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Calendar No. 229 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3375 

To promote travel and tourism in the United States, to improve the health 

safety and security of international flights entering the United States, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 9, 2021 

Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, 

Mr. KING, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Ms. 

SINEMA, and Mr. WARNOCK) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

DECEMBER 17, 2021 

Reported by Ms. CANTWELL, with an amendment 

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

A BILL 

To promote travel and tourism in the United States, to 

improve the health safety and security of international 

flights entering 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Omnibus Tourism Act of 2021’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Defined term. 

TITLE I—TRAVEL PROMOTION 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Purposes. 

Sec. 103. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 104. Assistant Secretary for Travel and Tourism. 

Sec. 105. Responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel 

and Tourism. 

Sec. 106. Travel and tourism strategy. 

Sec. 107. United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. 

TITLE II—TRAVEL SAFETY 

Subtitle A—Health Safety 

Sec. 201. Study and report on effects of COVID–19 pandemic on travel and 

tourism industry in United States. 

Sec. 202. Ensuring Health Safety in the Skies. 

Sec. 203. Feasibility study on the use of canine units to detect COVID–19 at 

airports. 

Subtitle B—One-stop Security 

Sec. 211. Short title. 

Sec. 212. Definitions. 

Sec. 213. Pilot Program for One-Stop Security. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINED TERM. 

7 In this Act, the term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emer8 gency’’— 

9 (1) means the public health emergency first de10 clared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of 

11 Health and Human Services under section 319 of 

12 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with 

13 respect to COVID–19; and 


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1 (2) includes any renewal of such declaration 

2 pursuant to such section 319. 

3 TITLE I—TRAVEL PROMOTION 

4 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Visit America Act’’. 

6 SEC. 102. PURPOSES. 

7 The purposes of this title are— 

8 (1) to support the travel and tourism industry, 

9 which produces economic impacts that are vital to 

10 our national economy; 

11 (2) to address the recent decline in the number 

12 of international travelers who visit the United 

13 States; and 

14 (3) to establish national goals for international 

15 visitors to the United States, including— 

16 (A) recommendations for achieving such 

17 goals and timelines for implementing such rec18 ommendations; 

19 (B) coordination between Federal and 

20 State agencies; 

21 (C) the resources needed by each Govern22 ment agency to achieve such goals; and 

23 (D) the number of international visitors 

24 and the value of national travel exports. 


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1 SEC. 103. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) setting a national goal for the number of 

4 international visitors is vital for aligning Federal 

5 tourism policy to support American jobs and eco6 nomic growth; 

7 (2) setting a national goal for travel exports is 

8 vital for aligning Federal tourism policy to support 

9 American jobs, increase travel exports, and improve 

10 our Nation’s balance of trade; 

11 (3) the travel industry is an essential part of 

12 the United States’ services exports with respect to 

13 business, education, medical, and leisure travel; 

14 (4) the promotion of travel and visitation by the 

15 Corporation for Travel Promotion (doing business as 

16 ‘‘Brand USA’’) is vital to increasing visitation and 

17 articulating the visitation laws of the United States; 

18 and 

19 (5) there is an urgent need for a coordinated 

20 travel and tourism industry response and strategy to 

21 respond to the current state of such industry and fu22 ture unforeseen circumstances that may impact the 

23 travel and tourism industry. 


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1 SEC. 104. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TRAVEL AND TOUR2 ISM. 

3 Section 2(d) of the Reorganization Plan Numbered 

4 3 of 1979 (93 Stat. 1382; 5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘There shall be in the Depart6 ment two additional Assistant Secretaries’’ and in7 serting ‘‘(1) There shall be in the Department 3 ad8 ditional Assistant Secretaries, including the Assist9 ant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tour10 ism,’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(2) The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel 

13 and Tourism shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) be appointed by the President, subject to 

15 the advice and consent of the Senate; and 

16 ‘‘(B) report directly to the Under Secretary for 

17 International Trade.’’. 

18 SEC. 105. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSISTANT SEC19 RETARY OF COMMERCE FOR TRAVEL AND 

20 TOURISM. 

21 (a) VISITATION GOALS.—The Assistant Secretary of 

22 Commerce for Travel and Tourism (referred to in this sec23 tion as the ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’), appointed pursuant to 

24 section 2(d) of the Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 

25 1979, as amended by section 104, shall— 


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1 (1) establish an annual goal, consistent with the 

2 goals of the travel and tourism strategy developed 

3 pursuant to section 106(1), for— 

4 (A) the number of international visitors to 

5 the United States; and 

6 (B) the value of travel exports; 

7 (2) develop recommendations for achieving the 

8 annual goals established pursuant to paragraph (1); 

9 (3) ensure that travel and tourism policy is de10 veloped in consultation with— 

11 (A) the Tourism Policy Council; 

12 (B) the Secretary of Homeland Security; 

13 (C) the National Travel and Tourism Of14 fice; 

15 (D) Brand USA; 

16 (E) the United States Travel and Tourism 

17 Advisory Board; and 

18 (F) travel industry partners, including 

19 public and private destination marketing orga20 nizations, travel and tourism suppliers, and 

21 labor representatives from these industries. 

22 (4) establish short, medium, and long-term 

23 timelines for implementing the recommendations de24 veloped pursuant to paragraph (2); 


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1 (5) conduct Federal agency needs assessments 

2 to identify the resources, statutory or regulatory 

3 changes, and private sector engagement needed to 

4 achieve the annual visitation goals; and 

5 (6) provide assessments and recommendations 

6 to— 

7 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

8 and Transportation of the Senate; 

9 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com10 merce of the House of Representatives; and 

11 (C) the public through a publicly accessible 

12 website. 

13 (b) VISA ADJUDICATION.—The Assistant Secretary, 

14 in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Sec15 retary of Homeland Security, shall— 

16 (1) explore strategies for improving visitor visa 

17 processing with respect to— 

18 (A) the maximum time for processing 

19 visas, by visitation type; 

20 (B) regulatory and policy changes needed 

21 to meet the visa processing goals referred to in 

22 subparagraph (A), including changes regarding 

23 technology, processing centers, and training; 

24 and 


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1 (C) streamlining visa applications and ad2 judications, including application design and 

3 data collection procedures; and 

4 (2) explore opportunities to establish pilot pro5 grams to integrate technology into the visitor visa 

6 adjudication process, including video conferencing 

7 and biometrics. 

8 (c) DOMESTIC TRAVEL.—The Assistant Secretary 

9 shall— 

10 (1) evaluate, on an ongoing basis, domestic pol11 icy options for supporting competitiveness with re12 spect to the strengths, weaknesses, and growth of 

13 the domestic travel industry; 

14 (2) develop recommendations and goals to sup15 port and enhance domestic tourism, separated by 

16 business and leisure; and 

17 (3) engage public and private stakeholders to 

18 support domestic tourism. 

19 (d) WORKFORCE.—The Assistant Secretary shall— 

20 (1) consult with the Secretary of Labor to de21 velop strategies and best practices for improving the 

22 timeliness and reliability of travel and tourism work23 force data; 


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1 (2) work with the Secretary of Labor and the 

2 Bureau of Economic Analysis to improve travel and 

3 tourism industry data; and 

4 (3) provide recommendations for policy en5 hancements and streamlining. 

6 (e) TRAVEL EXPORT PROMOTION.—The Assistant 

7 Secretary, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of 

8 Commerce for Global Markets and the Director General 

9 of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, 

10 shall work to promote and facilitate travel exports abroad 

11 and ensure competitiveness by— 

12 (1) promoting meetings, incentives, conferences, 

13 and exhibitions; 

14 (2) emphasizing rural and other destinations 

15 rich in cultural heritage or ecological tourism, 

16 among other uniquely American destinations; and 

17 (3) promoting sports and recreation events and 

18 activities, which shall be hosted in the United 

19 States. 

20 (f) TRAVEL SECURITY.—The Assistant Secretary 

21 shall investigate and provide recommendations to the 

22 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

23 the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, 

24 the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

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1 merce of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

2 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and 

3 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep4 resentatives regarding initiating, utilizing, or expanding 

5 existing security programs to better meet the needs of the 

6 United States travel and tourism industry, including— 

7 (1) the Visa Waiver Program authorized under 

8 section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

9 (8 U.S.C. 1187); 

10 (2) preclearance operations; 

11 (3) the Trusted Traveler Program; 

12 (4) the biometric entry-exit control system re13 quired under section 110 of the Illegal Immigration 

14 Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 

15 (division C of Public Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1221 

16 note); and 

17 (5) the establishment of a system to provide in18 creased resilience to travel during pandemics. 

19 (g) RECOVERY STRATEGY.— 

20 (1) INITIAL RECOVERY STRATEGY.—Not later 

21 than 1 year after amounts are appropriated to ac22 complish the purposes of this section, the Assistant 

23 Secretary, in consultation with the United States 

24 Travel and Tourism Advisory Board and other rep25 resentatives of the travel industry, shall develop and 


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1 implement a COVID–19 public health emergency re2 covery strategy to assist the United States travel 

3 and tourism industry to quickly recover from the 

4 pandemic. 

5 (2) FUTURE RECOVERY STRATEGIES.—After 

6 assisting in the implementation of the strategy de7 veloped pursuant to paragraph (1), the Assistant 

8 Secretary, in consultation with the entities referred 

9 to in such paragraph, shall develop additional recov10 ery strategies for the travel and tourism industry in 

11 anticipation of other unforeseen catastrophic events 

12 that would significantly affect the travel and tourism 

13 industry, such as hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, tor14 nadoes, terrorist attacks, and pandemics. 

15 (h) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The Assistant 

17 Secretary shall produce an annual forecasting report 

18 on the travel and tourism industry, which shall in19 clude current and anticipated— 

20 (A) domestic employment needs; 

21 (B) international inbound volume and 

22 spending, taking into account the lasting effects 

23 of the COVID–19 public health emergency and 

24 the impact of the recovery strategy implemented 

25 pursuant to subsection (g)(1); 


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1 (C) domestic volume and spending, includ2 ing Federal and State public land travel and 

3 tourism data. 

4 (2) BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.—The Di5 rector of the Bureau of Economic Analysis should 

6 annually update the Travel and Tourism Satellite 

7 Accounts, including— 

8 (A) State level travel and tourism spending 

9 data; 

10 (B) travel and tourism workforce data for 

11 full-time and part-time employment; and 

12 (C) Federal and State public lands spend13 ing data. 

14 (3) NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM OF15 FICE.—The Director of the National Travel and 

16 Tourism Office— 

17 (A) in partnership with the Bureau of Eco18 nomic Analysis, shall report international ar19 rival and spending data on a regular monthly 

20 schedule, which shall be made available to the 

21 Travel and Tourism Advisory Board and to the 

22 public through a publicly available website; and 

23 (B) shall include questions in the Survey 

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1 times, visits to public lands, and State data, to 

2 the extent applicable. 

3 SEC. 106. TRAVEL AND TOURISM STRATEGY. 

4 Not less frequently than once every 10 years, the Sec5 retary of Commerce, in consultation with the United 

6 States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, the Tourism 

7 Policy Council, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

8 shall develop and submit to Congress a 10-year travel and 

9 tourism strategy, which shall include— 

10 (1) the establishment of goals with respect to 

11 the number of annual international visitors to the 

12 United States and the annual amount of travel ex13 ports during such 10-year period; 

14 (2) the resources needed to achieve the goals es15 tablished pursuant to paragraph (1); and 

16 (3) recommendations for statutory or regulatory 

17 changes that would be necessary to achieve such 

18 goals. 

19 SEC. 107. UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADVISORY 

20 BOARD. 

21 Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to encourage 

22 travel in the United States, and for other purposes’’ (15 

23 U.S.C. 1546) is amended— 

24 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

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1 ADVISORY BOARD; ADVISORY COMMITTEE’’; 

2 and 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Commerce is 

4 authorized’’ and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(a) UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADVI6 SORY BOARD.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established the 

8 United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board 

9 (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Board’), the 

10 members of which shall be appointed by the Sec11 retary of Commerce for 2-year terms from among 

12 companies and organizations in the travel and tour13 ism industry. 

14 ‘‘(2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Assistant 

15 Secretary for Travel and Tourism shall serve as the 

16 Executive Director of the Board. 

17 ‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT.—The Director 

18 of the National Travel and Tourism Office of the 

19 International Trade Administration shall serve as 

20 the Executive Secretariat for the Board. 

21 ‘‘(4) FUNCTIONS.—The Board’s Charter shall 

22 specify that the Board will— 

23 ‘‘(A) serve as the advisory body to the Sec24 retary of Commerce on matters relating to the 


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1 travel and tourism industry in the United 

2 States; 

3 ‘‘(B) advise the Secretary of Commerce on 

4 government policies and programs that affect 

5 the United States travel and tourism industry; 

6 ‘‘(C) offer counsel on current and emerg7 ing issues; 

8 ‘‘(D) provide a forum for discussing and 

9 proposing solutions to problems related to the 

10 travel and tourism industry; and 

11 ‘‘(E) provide advice regarding the domestic 

12 travel and tourism industry as an economic en13 gine. 

14 ‘‘(5) RECOVERY STRATEGY.—The Board shall 

15 assist the Assistant Secretary in the development 

16 and implementation of the COVID–19 public health 

17 emergency recovery strategy required under section 

18 105(g)(1) of the Visit America Act. 

19 ‘‘(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PROMOTION OF

20 TOURIST TRAVEL.—The Secretary of Commerce is au21 thorized’’. 


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1 TITLE II—TRAVEL SAFETY 

2 Subtitle A—Health Safety 

3 SEC. 201. STUDY AND REPORT ON EFFECTS OF COVID–19 

4 PANDEMIC ON TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUS5 TRY IN UNITED STATES. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) PANDEMIC PERIOD.—The term ‘‘pandemic 

8 period’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘emergency 

9 period’’ in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Secu10 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), excluding 

11 any portion of such period after the date that is 1 

12 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

13 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

14 the Secretary of Commerce. 

15 (3) TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY.—The 

16 term ‘‘travel and tourism industry’’ means the travel 

17 and tourism industry in the United States. 

18 (b) INTERIM STUDY AND REPORT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 months 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec21 retary, after consultation with relevant stakeholders, 

22 including the United States Travel and Tourism Ad23 visory Board, shall— 

24 (A) complete an interim study, which shall 

25 be based on data available at the time the study 


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1 is conducted and provide a framework for the 

2 study required under subsection (c), regarding 

3 the effects of the COVID–19 pandemic on the 

4 travel and tourism industry, including various 

5 segments of the travel and tourism industry, 

6 such as domestic, international, leisure, busi7 ness, conventions, meetings, and events; and 

8 (B) submit a report containing the results 

9 of such interim study to— 

10 (i) the Committee on Commerce, 

11 Science, and Transportation of the Senate; 

12 and 

13 (ii) the Committee on Energy and 

14 Commerce of the House of Representa15 tives. 

16 (2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make 

17 the report described in paragraph (1) publicly avail18 able on the website of the Department of Commerce. 

19 (c) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in con21 sultation with the United States Travel and Tourism Advi22 sory Board and the head of any other Federal agency the 

23 Secretary considers appropriate, shall complete a study on 

24 the effects of the COVID–19 pandemic on the travel and 

25 tourism industry, including various segments of the travel 


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1 and tourism industry, such as domestic, international, lei2 sure, business, conventions, meetings, and events. 

3 (d) MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In conducting 

4 the interim study required under subsection (b) and the 

5 study required under subsection (c), the Secretary shall 

6 consider— 

7 (1) changes in employment rates in the travel 

8 and tourism industry during the pandemic period; 

9 (2) changes in revenues of businesses in the 

10 travel and tourism industry during the pandemic pe11 riod; 

12 (3) changes in employment and sales in indus13 tries related to the travel and tourism industry, and 

14 changes in contributions of the travel and tourism 

15 industry to such related industries, during the pan16 demic period; 

17 (4) the effects attributable to the changes de18 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) in the travel 

19 and tourism industry and such related industries on 

20 the overall economy of the United States, includ21 ing— 

22 (A) an analysis of regional economies (on 

23 a per capita basis) during the pandemic period; 

24 and 


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1 (B) the projected effects of such changes 

2 on the regional and overall economy of the 

3 United States following the pandemic period; 

4 (5) the effects attributable to the changes de5 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) in the travel 

6 and tourism industry and such related industries on 

7 minority communities, including Native Americans, 

8 Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives; 

9 (6) reports on the economic impact of COVID– 

10 19 issued by other Federal agencies; and 

11 (7) any additional matters that the Secretary 

12 considers appropriate. 

13 (e) CONSULTATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT.—In con14 ducting the study required under subsection (c), the Sec15 retary shall— 

16 (1) consult with representatives of— 

17 (A) the small business sector; 

18 (B) the restaurant or food service sector; 

19 (C) the hotel and alternative accommoda20 tions sector; 

21 (D) the attractions or recreation sector; 

22 (E) the outdoor recreation sector 

23 (F) travel distribution services sector; 

24 (G) destination marketing organizations; 

25 (H) State tourism offices; 


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1 (I) the passenger air, railroad, and rental 

2 car sectors; and 

3 (J) labor representatives for— 

4 (i) the sectors referred to in subpara5 graph (I); and 

6 (ii) security screening personnel des7 ignated by the Administrator of the Trans8 portation Security Administration; and 

9 (2) provide an opportunity for public comment 

10 and advice relevant to conducting the study. 

11 (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 

13 after the date on which the study required under 

14 subsection (b) is completed, the Secretary, in con15 sultation with the United States Travel and Tourism 

16 Advisory Board and the head of any other Federal 

17 agency that the Secretary considers appropriate, 

18 shall submit a report to the Committee on Com19 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

20 and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

21 House of Representatives that contains— 

22 (A) the results of such study; 

23 (B) policy recommendations for promoting 

24 and assisting the travel and tourism industry, 

25 including in Native American, Native Hawaiian, 


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1 and Alaska Native communities, by fully imple2 menting the Native American Tourism and Im3 proving Visitor Experience Act (Public Law 

4 114–221); and 

5 (C) a description of the actions that should 

6 be taken by the Federal Government to accel7 erate the implementation of travel and tourism 

8 policies and programs authorized by law. 

9 (2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make 

10 the report described in paragraph (1) publicly avail11 able on the website of the Department of Commerce. 

12 SEC. 202. ENSURING HEALTH SAFETY IN THE SKIES. 

13 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

14 ‘‘Ensuring Health Safety in the Skies Act of 2021’’ 

15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advi17 sory Committee’’ means the Joint Federal Advisory 

18 Committee established under subsection (d). 

19 (2) AIR TRAVEL.—The term ‘‘air travel’’ in20 cludes international air travel. 

21 (3) JOINT TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Joint 

22 Task Force’’ means the Joint Task Force on Air 

23 Travel During and After the COVID–19 Public 

24 Health Emergency established under subsection 

25 (c)(1). 


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1 (c) JOINT TASK FORCE ON AIR TRAVEL DURING

2 AND AFTER THE COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMER3 GENCY.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

6 of Transportation, the Secretary of Homeland Secu7 rity, and the Secretary of Health and Human Serv8 ices shall establish the Joint Task Force on Air 

9 Travel During and After the COVID–19 Public 

10 Health Emergency. 

11 (2) DUTIES.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Joint Task Force 

13 shall develop recommended requirements, plans, 

14 and guidelines to address the health, safety, se15 curity, and logistical issues relating to— 

16 (i) the continuation of air travel dur17 ing the COVID–19 public health emer18 gency; and 

19 (ii) the resumption of full operations 

20 at airports and increased passenger air 

21 travel after the COVID–19 public health 

22 emergency. 

23 (B) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The rec24 ommendations developed under subparagraph 


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1 (A), with respect to the applicable periods de2 scribed in subparagraph (C), shall include— 

3 (i) modifying airport, air carrier, secu4 rity (including passenger security screen5 ing), and other operations related to pas6 senger air travel, including passenger 

7 queuing, boarding, deplaning, and baggage 

8 handling procedures, as a result of— 

9 (I) current and anticipated 

10 changes to passenger air travel during 

11 and after the COVID–19 public 

12 health emergency; and 

13 (II) anticipated changes to pas14 senger air travel resulting from any 

15 seasonal recurrence of the 

16 coronavirus; 

17 (ii) mitigating the public health and 

18 economic impacts of the COVID–19 public 

19 health emergency and any seasonal recur20 rence of the coronavirus on airports and 

21 passenger air travel (including through the 

22 use of personal protective equipment, the 

23 implementation of strategies to promote 

24 overall passenger and employee safety, and 


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1 the accommodation of social distancing as 

2 feasible and necessary); 

3 (iii) addressing privacy and civil lib4 erty issues that may arise from passenger 

5 health screenings, contact-tracing, or other 

6 processes used to monitor the health of in7 dividuals engaged in air travel; and 

8 (iv) operating procedures to manage 

9 future public health crises that can be an10 ticipated, to the extent such public health 

11 crises may impact air travel. 

12 (C) APPLICABLE PERIODS.—The applica13 ble periods described in this subparagraph 

14 are— 

15 (i) the period beginning on the date of 

16 the first meeting of the Joint Task Force 

17 and ending on the last day of the COVID– 

18 19 public health emergency; and 

19 (ii) the 1-year period beginning on the 

20 day after the end of the period described 

21 in clause (i). 

22 (3) ACTIVITIES OF THE JOINT TASK FORCE.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—In developing the rec24 ommended requirements, plans, and guidelines 

25 under paragraph (2), and before including such 


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1 recommendations in the final report required 

2 under subsection (e)(2), the Joint Task Force 

3 shall— 

4 (i) conduct cost-benefit evaluations re5 garding such recommendations, including 

6 costs impacting air operations and impacts 

7 on air travel; 

8 (ii) consider funding constraints; 

9 (iii) use risk-based decision-making; 

10 and 

11 (iv) consult with the Advisory Com12 mittee established under subsection (d)(1) 

13 and consider any consensus policy rec14 ommendations of the Advisory Committee 

15 submitted under subsection (d)(2). 

16 (B) INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATION.— 

17 The Joint Task Force shall consult, as prac18 ticable, with relevant international entities and 

19 operators, including the International Civil 

20 Aviation Organization, to harmonize (to the ex21 tent possible) recommended requirements, 

22 plans, and guidelines for air travel during and 

23 after the COVID–19 public health emergency. 

24 (4) MEMBERSHIP.— 


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1 (A) CHAIR.—The Secretary of Transpor2 tation (or the Secretary’s designee) shall serve 

3 as Chair of the Joint Task Force. 

4 (B) VICE-CHAIR.—The Secretary of Health 

5 and Human Services (or the Secretary’s des6 ignee) shall serve as Vice Chair of the Joint 

7 Task Force. 

8 (C) OTHER MEMBERS.—In addition to the 

9 Chair and Vice Chair, the members of the Joint 

10 Task Force shall include representatives of— 

11 (i) the Department of Transportation; 

12 (ii) the Department of Homeland Se13 curity; 

14 (iii) the Department of Health and 

15 Human Services; 

16 (iv) the Federal Aviation Administra17 tion; 

18 (v) the Transportation Security Ad19 ministration; 

20 (vi) U.S. Customs and Border Protec21 tion; 

22 (vii) the Centers for Disease Control 

23 and Prevention; 

24 (viii) the Occupational Safety and 

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1 (ix) the National Institute for Occupa2 tional Safety and Health; 

3 (x) the Pipeline and Hazardous Mate4 rials Safety Administration; 

5 (xi) the Department of State; and 

6 (xii) the Environmental Protection 

7 Agency. 

8 (d) JOINT FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

9 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 15 days 

10 after the date on which the Joint Task Force is es11 tablished pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the Sec12 retary of Transportation, in consultation with the 

13 Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary 

14 of Health and Human Services, shall establish a 

15 Joint Federal Advisory Committee to advise the 

16 Joint Task Force. 

17 (2) DUTIES OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

18 The Advisory Committee shall develop and submit 

19 consensus policy recommendations to the Joint Task 

20 Force for the Joint Task Force to consider when de21 veloping recommendations under subsection (c)(2). 

22 (3) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Advi23 sory Committee shall include representatives of— 


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1 (A) airport operators designated by the 

2 Secretary of Transportation in consultation 

3 with the Secretary of Homeland Security; 

4 (B) air carriers designated by the Sec5 retary of Transportation; 

6 (C) aircraft and aviation manufacturers 

7 designated by the Secretary of Transportation; 

8 (D) labor organizations representing— 

9 (i) aviation industry workers (includ10 ing pilots, flight attendants, engineers, 

11 maintenance, mechanics, air traffic con12 trollers, safety inspectors, and workers per13 forming airport services such as security, 

14 terminal and cabin cleaning, passenger as15 sistance, and aircraft loading) designated 

16 by the Secretary of Transportation; and 

17 (ii) security screening personnel des18 ignated by the Secretary of Homeland Se19 curity; 

20 (E) public health experts designated by the 

21 Secretary of Health and Human Services; 

22 (F) organizations designated by the Sec23 retary of Transportation that represent airline 

24 passengers; 


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1 (G) privacy and civil liberty organizations 

2 designated by the Secretary of Homeland Secu3 rity; 

4 (H) manufacturers and integrators of pas5 senger screening and identity verification tech6 nologies designated by the Secretary of Home7 land Security; 

8 (I) trade associations representing air car9 riers (including major passenger air carriers, 

10 low-cost passenger air carriers, regional pas11 senger air carriers, cargo air carriers, and for12 eign passenger air carriers) designated by the 

13 Secretary of Transportation, in consultation 

14 with the Secretary of Homeland Security; 

15 (J) trade associations representing airport 

16 operators (including large hub, medium hub, 

17 small hub, nonhub primary, and nonprimary 

18 commercial service airports) designated by the 

19 Secretary of Transportation, in consultation 

20 with the Secretary of Homeland Security; and 

21 (K) aviation contractors designated by the 

22 Secretary of Transportation. 

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1 ner as the original appointment and in accordance 

2 with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

3 App). 

4 (5) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION.—The 

5 members of the Advisory Committee shall not re6 ceive any compensation from the Federal Govern7 ment by reason of their service on the Advisory 

8 Committee. 

9 (6) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 14 days 

10 after the date on which the Advisory Committee sub11 mits policy recommendations to the Joint Task 

12 Force pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary of 

13 Transportation shall publish such policy rec14 ommendations on a publicly accessible website. 

15 (e) BRIEFINGS AND REPORTS.— 

16 (1) PRELIMINARY BRIEFINGS.—As soon as 

17 practicable, but not later than 6 months after the 

18 date on which the Joint Task Force is established 

19 pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the Joint Task Force 

20 shall begin providing preliminary briefings to Con21 gress regarding the status of the development of the 

22 recommended requirements, plan, and guidelines 

23 under subsection (c)(2). The preliminary briefings 

24 shall include interim versions, if any, of the rec25 ommendations of the Joint Task Force. 


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1 (2) FINAL REPORT.— 

2 (A) DEADLINE.—As soon as practicable, 

3 but not later than 18 months after the date of 

4 enactment of this Act, the Joint Task Force 

5 shall submit a final report to Congress. 

6 (B) CONTENT.—The final report shall in7 clude— 

8 (i)(I) all of the recommended require9 ments, plans, and guidelines developed by 

10 the Joint Task Force pursuant to sub11 section (c)(2); and 

12 (II) a description of any action taken 

13 by the Federal Government as a result of 

14 the recommendations referred to in sub15 clause (I); and 

16 (ii)(I) consensus policy recommenda17 tions submitted by the Advisory Committee 

18 pursuant to subsection (d)(2); and 

19 (II) an explanation (including data 

20 and risk analysis) of any action by the 

21 Joint Task Force in response to the rec22 ommendations referred to in subclause (I). 

23 (f) TERMINATION.—The Joint Task Force and the 

24 Advisory Committee shall terminate on the date that is 


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1 30 days after the date on which the Joint Task Force sub2 mits the final report required under subsection (e)(2). 

3 SEC. 203. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE USE OF CANINE 

4 UNITS TO DETECT COVID–19 AT AIRPORTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans6 portation Security Administration, in consultation with 

7 the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Home8 land Security, the Director of the Centers for Disease 

9 Control and Prevention, and the Secretary of Defense, 

10 shall conduct a study to assess— 

11 (1) the feasibility of using canines to detect the 

12 presence of SARS–CoV–2, the virus that causes the 

13 coronavirus disease 2019 (commonly known as 

14 ‘‘COVID–19’’), in individuals infected with the 

15 virus; 

16 (2) if using canines to detect the presence of 

17 SARS–CoV–2 is feasible, whether canine units could 

18 be used at airports to screen passengers, individuals 

19 accompanying passengers, crew members, and other 

20 individuals who pass through airports and airport 

21 security screening locations for SARS–CoV–2 infec22 tion; and 

23 (3) if using canine units to conduct screening 

24 described in paragraph (2) is feasible, how such 

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1 would be used to monitor the efficacy of the screen2 ing. 

3 (b) ASSESSMENT OF EFFICACY.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the study re5 quired under subsection (a), the Administrator shall 

6 conduct a comprehensive review and analysis of 

7 SARS–CoV–2 detection solutions to determine the 

8 efficacy of canines to detect SARS–CoV–2 in indi9 viduals. 

10 (2) USE OF REVIEW.—The Administrator shall 

11 use the results of the review and analysis required 

12 under paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) to determine the biological detection 

14 capabilities of canines; and 

15 (B) to inform the operational factors and 

16 considerations necessary for the deployment of 

17 canine units at airports to detect SARS–CoV– 

18 2. 

19 (c) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—In conducting the as20 sessments required under subsections (a) and (b), the Ad21 ministrator shall— 

22 (1) assess the probability of canines responding 

23 to the presence of SARS–CoV–2; 


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1 (2) determine the specificity of response by ca2 nines to SARS–CoV–2 compared to their response to 

3 a pool of similar viruses and controls; 

4 (3) assess how close canine units must be to in5 dividuals to detect SARS–CoV–2 at a high sensi6 tivity and specificity; 

7 (4) assess the effectiveness of canine units in 

8 detecting SARS–CoV–2 in symptomatic carriers 

9 compared to asymptomatic carriers; 

10 (5) assess other valid measures to determine 

11 the efficacy of using canine units to screen for 

12 SARS–CoV–2 at airports, such as the accuracy of 

13 detection and the risks of false positives and false 

14 negatives; 

15 (6) identify training and policy gaps that must 

16 be addressed before implementing a program to use 

17 canine units at airports to screen passengers, indi18 viduals accompanying passengers, crew members, 

19 and other individuals who pass through airports and 

20 airport security screening locations, for infection 

21 with SARS–CoV–2; and 

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1 ports to screen passengers, individuals accom2 panying passengers, crew members, and other 

3 individuals who pass through airports and air4 port security screening locations for infection 

5 with SARS–CoV–2; and 

6 (B) the effect that such screenings would 

7 have on the Transportation Security Adminis8 tration’s existing pool of canine units. 

9 (d) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the study re10 quired under subsection (a), the Administrator shall con11 sider— 

12 (1) opportunities to leverage established, pre13 existing scientific information regarding detection of 

14 SARS–CoV–2 by canines; 

15 (2) established programs in foreign countries 

16 related to detection of SARS–CoV–2 by canine 

17 units; 

18 (3) detection approaches and solutions related 

19 to the optimization of detection of SARS–CoV–2 by 

20 canines; and 

21 (4) private industry approaches aimed to facili22 tate detection of SARS–CoV–2 using canine units. 

23 (e) THIRD-PARTY VALIDATION AND

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1 quired under subsection (a) undergo validation and 

2 verification analysis by a third party with appropriate ex3 pertise to ensure accuracy of data obtained from the 

4 study. 

5 (f) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 

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

7 shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, 

8 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee 

9 on Armed Services of the Senate, the Committee on 

10 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the 

11 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep12 resentatives, the Committee on Armed Services of the 

13 House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy 

14 and Commerce of the House of Representatives that— 

15 (1) describes the results of the study required 

16 under subsection (a), including the assessments re17 quired under subsections (b) and (c); and 

18 (2) makes a recommendation with respect to 

19 whether canine units at airports could be trained ef20 fectively and efficiently to screen passengers, individ21 uals accompanying passengers, crew members, and 

22 other individuals who pass through airports and air23 port security screening locations, for infection with 

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1 Subtitle B—One-stop Security 

2 SEC. 211. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘One-Stop Pilot 

4 Program Act of 2021’’. 

5 SEC. 212. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this subtitle: 

7 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis8 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor9 tation Security Administration. 

10 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT11 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com12 mittees’’ means— 

13 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

14 and Transportation of the Senate; 

15 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

16 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

17 (C) the Committee on Homeland Security 

18 of the House of Representatives. 

19 (3) TSA.—The term ‘‘TSA’’ means the Trans20 portation Security Administration of the Depart21 ment of Homeland Security. 

22 SEC. 213. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ONE-STOP SECURITY. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 44901(a) of title 

24 49, United States Code, the Administrator, in coordina25 tion with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 


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1 Protection, may establish a pilot program at not more 

2 than 6 foreign last point of departure airports to permit 

3 passengers and their accessible property arriving on direct 

4 flights or flight segments originating at such participating 

5 foreign airports to continue on additional flights or flight 

6 segments originating in the United States without addi7 tional security re-screening if— 

8 (1) the initial screening was conducted in ac9 cordance with an aviation security screening agree10 ment described in subsection (d); 

11 (2) passengers arriving from participating for12 eign airports are unable to access their checked bag13 gage until the arrival at their final destination; and 

14 (3) upon arrival in the United States, pas15 sengers arriving from participating foreign airports 

16 do not come into contact with other arriving inter17 national passengers, those passengers’ property, or 

18 other persons who have not been screened or sub19 jected to other appropriate security controls required 

20 for entry into the airport’s sterile area. 

21 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR PILOT PROGRAM.—In car22 rying out this section, the Administrator shall ensure that 

23 there is no reduction in the level of security or specific 

24 TSA aviation security standards or requirements for 

25 screening passengers and their property prior to boarding 


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1 an international flight bound for the United States, in2 cluding specific aviation security standards and require3 ments regarding— 

4 (1) high risk passengers and their property; 

5 (2) weapons, explosives, and incendiaries; 

6 (3) screening passengers and property transfer7 ring at a foreign last point of departure airport from 

8 another airport and bound for the United States, 

9 and addressing any co-mingling of such passengers 

10 and property with passengers and property screened 

11 under the pilot program described in subsection (a); 

12 and 

13 (4) insider risk at foreign last point of depar14 ture airports. 

15 (c) RE-SCREENING OF CHECKED BAGGAGE.—Sub16 ject to subsection (e), the Administrator may determine 

17 whether checked baggage arriving from participating for18 eign airports referenced in subsection (a) that screen 

19 using an explosives detection system must be rescreened 

20 in the United States by an explosives detection system be21 fore such baggage continues on any additional flight or 

22 flight segment. 

23 (d) AVIATION SECURITY SCREENING AGREEMENT.— 

24 An aviation security screening agreement described in this 


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1 subsection is a treaty, executive agreement, or other inter2 national arrangement that— 

3 (1) is signed by the Administrator, without del4 egating such authority; and 

5 (2) is entered into with a foreign country that 

6 delineates and implements security standards and 

7 protocols utilized at a foreign last point of departure 

8 airport that are determined by the Administrator— 

9 (A) to be comparable to those of the 

10 United States; and 

11 (B) sufficiently effective to enable pas12 sengers and their accessible property to deplane 

13 into sterile areas of airports in the United 

14 States without the need for re-screening. 

15 (e) RE-SCREENING REQUIREMENT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator deter17 mines that a foreign country participating in the 

18 aviation security screening agreement has not main19 tained and implemented security standards and pro20 tocols comparable to those of the United States at 

21 foreign last point of departure airports at which a 

22 pilot program has been established in accordance 

23 with this section, the Administrator shall ensure that 

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1 ing by using explosives detection systems in accord2 ance with section 44901(d)(1) of title 49, United 

3 States Code, and implementing regulations, before 

4 such passengers and their property are permitted 

5 into sterile areas of airports in the United States. 

6 (2) CONSULTATION.—If the Administrator has 

7 reasonable grounds to believe that the other party to 

8 an aviation security screening agreement has not 

9 complied with such agreement, the Administrator 

10 shall request immediate consultation with such 

11 party. 

12 (3) SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF AGREE13 MENT.—If a satisfactory agreement between TSA 

14 and a foreign country is not reached within 45 days 

15 after a consultation request under paragraph (2) or 

16 in the case of the foreign country’s continued or 

17 egregious failure to maintain the security standards 

18 and protocols described in paragraph (1), the Ad19 ministrator shall— 

20 (A) suspend or terminate the aviation se21 curity screening agreement with such country, 

22 as determined appropriate by the Adminis23 trator; and 

24 (B) notify the appropriate congressional 

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1 termination, as the case may be, not later than 

2 7 days after such consultation, suspension, or 

3 termination. 

4 (f) BRIEFINGS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 45 

5 days before an aviation security screening agreement de6 scribed in subsection (d) enters into force, the Adminis7 trator shall submit to the appropriate congressional com8 mittees— 

9 (1) an aviation security threat assessment for 

10 the country in which such foreign last point of de11 parture airport is located; 

12 (2) information regarding any corresponding 

13 mitigation efforts to address any security issues 

14 identified in such threat assessment, including any 

15 plans for joint covert testing; 

16 (3) information on potential security 

17 vulnerabilities associated with commencing such 

18 agreements and mitigation plans to address such po19 tential security vulnerabilities; 

20 (4) an assessment of the impacts that such 

21 agreement will have on aviation security; 

22 (5) an assessment by TSA of the screening per23 formed at foreign last point of departure airports, 

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1 (6) information regarding identifying the entity 

2 or entities responsible for screening passengers and 

3 property at the foreign last point of departure air4 port; 

5 (7) the name of the entity or local authority 

6 and any contractor or subcontractor party to the 

7 agreement; 

8 (8) information regarding the screening require9 ments under subsection (e); 

10 (9) details regarding information sharing mech11 anisms between the Department of Homeland Secu12 rity and the foreign last point of departure airport, 

13 screening authority, or entity responsible for screen14 ing, as required by law, regulation, or an aviation 

15 screening agreement described in subsection (d); and 

16 (10) a copy of the aviation security screening 

17 agreement, which shall identify the foreign last point 

18 of departure airport or airports at which a pilot pro19 gram under this section is to be established. 

20 (g) CERTIFICATIONS RELATING TO THE PILOT PRO21 GRAM FOR ONE-STOP SECURITY.—For each aviation secu22 rity screening agreement described in subsection (d), the 

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1 (1)(A) a certification that such agreement satis2 fies all of the requirements specified in subsection 

3 (b); or 

4 (B) in the event that 1 or more of such require5 ments are not so satisfied, a description of the 

6 unsatisfied requirement and information on what ac7 tions the Administrator will take to ensure that such 

8 remaining requirements are satisfied before such 

9 agreement enters into force; 

10 (2) a certification that TSA and U.S. Customs 

11 and Border Protection have ensured that any nec12 essary physical modifications or appropriate mitiga13 tions exist in the domestic one-stop security pilot 

14 program airport prior to receiving international pas15 sengers from a last point of departure airport under 

16 the aviation security screening agreement; 

17 (3) a certification that a foreign last point of 

18 departure airport covered by an aviation security 

19 screening agreement has an operation to screen all 

20 checked bags as required by law, regulation, or 

21 international agreement, including the full utilization 

22 of Explosives Detection Systems to the extent prac23 ticable; 

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1 tion nonprofit labor organizations, airport operators, 

2 relevant interagency partners, and other stake3 holders that the Administrator determines appro4 priate. 

5 (h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 5 years 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

7 of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Adminis8 trator, shall submit a report to the appropriate congres9 sional committees regarding the implementation of the 

10 pilot program authorized under this section, including in11 formation relating to— 

12 (1) the impact of such program on homeland 

13 security and international aviation security, includ14 ing any benefits and challenges of such program; 

15 (2) the impact of such program on passengers, 

16 airports, and air carriers, including any benefits and 

17 challenges of such program; and 

18 (3) the impact and feasibility of continuing 

19 such program or expanding it into a more perma20 nent program, including any benefits and challenges 

21 of such continuation or expansion. 

22 (i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec23 tion may be construed as limiting the authority of U.S. 

24 Customs and Border Protection to inspect persons and 


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1 baggage arriving in the United States in accordance with 

2 applicable law. 

3 (j) SUNSET.—The pilot program authorized under 

4 this section shall terminate on the date that is 6 years 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

6 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Om8 nibus Travel and Tourism Act of 2021’’. 

9 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

10 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Defined term. 

TITLE I—TRAVEL PROMOTION 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Purposes. 

Sec. 103. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 104. Assistant Secretary for Travel and Tourism. 

Sec. 105. Responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and 

Tourism. 

Sec. 106. Travel and tourism strategy. 

Sec. 107. United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. 

Sec. 108. Data on domestic travel and tourism. 

TITLE II—TRAVEL SAFETY 

Subtitle A—Health Safety 

Sec. 201. Study and report on effects of COVID–19 pandemic on travel and tourism industry in United States. 

Sec. 202. Ensuring Health Safety in the Skies. 

Sec. 203. Feasibility study on the use of canine units to detect COVID–19 at airports. 

Subtitle B—One-Stop Security 

Sec. 211. Short title. 

Sec. 212. Definitions. 

Sec. 213. Pilot Program for One-Stop Security. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINED TERM. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emer3 gency’’— 

4 (1) means the public health emergency first de5 clared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of 

6 Health and Human Services under section 319 of the 

7 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with re8 spect to COVID–19; and 

9 (2) includes any renewal of such declaration 

10 pursuant to such section 319. 

11 TITLE I—TRAVEL PROMOTION 

12 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

13 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Visit America Act’’. 

14 SEC. 102. PURPOSES. 

15 The purposes of this title are— 

16 (1) to support the travel and tourism industry, 

17 which produces economic impacts that are vital to 

18 our national economy; and 

19 (2) to establish national goals for international 

20 visitors to the United States, including— 

21 (A) recommendations for achieving such 

22 goals and timelines for implementing such rec23 ommendations; 

24 (B) coordination between Federal and State 

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1 (C) the resources needed by each Govern2 ment agency to achieve such goals; and 

3 (D) the number of international visitors 

4 and the value of national travel exports. 

5 SEC. 103. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that— 

7 (1) setting a national goal for the number of 

8 international visitors to the United States is vital for 

9 aligning Federal tourism policy to support American 

10 jobs and economic growth; 

11 (2) setting a national goal for travel exports is 

12 vital for aligning Federal tourism policy to support 

13 American jobs, increase travel exports, and improve 

14 our Nation’s balance of trade; 

15 (3) the travel industry is an essential part of the 

16 United States’ services exports with respect to busi17 ness, education, medical, and leisure travel; 

18 (4) the promotion of travel and visitation by the 

19 Corporation for Travel Promotion (doing business as 

20 ‘‘Brand USA’’) is vital to increasing visitation and 

21 articulating the visitation laws of the United States; 

22 and 

23 (5) there is an urgent need for a coordinated 

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1 ture unforeseen circumstances that may impact the 

2 travel and tourism industry. 

3 SEC. 104. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TRAVEL AND TOUR4 ISM. 

5 Section 2(d) of the Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 

6 of 1979 (93 Stat. 1382; 5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘There shall be in the Depart8 ment two additional Assistant Secretaries’’ and in9 serting ‘‘(1) There shall be in the Department 3 addi10 tional Assistant Secretaries, including the Assistant 

11 Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism,’’; 

12 and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(2) The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel 

15 and Tourism shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) be appointed by the President, subject to the 

17 advice and consent of the Senate; and 

18 ‘‘(B) report directly to the Under Secretary for 

19 International Trade.’’. 

20 SEC. 105. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSISTANT SEC21 RETARY OF COMMERCE FOR TRAVEL AND 

22 TOURISM. 

23 (a) VISITATION GOALS.—The Assistant Secretary of 

24 Commerce for Travel and Tourism (referred to in this sec25 tion as the ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’), appointed pursuant to 


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1 section 2(d) of the Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 

2 1979, as amended by section 104, shall— 

3 (1) establish an annual goal, consistent with the 

4 goals of the travel and tourism strategy developed 

5 pursuant to section 106(1), for— 

6 (A) the number of international visitors to 

7 the United States; and 

8 (B) the value of travel exports; 

9 (2) develop recommendations for achieving the 

10 annual goals established pursuant to paragraph (1); 

11 (3) ensure that travel and tourism policy is de12 veloped in consultation with— 

13 (A) the Tourism Policy Council; 

14 (B) the Secretary of Homeland Security; 

15 (C) the National Travel and Tourism Of16 fice; 

17 (D) Brand USA; 

18 (E) the United States Travel and Tourism 

19 Advisory Board; and 

20 (F) travel industry partners, including pub21 lic and private destination marketing organiza22 tions, travel and tourism suppliers, and labor 

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1 (4) establish short, medium, and long-term 

2 timelines for implementing the recommendations de3 veloped pursuant to paragraph (2); 

4 (5) conduct Federal agency needs assessments, in 

5 consultation with the Office of Management and 

6 Budget, to identify the resources, statutory or regu7 latory changes, and private sector engagement needed 

8 to achieve the annual visitation goals; and 

9 (6) provide assessments and recommendations 

10 to— 

11 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

12 and Transportation of the Senate; 

13 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com14 merce of the House of Representatives; and 

15 (C) the public through a publicly accessible 

16 website. 

17 (b) VISA ADJUDICATION.—The Assistant Secretary, in 

18 consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary 

19 of Homeland Security, shall— 

20 (1) explore strategies for improving visitor visa 

21 processing with respect to— 

22 (A) the maximum time for processing visas, 

23 by visitation type; 

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1 paragraph (A), including changes regarding 

2 technology, processing centers, and training; and 

3 (C) streamlining visa applications and ad4 judications, including application design and 

5 data collection procedures; and 

6 (2) explore opportunities to establish pilot pro7 grams to integrate technology into the visitor visa ad8 judication process, including video conferencing and 

9 biometrics. 

10 (c) DOMESTIC TRAVEL AND TOURISM.—The Assistant 

11 Secretary, to the extent feasible, shall— 

12 (1) evaluate, on an ongoing basis, domestic pol13 icy options for supporting competitiveness with re14 spect to the strengths, weaknesses, and growth of the 

15 domestic travel industry; 

16 (2) develop recommendations and goals to sup17 port and enhance domestic tourism, separated by 

18 business and leisure; and 

19 (3) engage public and private stakeholders to 

20 support domestic tourism. 

21 (d) WORKFORCE.—The Assistant Secretary shall— 

22 (1) consult with the Secretary of Labor to de23 velop strategies and best practices for improving the 

24 timeliness and reliability of travel and tourism work25 force data; 


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1 (2) work with the Secretary of Labor and the 

2 Bureau of Economic Analysis to improve travel and 

3 tourism industry data; and 

4 (3) provide recommendations for policy enhance5 ments and efficiencies. 

6 (e) TRAVEL EXPORT PROMOTION.—The Assistant Sec7 retary, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of 

8 Commerce for Global Markets and the Director General of 

9 the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, shall 

10 work to promote and facilitate travel exports abroad and 

11 ensure competitiveness by engaging in, at a minimum— 

12 (1) promoting meetings, incentives, conferences, 

13 and exhibitions; 

14 (2) emphasizing rural and other destinations 

15 rich in cultural heritage or ecological tourism, among 

16 other uniquely American destinations; and 

17 (3) promoting sports and recreation events and 

18 activities, which shall be hosted in the United States. 

19 (f) TRAVEL SECURITY.—The Assistant Secretary shall 

20 investigate and provide recommendations to the Committee 

21 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 

22 the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Com23 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 

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1 curity of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

2 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives regarding 

3 initiating, utilizing, or expanding existing security pro4 grams to better meet the needs of the United States travel 

5 and tourism industry, including— 

6 (1) the Visa Waiver Program authorized under 

7 section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

8 (8 U.S.C. 1187); 

9 (2) preclearance operations; 

10 (3) the Trusted Traveler Program; 

11 (4) the biometric entry-exit control system re12 quired under section 110 of the Illegal Immigration 

13 Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 

14 (division C of Public Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1221 

15 note); and 

16 (5) the establishment of a system to provide in17 creased resilience to travel during pandemics. 

18 (g) RECOVERY STRATEGY.— 

19 (1) INITIAL RECOVERY STRATEGY.—Not later 

20 than 1 year after amounts are appropriated to ac21 complish the purposes of this section, the Assistant 

22 Secretary, in consultation with public and private 

23 stakeholders identified in subsection (a)(3) and public 

24 health officials, shall develop and implement a 

25 COVID–19 public health emergency recovery strategy 


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1 to assist the United States travel and tourism indus2 try to quickly recover from the pandemic. 

3 (2) FUTURE RECOVERY STRATEGIES.—After as4 sisting in the implementation of the strategy devel5 oped pursuant to paragraph (1), the Assistant Sec6 retary, in consultation with appropriate public and 

7 private stakeholders, shall develop additional recovery 

8 strategies for the travel and tourism industry in an9 ticipation of other unforeseen catastrophic events that 

10 would significantly affect the travel and tourism in11 dustry, such as hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, torna12 does, terrorist attacks, and pandemics. 

13 (3) COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.—In developing the 

14 COVID–19 public health emergency recovery strategy 

15 under paragraph (1) and additional recovery strate16 gies for the travel and tourism industry under para17 graph (2), the Assistant Secretary shall conduct cost18 benefit analyses that take into account the health and 

19 economic effects of public health mitigation measures 

20 on the travel and tourism industry. 

21 (h) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The Assistant Sec23 retary shall produce an annual forecasting report on 

24 the travel and tourism industry, to the extent feasible, 

25 which shall include current and anticipated— 


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1 (A) domestic employment needs; 

2 (B) international inbound volume and 

3 spending, taking into account the lasting effects 

4 of the COVID–19 public health emergency and 

5 the impact of the recovery strategy implemented 

6 pursuant to subsection (g)(1); 

7 (C) domestic volume and spending, includ8 ing Federal and State public land travel and 

9 tourism data. 

10 (2) BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.—The Di11 rector of the Bureau of Economic Analysis should an12 nually update, to the extent feasible, the Travel and 

13 Tourism Satellite Accounts, including— 

14 (A) State level travel and tourism spending 

15 data; 

16 (B) travel and tourism workforce data for 

17 full-time and part-time employment; and 

18 (C) Federal and State public lands spend19 ing data. 

20 (3) NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM OFFICE.— 

21 The Director of the National Travel and Tourism Of22 fice— 

23 (A) in partnership with the Bureau of Eco24 nomic Analysis, shall report international ar25 rival and spending data on a regular monthly 


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1 schedule, which shall be made available to the 

2 Travel and Tourism Advisory Board and to the 

3 public through a publicly available website; and 

4 (B) shall include questions in the Survey of 

5 International Air Travelers regarding wait6 times, visits to public lands, and State data, to 

7 the extent applicable. 

8 SEC. 106. TRAVEL AND TOURISM STRATEGY. 

9 Not less frequently than once every 10 years, the Sec10 retary of Commerce, in consultation with the United States 

11 Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, the Tourism Policy 

12 Council, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall de13 velop and submit to Congress a 10-year travel and tourism 

14 strategy, which shall include— 

15 (1) the establishment of goals with respect to the 

16 number of annual international visitors to the United 

17 States and the annual value of travel exports during 

18 such 10-year period; 

19 (2) the resources needed to achieve the goals es20 tablished pursuant to paragraph (1); and 

21 (3) recommendations for statutory or regulatory 

22 changes that would be necessary to achieve such goals. 


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1 SEC. 107. UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADVISORY 

2 BOARD. 

3 Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to encourage trav4 el in the United States, and for other purposes’’ (15 U.S.C. 

5 1546) is amended— 

6 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

7 follows: ‘‘UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM

8 ADVISORY BOARD; ADVISORY COMMITTEE’’; and 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Commerce is 

10 authorized’’ and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(a) UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADVI12 SORY BOARD.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established the 

14 United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board 

15 (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Board’), the 

16 members of which shall be appointed by the Secretary 

17 of Commerce for 2-year terms from among companies 

18 and organizations in the travel and tourism industry. 

19 ‘‘(2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Assistant Sec20 retary for Travel and Tourism shall serve as the Ex21 ecutive Director of the Board. 

22 ‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT.—The Director of 

23 the National Travel and Tourism Office of the Inter24 national Trade Administration shall serve as the Ex25 ecutive Secretariat for the Board. 


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1 ‘‘(4) FUNCTIONS.—The Board’s Charter shall 

2 specify that the Board will— 

3 ‘‘(A) serve as the advisory body to the Sec4 retary of Commerce on matters relating to the 

5 travel and tourism industry in the United 

6 States; 

7 ‘‘(B) advise the Secretary of Commerce on 

8 government policies and programs that affect the 

9 United States travel and tourism industry; 

10 ‘‘(C) offer counsel on current and emerging 

11 issues; 

12 ‘‘(D) provide a forum for discussing and 

13 proposing solutions to problems related to the 

14 travel and tourism industry; and 

15 ‘‘(E) provide advice regarding the domestic 

16 travel and tourism industry as an economic en17 gine. 

18 ‘‘(5) RECOVERY STRATEGY.—The Board shall as19 sist the Assistant Secretary in the development and 

20 implementation of the COVID–19 public health emer21 gency recovery strategy required under section 

22 105(g)(1) of the Visit America Act. 

23 ‘‘(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PROMOTION OF

24 TOURIST TRAVEL.—The Secretary of Commerce is author25 ized’’. 


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1 SEC. 108. DATA ON DOMESTIC TRAVEL AND TOURISM. 

2 The Secretary of Commerce shall, subject to the avail3 ability of appropriations, collect and make public aggregate 

4 data on domestic travel and tourism trends by individuals 

5 traveling between points within the United States. 

6 TITLE II—TRAVEL SAFETY 

7 Subtitle A—Health Safety 

8 SEC. 201. STUDY AND REPORT ON EFFECTS OF COVID–19 

9 PANDEMIC ON TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUS10 TRY IN UNITED STATES. 

11 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) PANDEMIC PERIOD.—The term ‘‘pandemic 

13 period’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘emergency 

14 period’’ in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Secu15 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), excluding any 

16 portion of such period after the date that is 1 year 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

19 the Secretary of Commerce. 

20 (3) TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY.—The term 

21 ‘‘travel and tourism industry’’ means the travel and 

22 tourism industry in the United States. 

23 (b) INTERIM STUDY AND REPORT.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 months after 

25 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, 

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1 ing the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory 

2 Board, shall— 

3 (A) complete an interim study, which shall 

4 be based on data available at the time the study 

5 is conducted and provide a framework for the 

6 study required under subsection (c), regarding 

7 the effects of the COVID–19 pandemic on the 

8 travel and tourism industry, including various 

9 segments of the travel and tourism industry, 

10 such as domestic, international, leisure, business, 

11 conventions, meetings, and events; and 

12 (B) submit a report containing the results 

13 of such interim study to— 

14 (i) the Committee on Commerce, 

15 Science, and Transportation of the Senate; 

16 and 

17 (ii) the Committee on Energy and 

18 Commerce of the House of Representatives. 

19 (2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make the 

20 report described in paragraph (1) publicly available 

21 on the website of the Department of Commerce. 

22 (c) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 

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1 siders appropriate, shall complete a study on the effects of 

2 the COVID–19 pandemic on the travel and tourism indus3 try, including various segments of the travel and tourism 

4 industry, such as domestic, international, leisure, business, 

5 conventions, meetings, and events. 

6 (d) MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In conducting 

7 the interim study required under subsection (b) and the 

8 study required under subsection (c), the Secretary shall con9 sider— 

10 (1) changes in employment rates in the travel 

11 and tourism industry during the pandemic period; 

12 (2) changes in revenues of businesses in the trav13 el and tourism industry during the pandemic period; 

14 (3) changes in employment and sales in indus15 tries related to the travel and tourism industry, and 

16 changes in contributions of the travel and tourism in17 dustry to such related industries, during the pan18 demic period; 

19 (4) the effects attributable to the changes de20 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) in the travel 

21 and tourism industry and such related industries on 

22 the overall economy of the United States, including— 

23 (A) an analysis of regional economies (on a 

24 per capita basis) during the pandemic period; 

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1 (B) the projected effects of such changes on 

2 the regional and overall economy of the United 

3 States following the pandemic period; 

4 (5) the effects attributable to the changes de5 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3) in the travel 

6 and tourism industry and such related industries on 

7 minority communities, including Native Americans, 

8 Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives; 

9 (6) reports on the economic impact of COVID– 

10 19 issued by other Federal agencies; 

11 (7) the costs and health benefits associated with 

12 COVID–19 requirements for air travel for entry into 

13 or exit from the United States and any consequent 

14 disincentives for tourism; 

15 (8) any Federal barriers that are 

16 disincentivizing international tourism in the United 

17 States, including the source and policy rationale for 

18 these barriers; and 

19 (9) any additional matters that the Secretary 

20 considers appropriate. 

21 (e) CONSULTATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT.—In con22 ducting the study required under subsection (c), the Sec23 retary shall— 

24 (1) consult with representatives of— 

25 (A) the small business sector; 


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1 (B) the restaurant or food service sector; 

2 (C) the hotel and alternative accommoda3 tions sector; 

4 (D) the attractions or recreation sector; 

5 (E) the outdoor recreation sector 

6 (F) travel distribution services sector; 

7 (G) destination marketing organizations; 

8 (H) State tourism offices; 

9 (I) the passenger air, railroad, and rental 

10 car sectors; and 

11 (J) labor representatives for— 

12 (i) the sectors referred to in subpara13 graph (I); and 

14 (ii) security screening personnel des15 ignated by the Administrator of the Trans16 portation Security Administration; and 

17 (2) provide an opportunity for public comment 

18 and advice relevant to conducting the study. 

19 (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after 

21 the date on which the study required under subsection 

22 (b) is completed, the Secretary, in consultation with 

23 the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory 

24 Board and the head of any other Federal agency that 

25 the Secretary considers appropriate, shall submit a 


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1 report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

2 Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 

3 Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa4 tives that contains— 

5 (A) the results of such study; 

6 (B) policy recommendations for promoting 

7 and assisting the travel and tourism industry, 

8 including in Native American, Native Hawai9 ian, and Alaska Native communities, by fully 

10 implementing the Native American Tourism and 

11 Improving Visitor Experience Act (Public Law 

12 114–221); and 

13 (C) a description of the actions that should 

14 be taken by the Federal Government to accelerate 

15 the implementation of travel and tourism poli16 cies and programs authorized by law. 

17 (2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make the 

18 report described in paragraph (1) publicly available 

19 on the website of the Department of Commerce. 

20 SEC. 202. ENSURING HEALTH SAFETY IN THE SKIES. 

21 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

22 ‘‘Ensuring Health Safety in the Skies Act of 2021’’ 

23 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advisory 

2 Committee’’ means the Joint Federal Advisory Com3 mittee established under subsection (d). 

4 (2) AIR TRAVEL.—The term ‘‘air travel’’ includes 

5 international air travel. 

6 (3) JOINT TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Joint Task 

7 Force’’ means the Joint Task Force on Air Travel 

8 During and After the COVID–19 Public Health 

9 Emergency established under subsection (c)(1). 

10 (c) JOINT TASK FORCE ON AIR TRAVEL DURING AND

11 AFTER THE COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

14 Transportation, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

15 and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

16 shall establish the Joint Task Force on Air Travel 

17 During and After the COVID–19 Public Health 

18 Emergency. 

19 (2) DUTIES.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Joint Task Force 

21 shall develop recommended requirements, plans, 

22 and guidelines to address the health, safety, secu23 rity, and logistical issues relating to— 


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1 (i) the continuation of air travel dur2 ing the COVID–19 public health emergency; 

3 and 

4 (ii) the resumption of full operations 

5 at airports and increased passenger air 

6 travel after the COVID–19 public health 

7 emergency. 

8 (B) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The rec9 ommendations developed under subparagraph 

10 (A), with respect to the applicable periods de11 scribed in subparagraph (C), shall include— 

12 (i) modifying airport, air carrier, se13 curity (including passenger security screen14 ing), and other operations related to pas15 senger air travel, including passenger queu16 ing, boarding, deplaning, and baggage han17 dling procedures, as a result of— 

18 (I) current and anticipated 

19 changes to passenger air travel during 

20 and after the COVID–19 public health 

21 emergency; and 

22 (II) anticipated changes to pas23 senger air travel resulting from any 

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1 (ii) mitigating the public health and 

2 economic impacts of the COVID–19 public 

3 health emergency and any seasonal recur4 rence of the coronavirus on airports and 

5 passenger air travel (including through the 

6 use of personal protective equipment, the 

7 implementation of strategies to promote 

8 overall passenger and employee safety, and 

9 the accommodation of social distancing as 

10 feasible and necessary); 

11 (iii) addressing privacy and civil lib12 erty issues that may arise from passenger 

13 health screenings, contact-tracing, or other 

14 processes used to monitor the health of indi15 viduals engaged in air travel; and 

16 (iv) operating procedures to manage 

17 future public health crises that can be an18 ticipated, to the extent such public health 

19 crises may impact air travel. 

20 (C) APPLICABLE PERIODS.—The applicable 

21 periods described in this subparagraph are— 

22 (i) the period beginning on the date of 

23 the first meeting of the Joint Task Force 

24 and ending on the last day of the COVID– 

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1 (ii) the 1-year period beginning on the 

2 day after the end of the period described in 

3 clause (i). 

4 (3) ACTIVITIES OF THE JOINT TASK FORCE.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—In developing the rec6 ommended requirements, plans, and guidelines 

7 under paragraph (2), and before including such 

8 recommendations in the final report required 

9 under subsection (e)(2), the Joint Task Force 

10 shall— 

11 (i) conduct cost-benefit evaluations re12 garding such recommendations, including 

13 costs impacting air operations and impacts 

14 on air travel; 

15 (ii) consider funding constraints; 

16 (iii) use risk-based decision-making; 

17 and 

18 (iv) consult with the Advisory Com19 mittee established under subsection (d)(1) 

20 and consider any consensus policy rec21 ommendations of the Advisory Committee 

22 submitted under subsection (d)(2). 

23 (B) INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATION.—The 

24 Joint Task Force shall consult, as practicable, 

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1 tors, including the International Civil Aviation 

2 Organization, to harmonize (to the extent pos3 sible) recommended requirements, plans, and 

4 guidelines for air travel during and after the 

5 COVID–19 public health emergency. 

6 (4) MEMBERSHIP.— 

7 (A) CHAIR.—The Secretary of Transpor8 tation (or the Secretary’s designee) shall serve as 

9 Chair of the Joint Task Force. 

10 (B) VICE-CHAIR.—The Secretary of Health 

11 and Human Services (or the Secretary’s des12 ignee) shall serve as Vice Chair of the Joint Task 

13 Force. 

14 (C) OTHER MEMBERS.—In addition to the 

15 Chair and Vice Chair, the members of the Joint 

16 Task Force shall include representatives of— 

17 (i) the Department of Transportation; 

18 (ii) the Department of Homeland Secu19 rity; 

20 (iii) the Department of Health and 

21 Human Services; 

22 (iv) the Federal Aviation Administra23 tion; 

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1 (vi) U.S. Customs and Border Protec2 tion; 

3 (vii) the Centers for Disease Control 

4 and Prevention; 

5 (viii) the Occupational Safety and 

6 Health Administration; 

7 (ix) the National Institute for Occupa8 tional Safety and Health; 

9 (x) the Pipeline and Hazardous Mate10 rials Safety Administration; 

11 (xi) the Department of State; and 

12 (xii) the Environmental Protection 

13 Agency. 

14 (d) JOINT FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

15 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 15 days 

16 after the date on which the Joint Task Force is estab17 lished pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of 

18 Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of 

19 Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and 

20 Human Services, shall establish a Joint Federal Ad21 visory Committee to advise the Joint Task Force. 

22 (2) DUTIES OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The 

23 Advisory Committee shall develop and submit con24 sensus policy recommendations to the Joint Task 


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1 Force for the Joint Task Force to consider when devel2 oping recommendations under subsection (c)(2). 

3 (3) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Advisory 

4 Committee shall include representatives of— 

5 (A) airport operators designated by the Sec6 retary of Transportation in consultation with 

7 the Secretary of Homeland Security; 

8 (B) air carriers designated by the Secretary 

9 of Transportation; 

10 (C) aircraft and aviation manufacturers 

11 designated by the Secretary of Transportation; 

12 (D) labor organizations representing— 

13 (i) aviation industry workers (includ14 ing pilots, flight attendants, engineers, 

15 maintenance, mechanics, air traffic control16 lers, safety inspectors, and workers per17 forming airport services such as security, 

18 terminal and cabin cleaning, passenger as19 sistance, and aircraft loading) designated 

20 by the Secretary of Transportation; and 

21 (ii) security screening personnel des22 ignated by the Secretary of Homeland Secu23 rity; 

24 (E) public health experts designated by the 

25 Secretary of Health and Human Services; 


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1 (F) organizations designated by the Sec2 retary of Transportation that represent airline 

3 passengers; 

4 (G) privacy and civil liberty organizations 

5 designated by the Secretary of Homeland Secu6 rity; 

7 (H) manufacturers and integrators of pas8 senger screening and identity verification tech9 nologies designated by the Secretary of Home10 land Security; 

11 (I) trade associations representing air car12 riers (including major passenger air carriers, 

13 low-cost passenger air carriers, regional pas14 senger air carriers, cargo air carriers, and for15 eign passenger air carriers) designated by the 

16 Secretary of Transportation, in consultation 

17 with the Secretary of Homeland Security; 

18 (J) trade associations representing airport 

19 operators (including large hub, medium hub, 

20 small hub, nonhub primary, and nonprimary 

21 commercial service airports) designated by the 

22 Secretary of Transportation, in consultation 

23 with the Secretary of Homeland Security; and 

24 (K) aviation contractors designated by the 

25 Secretary of Transportation. 


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1 (4) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the member2 ship of the Advisory Committee shall not affect its re3 sponsibilities, but shall be filled in the same manner 

4 as the original appointment and in accordance with 

5 the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App). 

6 (5) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION.—The mem7 bers of the Advisory Committee shall not receive any 

8 compensation from the Federal Government by reason 

9 of their service on the Advisory Committee. 

10 (6) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 14 days after 

11 the date on which the Advisory Committee submits 

12 policy recommendations to the Joint Task Force pur13 suant to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Transpor14 tation shall publish such policy recommendations on 

15 a publicly accessible website. 

16 (e) BRIEFINGS AND REPORTS.— 

17 (1) PRELIMINARY BRIEFINGS.—As soon as prac18 ticable, but not later than 6 months after the date on 

19 which the Joint Task Force is established pursuant to 

20 subsection (c)(1), the Joint Task Force shall begin 

21 providing preliminary briefings to Congress regard22 ing the status of the development of the recommended 

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1 terim versions, if any, of the recommendations of the 

2 Joint Task Force. 

3 (2) FINAL REPORT.— 

4 (A) DEADLINE.—As soon as practicable, but 

5 not later than 18 months after the date of enact6 ment of this Act, the Joint Task Force shall sub7 mit a final report to Congress. 

8 (B) CONTENT.—The final report shall in9 clude— 

10 (i)(I) all of the recommended require11 ments, plans, and guidelines developed by 

12 the Joint Task Force pursuant to subsection 

13 (c)(2); and 

14 (II) a description of any action taken 

15 by the Federal Government as a result of 

16 the recommendations referred to in sub17 clause (I); and 

18 (ii)(I) consensus policy recommenda19 tions submitted by the Advisory Committee 

20 pursuant to subsection (d)(2); and 

21 (II) an explanation (including data 

22 and risk analysis) of any action by the 

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1 (f) TERMINATION.—The Joint Task Force and the Ad2 visory Committee shall terminate on the date that is 30 

3 days after the date on which the Joint Task Force submits 

4 the final report required under subsection (e)(2). 

5 SEC. 203. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE USE OF CANINE 

6 UNITS TO DETECT COVID–19 AT AIRPORTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans8 portation Security Administration, in consultation with 

9 the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Homeland 

10 Security, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 

11 Prevention, and the Secretary of Defense, shall conduct a 

12 study to assess— 

13 (1) the feasibility of using canines to detect the 

14 presence of SARS–CoV–2, the virus that causes the 

15 coronavirus disease 2019 (commonly known as 

16 ‘‘COVID–19’’), in individuals infected with the virus; 

17 (2) if using canines to detect the presence of 

18 SARS–CoV–2 is feasible, whether canine units could 

19 be used at airports to screen passengers, individuals 

20 accompanying passengers, crew members, and other 

21 individuals who pass through airports and airport se22 curity screening locations for SARS–CoV–2 infection; 

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1 ing would be implemented and what metrics would be 

2 used to monitor the efficacy of the screening. 

3 (b) ASSESSMENT OF EFFICACY.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the study re5 quired under subsection (a), the Administrator shall 

6 conduct a comprehensive review and analysis of 

7 SARS–CoV–2 detection solutions to determine the ef8 ficacy of canines to detect SARS–CoV–2 in individ9 uals. 

10 (2) USE OF REVIEW.—The Administrator shall 

11 use the results of the review and analysis required 

12 under paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) to determine the biological detection ca14 pabilities of canines; and 

15 (B) to inform the operational factors and 

16 considerations necessary for the deployment of 

17 canine units at airports to detect SARS–CoV–2. 

18 (c) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—In conducting the as19 sessments required under subsections (a) and (b), the Ad20 ministrator shall— 

21 (1) assess the probability of canines responding 

22 to the presence of SARS–CoV–2; 

23 (2) determine the specificity of response by ca24 nines to SARS–CoV–2 compared to their response to 

25 a pool of similar viruses and controls; 


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1 (3) assess how close canine units must be to indi2 viduals to detect SARS–CoV–2 at a high sensitivity 

3 and specificity; 

4 (4) assess the effectiveness of canine units in de5 tecting SARS–CoV–2 in symptomatic carriers com6 pared to asymptomatic carriers; 

7 (5) assess other valid measures to determine the 

8 efficacy of using canine units to screen for SARS– 

9 CoV–2 at airports, such as the accuracy of detection 

10 and the risks of false positives and false negatives; 

11 (6) identify training and policy gaps that must 

12 be addressed before implementing a program to use 

13 canine units at airports to screen passengers, individ14 uals accompanying passengers, crew members, and 

15 other individuals who pass through airports and air16 port security screening locations, for infection with 

17 SARS–CoV–2; and 

18 (7) assess— 

19 (A) the number of canine units the Admin20 istrator would require in order to effectively im21 plement a program to use canine units at air22 ports to screen passengers, individuals accom23 panying passengers, crew members, and other in24 dividuals who pass through airports and airport 


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1 security screening locations for infection with 

2 SARS–CoV–2; and 

3 (B) the effect that such screenings would 

4 have on the Transportation Security Adminis5 tration’s existing pool of canine units. 

6 (d) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the study re7 quired under subsection (a), the Administrator shall con8 sider— 

9 (1) opportunities to leverage established, pre10 existing scientific information regarding detection of 

11 SARS–CoV–2 by canines; 

12 (2) established programs in foreign countries re13 lated to detection of SARS–CoV–2 by canine units; 

14 (3) detection approaches and solutions related to 

15 the optimization of detection of SARS–CoV–2 by ca16 nines; and 

17 (4) private industry approaches aimed to facili18 tate detection of SARS–CoV–2 using canine units. 

19 (e) THIRD-PARTY VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION.— 

20 The Administrator shall ensure that any screening solutions 

21 developed pursuant to the study required under subsection 

22 (a) undergo validation and verification analysis by a third 

23 party with appropriate expertise to ensure accuracy of data 

24 obtained from the study. 


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1 (f) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 

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

3 shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, 

4 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee 

5 on Armed Services of the Senate, the Committee on Health, 

6 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Com7 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa8 tives, the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep9 resentatives, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

10 of the House of Representatives that— 

11 (1) describes the results of the study required 

12 under subsection (a), including the assessments re13 quired under subsections (b) and (c); and 

14 (2) makes a recommendation with respect to 

15 whether canine units at airports could be trained ef16 fectively and efficiently to screen passengers, individ17 uals accompanying passengers, crew members, and 

18 other individuals who pass through airports and air19 port security screening locations, for infection with 

20 SARS–CoV–2. 

21 Subtitle B—One-Stop Security 

22 SEC. 211. SHORT TITLE. 

23 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘One-Stop Pilot Pro24 gram Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 212. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this subtitle: 

3 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis4 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor5 tation Security Administration. 

6 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT7 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit8 tees’’ means— 

9 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

10 and Transportation of the Senate; 

11 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

12 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

13 (C) the Committee on Homeland Security of 

14 the House of Representatives. 

15 (3) TSA.—The term ‘‘TSA’’ means the Trans16 portation Security Administration of the Department 

17 of Homeland Security. 

18 SEC. 213. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ONE-STOP SECURITY. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 44901(a) of title 

20 49, United States Code, the Administrator, in coordination 

21 with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec22 tion, may establish a pilot program at not more than 6 

23 foreign last point of departure airports to permit passengers 

24 and their accessible property arriving on direct flights or 

25 flight segments originating at such participating foreign 

26 airports to continue on additional flights or flight segments 


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1 originating in the United States without additional secu2 rity re-screening if— 

3 (1) the initial screening was conducted in ac4 cordance with an aviation security screening agree5 ment described in subsection (d); 

6 (2) passengers arriving from participating for7 eign airports are unable to access their checked bag8 gage until the arrival at their final destination; and 

9 (3) upon arrival in the United States, passengers 

10 arriving from participating foreign airports do not 

11 come into contact with other arriving international 

12 passengers, those passengers’ property, or other per13 sons who have not been screened or subjected to other 

14 appropriate security controls required for entry into 

15 the airport’s sterile area. 

16 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR PILOT PROGRAM.—In car17 rying out this section, the Administrator shall ensure that 

18 there is no reduction in the level of security or specific TSA 

19 aviation security standards or requirements for screening 

20 passengers and their property prior to boarding an inter21 national flight bound for the United States, including spe22 cific aviation security standards and requirements regard23 ing— 

24 (1) high risk passengers and their property; 

25 (2) weapons, explosives, and incendiaries; 


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1 (3) screening passengers and property transfer2 ring at a foreign last point of departure airport from 

3 another airport and bound for the United States, and 

4 addressing any co-mingling of such passengers and 

5 property with passengers and property screened under 

6 the pilot program described in subsection (a); and 

7 (4) insider risk at foreign last point of departure 

8 airports. 

9 (c) RE-SCREENING OF CHECKED BAGGAGE.—Subject 

10 to subsection (e), the Administrator may determine whether 

11 checked baggage arriving from participating foreign air12 ports referenced in subsection (a) that screen using an ex13 plosives detection system must be rescreened in the United 

14 States by an explosives detection system before such baggage 

15 continues on any additional flight or flight segment. 

16 (d) AVIATION SECURITY SCREENING AGREEMENT.— 

17 An aviation security screening agreement described in this 

18 subsection is a treaty, executive agreement, or other inter19 national arrangement that— 

20 (1) is signed by the Administrator, without dele21 gating such authority; and 

22 (2) is entered into with a foreign country that 

23 delineates and implements security standards and 

24 protocols utilized at a foreign last point of departure 

25 airport that are determined by the Administrator— 


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1 (A) to be comparable to those of the United 

2 States; and 

3 (B) sufficiently effective to enable passengers 

4 and their accessible property to deplane into 

5 sterile areas of airports in the United States 

6 without the need for re-screening. 

7 (e) RE-SCREENING REQUIREMENT.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator deter9 mines that a foreign country participating in the 

10 aviation security screening agreement has not main11 tained and implemented security standards and pro12 tocols comparable to those of the United States at for13 eign last point of departure airports at which a pilot 

14 program has been established in accordance with this 

15 section, the Administrator shall ensure that pas16 sengers and their property arriving from such air17 ports are re-screened in the United States, including 

18 by using explosives detection systems in accordance 

19 with section 44901(d)(1) of title 49, United States 

20 Code, and implementing regulations, before such pas21 sengers and their property are permitted into sterile 

22 areas of airports in the United States. 

23 (2) CONSULTATION.—If the Administrator has 

24 reasonable grounds to believe that the other party to 

25 an aviation security screening agreement has not 


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1 complied with such agreement, the Administrator 

2 shall request immediate consultation with such party. 

3 (3) SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF AGREE4 MENT.—If a satisfactory agreement between TSA and 

5 a foreign country is not reached within 45 days after 

6 a consultation request under paragraph (2) or in the 

7 case of the foreign country’s continued or egregious 

8 failure to maintain the security standards and proto9 cols described in paragraph (1), the Administrator 

10 shall— 

11 (A) suspend or terminate the aviation secu12 rity screening agreement with such country, as 

13 determined appropriate by the Administrator; 

14 and 

15 (B) notify the appropriate congressional 

16 committees of such consultation, suspension, or 

17 termination, as the case may be, not later than 

18 7 days after such consultation, suspension, or 

19 termination. 

20 (f) BRIEFINGS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 45 days 

21 before an aviation security screening agreement described 

22 in subsection (d) enters into force, the Administrator shall 

23 submit to the appropriate congressional committees— 


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1 (1) an aviation security threat assessment for the 

2 country in which such foreign last point of departure 

3 airport is located; 

4 (2) information regarding any corresponding 

5 mitigation efforts to address any security issues iden6 tified in such threat assessment, including any plans 

7 for joint covert testing; 

8 (3) information on potential security 

9 vulnerabilities associated with commencing such 

10 agreements and mitigation plans to address such po11 tential security vulnerabilities; 

12 (4) an assessment of the impacts that such agree13 ment will have on aviation security; 

14 (5) an assessment by TSA of the screening per15 formed at foreign last point of departure airports, in16 cluding the feasibility of TSA personnel monitoring 

17 screening, security protocols, and standards; 

18 (6) information regarding identifying the entity 

19 or entities responsible for screening passengers and 

20 property at the foreign last point of departure air21 port; 

22 (7) the name of the entity or local authority and 

23 any contractor or subcontractor party to the agree24 ment; 


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1 (8) information regarding the screening require2 ments under subsection (e); 

3 (9) details regarding information sharing mecha4 nisms between the Department of Homeland Security 

5 and the foreign last point of departure airport, 

6 screening authority, or entity responsible for screen7 ing, as required by law, regulation, or an aviation 

8 screening agreement described in subsection (d); and 

9 (10) a copy of the aviation security screening 

10 agreement, which shall identify the foreign last point 

11 of departure airport or airports at which a pilot pro12 gram under this section is to be established. 

13 (g) CERTIFICATIONS RELATING TO THE PILOT PRO14 GRAM FOR ONE-STOP SECURITY.—For each aviation secu15 rity screening agreement described in subsection (d), the 

16 Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congres17 sional committees— 

18 (1)(A) a certification that such agreement satis19 fies all of the requirements specified in subsection (b); 

20 or 

21 (B) in the event that 1 or more of such require22 ments are not so satisfied, a description of the 

23 unsatisfied requirement and information on what ac24 tions the Administrator will take to ensure that such 


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1 remaining requirements are satisfied before such 

2 agreement enters into force; 

3 (2) a certification that TSA and U.S. Customs 

4 and Border Protection have ensured that any nec5 essary physical modifications or appropriate mitiga6 tions exist in the domestic one-stop security pilot pro7 gram airport prior to receiving international pas8 sengers from a last point of departure airport under 

9 the aviation security screening agreement; 

10 (3) a certification that a foreign last point of de11 parture airport covered by an aviation security 

12 screening agreement has an operation to screen all 

13 checked bags as required by law, regulation, or inter14 national agreement, including the full utilization of 

15 Explosives Detection Systems to the extent prac16 ticable; 

17 (4) a certification that the Administrator con18 sulted with stakeholders, including air carriers, avia19 tion nonprofit labor organizations, airport operators, 

20 relevant interagency partners, and other stakeholders 

21 that the Administrator determines appropriate. 

22 (h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 5 years 

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1 sional committees regarding the implementation of the pilot 

2 program authorized under this section, including informa3 tion relating to— 

4 (1) the impact of such program on homeland se5 curity and international aviation security, including 

6 any benefits and challenges of such program; 

7 (2) the impact of such program on passengers, 

8 airports, and air carriers, including any benefits and 

9 challenges of such program; and 

10 (3) the impact and feasibility of continuing such 

11 program or expanding it into a more permanent pro12 gram, including any benefits and challenges of such 

13 continuation or expansion. 

14 (i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

15 may be construed as limiting the authority of U.S. Customs 

16 and Border Protection to inspect persons and baggage ar17 riving in the United States in accordance with applicable 

18 law. 

19 (j) SUNSET.—The pilot program authorized under this 

20 section shall terminate on the date that is 6 years after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act. 


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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3375 

A BILL 

To promote travel and tourism in the United 

States, and for other purposes. of international flights entering the United States, to improve the health safety and security 

DECEMBER 17, 2021 

Reported with an amendment 


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