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60 days in accordance with such paragraph, the 
Commissioner may not, until such time as such re-
mediation plan is submitted, conduct any negotia-
tions relating to preclearance operations at an air-
port in any country or commence any such 
preclearance operations. 
(6) STAKEHOLDER
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
remediation plan described in paragraph (3) shall 
consider recommendations solicited from relevant 
stakeholders. 
(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-
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mined by the Administrator to be comparable to those of 
the United States. 
(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 com-
parable to those of the United States at airports at which 
preclearance operations have been established in accord-
ance with an agreement entered into pursuant to sub-
section (a), the Administrator shall require the rescreening 
in the United States by the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration 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 air-
port at which preclearance operations have been estab-
lished in accordance with an agreement entered into pur-
suant to subsection (a), shall be required to undergo secu-
rity rescreening by the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration before being permitted to board a domestic flight 
in the United States. 
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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— 
(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 Gov-
ernment such information through another com-
parable 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. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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