SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Aviation from 
Foreign Entry Points and Guarding Airports Through 
Enhanced Security Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. LAST POINT OF DEPARTURE AIRPORT SECURITY 
ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration shall conduct 
a comprehensive security risk assessment of all last point 
of departure airports with nonstop flights to the United 
States. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The security risk assessment re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include consideration of 
the following: 
(1) The level of coordination and cooperation 
between the Transportation Security Administration 
and the foreign government of the country in which 
the last point of departure airport with nonstop 
flights to the United States is located. 
(2) The intelligence and threat mitigation capa-
bilities of the country in which such airport is lo-
cated. 
(3) The number of known or suspected terror-
ists annually transiting through such airport.
(4) The passenger security screening practices, 
capabilities, and capacity of such airport. 
(5) The security vetting undergone by aviation 
workers at such airport. 
(6) The access controls utilized by such airport 
to limit to authorized personnel access to secure and 
sterile areas of such airports. 
(7) The degree to which the government of the 
country in which such airport is located mandates, 
encourages, or prohibits the collection, analysis, or 
sharing of passenger name records. 
SEC. 3. SECURITY COORDINATION ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration shall submit 
to Congress and the Government Accountability Office a 
plan— 
(1) to enhance and bolster security collabora-
tion, coordination, and information sharing relating 
to securing international-inbound aviation between 
the United States and domestic and foreign part-
ners, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
foreign government entities, passenger air carriers, 
cargo air carriers, and United States Government 
entities, in order to enhance security capabilities at
foreign airports, including airports that may not 
have nonstop flights to the United States but are 
nonetheless determined by the Administrator to be 
high risk; and 
(2) that includes an assessment of the ability of 
the Administration to enter into a mutual agreement 
with a foreign government entity that permits Ad-
ministration representatives to conduct without prior 
notice inspections of foreign airports. 
(b) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the 
submission of the plan required under subsection (a), the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall review the 
efforts, capabilities, and effectiveness of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration to enhance security capa-
bilities at foreign airports and determine if the implemen-
tation of such efforts and capabilities effectively secures 
international-inbound aviation. 
SEC. 4. WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT. 
Not later than 270 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration shall submit to Congress a com-
prehensive workforce assessment of all Administration 
personnel within the Office of Global Strategies of the Ad-
ministration or whose primary professional duties con-
tribute to the Administration’s global efforts to secure
transportation security, including a review of whether such 
personnel are assigned in a risk-based, intelligence-driven 
manner. 
SEC. 5. DONATION OF SCREENING EQUIPMENT TO PRO-
TECT THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration is authorized to donate 
security screening equipment to a foreign last point of de-
parture airport operator if such equipment can be reason-
ably expected to mitigate a specific vulnerability to the se-
curity of the United States or United States citizens. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days before any do-
nation of security screening equipment pursuant to sub-
section (a), the Administrator of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration shall provide to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a detailed written expla-
nation of the following: 
(1) The specific vulnerability to the United 
States or United States citizens that will be miti-
gated by such donation. 
(2) An explanation as to why the recipient of 
such donation is unable or unwilling to purchase se-
curity screening equipment to mitigate such vulner-
ability. 
(3) An evacuation plan for sensitive tech-
nologies in case of emergency or instability in the 
country to which such donation is being made. 
(4) How the Administrator will ensure the secu-
rity screening equipment that is being donated is 
used and maintained over the course of its life by 
the recipient. 
(5) The total dollar value of such donation. 
SEC. 6. NATIONAL CARGO SECURITY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration may evaluate foreign 
countries’ air cargo security programs to determine wheth-
er such programs provide a level of security commensurate 
with the level of security required by United States air 
cargo security programs. 
(b) APPROVAL AND RECOGNITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration determines 
that a foreign country’s air cargo security program 
evaluated under subsection (a) provides a level of se-
curity commensurate with the level of security re-
quired by United States air cargo security programs, 
the Administrator shall approve and officially recog-
nize such foreign country’s air cargo security pro-
gram. 
(2) EFFECT
OF
APPROVAL
AND
RECOGNI-
TION.—If the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration approves and officially rec-
ognizes pursuant to paragraph (1) a foreign coun-
try’s air cargo security program, cargo aircraft of 
such foreign country shall not be required to adhere 
to United States air cargo security programs that 
would otherwise be applicable. 
(c) REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration determines 
at any time that a foreign country’s air cargo secu-
rity program approved and officially recognized 
under subsection (b) no longer provides a level of se-
curity commensurate with the level of security re-
quired by United States air cargo security programs, 
the Administrator may revoke or temporarily sus-
pend such approval and official recognition until 
such time as the Administrator determines that such 
foreign country’s cargo security programs provide a 
level of security commensurate with the level of secu-
rity required by such United States air cargo secu-
rity programs.
(2) NOTIFICATION.—If the Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration revokes 
or suspends pursuant to paragraph (1) a foreign 
country’s air cargo security program, the Adminis-
trator shall notify the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate not later than 30 days after such revoca-
tion or suspension. 
SEC. 7. CHECKPOINTS OF THE FUTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration, shall request the Avia-
tion Security Advisory Committee to develop recommenda-
tions for more efficient and effective passenger screening 
processes. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making recommendations 
to improve existing passenger screening processes pursu-
ant to subsection (a), the Aviation Security Advisory Com-
mittee shall consider the following: 
(1) The configuration of a checkpoint. 
(2) Technology innovation. 
(3) Ways to address any vulnerabilities identi-
fied in audits of checkpoint operations.
(4) Ways to prevent security breaches at air-
ports at which Federal security screening is pro-
vided. 
(5) Best practices in aviation security. 
(6) Recommendations from airport and aircraft 
operators, and any relevant advisory committees. 
(7) ‘‘Curb to curb’’ processes and procedures. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
recommendations of the Aviation Security Advisory Com-
mittee under this section, including any recommendations 
for improving screening processes. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 26, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4698 
AN ACT 
To enhance aviation by requiring airport security 
assessments and a security coordination enhance-
ment plan, and for other purposes.