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Union Calendar No. 393 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4698 
[Report No. 114–513] 
To enhance aviation by requiring airport security assessments and a security 
coordination enhancement plan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2016 
Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KEATING, Mr. DONOVAN, and Mr. 
KING of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Homeland Security 
APRIL 21, 2016 
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 3, 2016] 
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A BILL 
To enhance aviation by requiring airport security assess-
ments and a security coordination enhancement plan, 
and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Securing Aviation from 
Foreign Entry Points and Guarding Airports Through En-
hanced Security Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. LAST POINT OF DEPARTURE AIRPORT SECURITY AS-
SESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration shall conduct a 
comprehensive security risk assessment of all last point of 
departure airports with nonstop flights to the United 
States. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The security risk assessment required 
under subsection (a) shall include consideration of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The level of coordination and cooperation be-
tween the Transportation Security Administration 
and the foreign government of the country in which 
the last point of departure airport with nonstop 
flights to the United States is located. 
(2) The intelligence and threat mitigation capa-
bilities of the country in which such airport is lo-
cated. 
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(3) The number of known or suspected terrorists 
annually transiting through such airport. 
(4) The passenger security screening practices, 
capabilities, and capacity of such airport. 
(5) The security vetting undergone by aviation 
workers at such airport. 
(6) The access controls utilized by such airport 
to limit to authorized personnel access to secure and 
sterile areas of such airports. 
SEC. 3. SECURITY COORDINATION ENHANCEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration shall submit to 
Congress and the Government Accountability Office a 
plan— 
(1) to enhance and bolster security collaboration, 
coordination, and information sharing relating to se-
curing international-inbound aviation between the 
United States and domestic and foreign partners, in-
cluding U.S. Customs and Border Protection, foreign 
government entities, passenger air carriers, cargo air 
carriers, and United States Government entities, in 
order to enhance security capabilities at foreign air-
ports, including airports that may not have nonstop 
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flights to the United States but are nonetheless deter-
mined by the Administrator to be high risk; and 
(2) that includes an assessment of the ability of 
the Administration to enter into a mutual agreement 
with a foreign government entity that permits Ad-
ministration representatives to conduct without prior 
notice inspections of foreign airports. 
(b) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the 
submission of the plan required under subsection (a), the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall review the 
efforts, capabilities, and effectiveness of the Transportation 
Security Administration to enhance security capabilities at 
foreign airports and determine if the implementation of 
such efforts and capabilities effectively secures inter-
national-inbound aviation. 
SEC. 4. WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT. 
Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration shall submit to Congress a comprehen-
sive workforce assessment of all Administration personnel 
within the Office of Global Strategies of the Administration 
or whose primary professional duties contribute to the Ad-
ministration’s global efforts to secure transportation secu-
rity, including a review of whether such personnel are as-
signed in a risk-based, intelligence-driven manner. 
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SEC. 5. DONATION OF SCREENING EQUIPMENT TO PRO-
TECT THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration is authorized to donate 
security screening equipment to a foreign last point of de-
parture airport operator if such equipment can be reason-
ably expected to mitigate a specific vulnerability to the se-
curity of the United States or United States citizens. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days before any dona-
tion of security screening equipment pursuant to subsection 
(a), the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration shall provide to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate a detailed written explanation of the following: 
(1) The specific vulnerability to the United 
States or United States citizens that will be mitigated 
by such donation. 
(2) An explanation as to why the recipient of 
such donation is unable or unwilling to purchase se-
curity screening equipment to mitigate such vulner-
ability. 
(3) An evacuation plan for sensitive technologies 
in case of emergency or instability in the country to 
which such donation is being made. 
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(4) How the Administrator will ensure the secu-
rity screening equipment that is being donated is 
used and maintained over the course of its life by the 
recipient. 
(5) The total dollar value of such donation. 
SEC. 6. NATIONAL CARGO SECURITY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration may evaluate foreign 
countries’ air cargo security programs to determine whether 
such programs provide a level of security commensurate 
with the level of security required by United States air 
cargo security programs. 
(b) APPROVAL AND RECOGNITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration determines 
that a foreign country’s air cargo security program 
evaluated under subsection (a) provides a level of se-
curity commensurate with the level of security re-
quired by United States air cargo security programs, 
the Administrator shall approve and officially recog-
nize such foreign country’s air cargo security pro-
gram. 
(2) EFFECT OF APPROVAL AND RECOGNITION.— 
If the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration approves and officially recognizes 
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pursuant to paragraph (1) a foreign country’s air 
cargo security program, cargo aircraft of such foreign 
country shall not be required to adhere to United 
States air cargo security programs that would other-
wise be applicable. 
(c) REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration determines 
at any time that a foreign country’s air cargo secu-
rity program approved and officially recognized 
under subsection (b) no longer provides a level of se-
curity commensurate with the level of security re-
quired by United States air cargo security programs, 
the Administrator may revoke or temporarily suspend 
such approval and official recognition until such time 
as the Administrator determines that such foreign 
country’s cargo security programs provide a level of 
security commensurate with the level of security re-
quired by such United States air cargo security pro-
grams. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—If the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration revokes or 
suspends pursuant to paragraph (1) a foreign coun-
try’s air cargo security program, the Administrator 
shall notify the Committee on Homeland Security of 
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the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
not later than 30 days after such revocation or sus-
pension. 
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