 

19 (2) by redesignating paragraph (19) as para20 graph (20); and 

21 (3) by inserting after paragraph (18) the fol22 lowing new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(19) carry out section 419, relating to the im24 migration advisory program; and’’. 


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1 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

2 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

3 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

4 418 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 419. Immigration advisory program.’’. 

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