to in such paragraph significantly exceeds the average 
customs processing time to enter the United States 
through a prclearance operation. 
(3) SUBMISSION.—Based on the assessment con-
ducted under paragraph (2), if the Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection determines that 
the average customs processing time referred to in 
paragraph (1) significantly exceeds the average cus-
toms processing time to enter the United States 
through a preclearance operation described in para-
graph (2), the Commissioner shall, not later than 60 
days after making such determination, provide to the 
appropriate congressional committees a remediation 
plan for reducing such average customs processing 
time referred to in paragraph (1). 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 30 days 
after submitting the remediation plan referred to in 
paragraph (3), the Commissioner of United States 
Customs and Border Protection shall implement those 
portions of such plan that can be carried out using 
existing resources, excluding the transfer of personnel. 
(5) SUSPENSION.—If the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection does not submit the 
remediation plan referred to in paragraph (3) within 
60 days in accordance with such paragraph, the Com-
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missioner may not, until such time as such remedi-
ation plan is submitted, conduct any negotiations re-
lating to preclearance operations at an airport in 
any country or commence any such preclearance op-
erations. 
(6) STAKEHOLDER RECOMMENDATIONS.—The re-
mediation plan described in paragraph (3) shall con-
sider recommendations solicited from relevant stake-
holders. 
(e) CLASSIFIED REPORT.—The assessment required 
pursuant to subsection (a)(5) and the report required pur-
suant to subsection (b)(7) may be submitted in classified 
form if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 
such is appropriate. 
SEC. 
5. 
AVIATION 
SECURITY 
SCREENING 
AT 
PRECLEARANCE AIRPORTS. 
(a) AVIATION SECURITY STANDARDS AGREEMENT.— 
Prior to the commencement of preclearance operations at 
an airport in a foreign country under this Act, the Admin-
istrator of the Transportation Security Administration 
shall enter into an agreement with the government of such 
foreign country that delineates and requires the adoption 
of aviation security screening standards that are deter-
mined by the Administrator to be comparable to those of 
the United States. 
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(b) AVIATION SECURITY RESCREENING.—If the Ad-
ministrator of the Transportation Security Administration 
determines that the government of a foreign country has not 
maintained security standards and protocols comparable to 
those of the United States at airports at which preclearance 
operations have been established in accordance with an 
agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a), the Ad-
ministrator shall require the rescreening in the United 
States by the Transportation Security Administration of 
passengers and their property before such passengers may 
deplane into sterile areas of airports in the United States. 
(c) SELECTEES.—Any passenger who is determined to 
be a selectee based on a check against a terrorist watch list 
and arrives on a flight originating from a foreign airport 
at which preclearance operations have been established in 
accordance with an agreement entered into pursuant to sub-
section (a), shall be required to undergo security rescreening 
by the Transportation Security Administration before being 
permitted to board a domestic flight in the United States. 
SEC. 6. LOST AND STOLEN PASSPORTS. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security may not enter 
into or renew an agreement with the government of a for-
eign country to establish or maintain U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection preclearance operations at an airport in 
such foreign country unless such government certifies— 
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(1) that it routinely submits information about 
lost and stolen passports of its citizens and nationals 
to INTERPOL’s Stolen and Lost Travel Document 
database; or 
(2) makes available to the United States Govern-
ment such information through another comparable 
means of reporting. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except for subsection (c) of section 4, this Act shall 
apply only to the establishment of preclearance operations 
in a foreign country in which no preclearance operations 
have been established as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 383 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3488 
[Report No. 113–511, Part I] 
A BILL 
To establish the conditions under which the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security may establish 
preclearance facilities, conduct preclearance oper-
ations, and provide customs services outside the 
United States, and for other purposes. 
JULY 3, 2014 
Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 
with an amendment 
JULY 3, 2014 
The Committee on Ways and Means discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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