I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5207 
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 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
the immigration advisory program, and for other purposes. 
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’’. 
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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 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 
traveler 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; 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(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 U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion. 
‘‘(c) 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’’. 
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(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.’’. 
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