SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Immigration Advisory 
Program Authorization Act of 2018’’ or the ‘‘IAP Author-
ization Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE IMMIGRATION ADVISORY 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title IV of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 419. IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—There is authorized within 
United States Customs and Border Protection an immi-
gration advisory program (in this section referred to as 
the ‘program’) for United States Customs and Border 
Protection officers, pursuant to an agreement with a host 
country, to assist air carriers and security employees at 
foreign airports with review of traveler information during 
the processing of flights bound for the United States. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the program, 
United States Customs and Border Protection officers 
may— 
‘‘(1) be present during processing of flights 
bound for the United States; 
‘‘(2) assist air carriers and security employees 
with document examination and traveler security as-
sessments;
‘‘(3) provide relevant training to air carriers, 
security employees, and host-country authorities; 
‘‘(4) analyze electronic passenger information 
and passenger reservation data to identify potential 
threats; 
‘‘(5) engage air carriers and travelers to con-
firm potential terrorist watchlist matches; 
‘‘(6) make recommendations to air carriers to 
deny potentially inadmissable passengers boarding 
flights bound for the United States; and 
‘‘(7) conduct other activities to secure flights 
bound for the United States, as directed by the 
Commissioner of United States Customs and Border 
Protection. 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
60 days before an agreement with the government of a 
host country pursuant to the program described in this 
section enters into force, the Commissioner of United 
States Customs and Border Protection shall provide the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate with— 
‘‘(1) a copy of such agreement, which shall in-
clude—
‘‘(A) the identification of the host country 
with which United States Customs and Border 
Protection intends to enter into such agree-
ment; 
‘‘(B) the location at which activities de-
scribed in subsection (b) will be conducted pur-
suant to such agreement; and 
‘‘(C) the terms and conditions for United 
States Customs and Border Protection per-
sonnel operating at such location; 
‘‘(2) country-specific information on the antici-
pated homeland security benefits associated with 
such agreement; 
‘‘(3) an assessment of the impacts such agree-
ment will have on United States Customs and Bor-
der Protection domestic port of entry staffing; 
‘‘(4) information on the anticipated costs over 
the 5 fiscal years after such agreement enters into 
force associated with carrying out such agreement; 
‘‘(5) details on information sharing mechanisms 
to ensure that United States Customs and Border 
Protection has current information to prevent ter-
rorist and criminal travel; and 
‘‘(6) other factors that the Commissioner deter-
mines necessary for Congress to comprehensively as-
sess the appropriateness of carrying out the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(d) AMENDMENT OF EXISTING AGREEMENTS.—Not 
later than 30 days before a substantially amended pro-
gram agreement with the government of a host country 
in effect as of the date of the enactment of this section 
enters into force, the Commissioner of United States Cus-
toms and Border Protection shall provide to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate— 
‘‘(1) a copy of such agreement, as amended; 
and 
‘‘(2) the justification for such amendment. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘air 
carrier’ and ‘foreign air carrier’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 40102 of title 49, United States 
Code.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c) of 
section 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 211) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (18), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (19) as para-
graph (20); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (18) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(19) carry out section 419, relating to the im-
migration advisory program; and’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
418 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 419. Immigration advisory program.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5207 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish the immigration advisory program, and 
for other purposes.