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Union Calendar No. 600 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5207 
[Report No. 115–774] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the immigration 
advisory program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2018 
Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, and 
Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
JUNE 21, 2018 
Additional sponsor: Mr. KATKO 
JUNE 21, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 7, 2018] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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 Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 420. IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized within U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection an immigration advisory 
program (in this section referred to as the ‘program’) for 
U.S. 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 trav-
eler information during the processing of flights bound for 
the United States. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the program, U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection officers may— 
‘‘(1) be present during processing of flights 
bound for the United States; 
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‘‘(2) assist air carriers and security employees 
with document examination and traveler security as-
sessments; 
‘‘(3) provide relevant training to air carriers, se-
curity 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 confirm 
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 Com-
missioner of U.S. 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 U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection shall provide the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate with— 
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‘‘(1) a copy of such agreement, which shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) the identification of the host country 
with which U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
intends to enter into such agreement; 
‘‘(B) the location at which activities de-
scribed in subsection (b) will be conducted pursu-
ant to such agreement; and 
‘‘(C) the terms and conditions for U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection personnel 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 U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion domestic port of entry staffing; 
‘‘(4) information on the anticipated costs over 
the five fiscal years after such agreement enters into 
force associated with carrying out such agreement; 
‘‘(5) details on information sharing mechanisms 
to ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
has current information to prevent terrorist and 
criminal travel; and 
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‘‘(6) other factors that the Commissioner deter-
mines necessary for Congress to comprehensively as-
sess the appropriateness of carrying out the program. 
‘‘(d) AMENDMENT OF EXISTING AGREEMENTS.—Not 
later than 30 days before a substantially amended program 
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 U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection shall provide to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate— 
‘‘(1) a copy of such agreement, as amended; and 
‘‘(2) the justification for such amendment. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘air car-
rier’ 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 sec-
tion 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 
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (18) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(19) carry out section 420, 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 419 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 420. Immigration advisory program.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 600 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5207 
[Report No. 115–774] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish the immigration advisory program, and 
for other purposes. 
JUNE 21, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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