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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4094 
To conduct a pilot program at foreign last point of departure airports to 
permit passengers and their accessible property to continue on additional 
flights or flight segments originating in the United States without addi-
tional security re-screening, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2021 
Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. GUEST, Mr. GIMENEZ, 
and Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To conduct a pilot program at foreign last point of departure 
airports to permit passengers and their accessible prop-
erty to continue on additional flights or flight segments 
originating in the United States without additional secu-
rity re-screening, 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 ‘‘One-Stop Pilot Pro-
gram Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ONE-STOP SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 44901(a) of title 
49, United States Code, the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration, in coordination with 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is authorized to con-
duct a pilot program at not more than ten foreign last 
point of departure airports to permit passengers and their 
accessible property arriving on direct flights or flight seg-
ments originating at such participating foreign airports to 
continue on additional flights or flight segments origi-
nating in the United States without additional security re- 
screening if— 
(1) the initial screening was conducted in ac-
cordance with an aviation security screening agree-
ment described in subsection (c); 
(2) passengers arriving from participating for-
eign airports are unable to access their checked bag-
gage prior to arrival at their final destination; and 
(3) upon arrival in the United States, pas-
sengers arriving from participating foreign airports 
do not come into contact with other arriving inter-
national passengers or those passengers’ property or 
other persons who have not been screened or sub-
jected to other appropriate security controls required 
for entry into the airport’s sterile area. 
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(b) RE-SCREENING OF CHECKED BAGGAGE.—The 
Administrator may determine whether, based on risk, 
checked baggage arriving from participating foreign air-
ports referenced in subsection (a) must be re-screened in 
the United States by an explosives detection system before 
such baggage continues on any additional flight or flight 
segment. 
(c) AVIATION SECURITY SCREENING AGREEMENT 
DESCRIBED.—An aviation security screening agreement 
described in this subsection is an agreement with a foreign 
country that delineates and implements security standards 
and protocols utilized at a foreign last point of departure 
airport that are determined by the Administrator to be 
comparable to those of the United States and therefore 
sufficiently effective to enable passengers and their acces-
sible property to deplane into sterile areas of airports in 
the United States without the need for re-screening. 
(d) RE-SCREENING REQUIREMENT.—If the Adminis-
trator determines that the foreign country participating 
in the aviation security screening agreement has not main-
tained and implemented security standards and protocols 
comparable to those of the United States at foreign last 
point of departure airports at which a pilot program has 
been established in accordance with this section, the Ad-
ministrator shall ensure that passengers and their prop-
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erty arriving from such airports are re-screened in the 
United States before such passengers and their property 
are permitted into sterile areas of airports in the United 
States. 
(e) TERMINATION.—Each aviation security screening 
agreement shall— 
(1) be executed no later than three years after 
the date of enactment of this section; and 
(2) be in effect for up to four years from the 
date of execution. 
(f) BRIEFINGS TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator 
shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress on— 
(1) the substance of each aviation security 
screening agreement within 90 days after the agree-
ment is executed; and 
(2) the status of the pilot program annually 
until the expiration of the last aviation security 
screening agreement. 
(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed as limiting the authority of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection to inspect persons and 
baggage arriving in the United States in accordance with 
applicable law. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATION; TSA.—The terms ‘‘Ad-
ministration’’ and ‘‘TSA’’ mean the Transportation 
Security Administration. 
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate. 
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