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’’. 
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 six 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 (d); 
(2) passengers arriving from participating for-
eign airports are unable to access their checked bag-
gage until the 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. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR PILOT PROGRAM.—In car-
rying out this section, the Administrator shall ensure there 
is no reduction in the level of security or specific aviation 
security standards or requirements for screening pas-
sengers and their property prior to boarding an inter-
national flight bound for the United States, including spe-
cific aviation security standards and requirements regard-
ing the following: 
(1) High risk passengers and their property. 
(2) Weapons, explosives, and incendiaries. 
(3) Screening passengers and property transfer-
ring at a foreign last point of departure airport from 
another airport and bound for the United States, 
and addressing any co-mingling of such passengers 
and property with passengers and property screened 
under the pilot program described in subsection (a). 
(4) Insider risk at foreign last point of depar-
ture airports. 
(c) RE-SCREENING
OF CHECKED BAGGAGE.—The 
Administrator may determine whether checked baggage
arriving from participating foreign airports 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. 
(d) AVIATION SECURITY SCREENING AGREEMENT 
DESCRIBED.—An aviation security screening agreement 
described in this subsection is an agreement signed by the 
Administrator, without delegating such authority, and en-
tered into with a foreign country that delineates and im-
plements 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 accessible property to deplane into 
sterile areas of airports in the United States without the 
need for re-screening. 
(e) 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-
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. In the case of continued or egregious failure to 
maintain such security standards and protocols, the Ad-
ministrator shall suspend or terminate the aviation secu-
rity screening agreement, as determined appropriate by 
the Administrator, and shall notify the appropriate con-
gressional committees of such suspension or termination, 
as the case may be, not later than seven days after such 
suspension or termination. 
(f) CERTIFICATIONS
AND
BRIEFINGS
TO
CON-
GRESS.—Not later than 30 days before an aviation secu-
rity screening agreement in accordance with subsection (d) 
enters into force, the Administrator shall provide to the 
appropriate congressional committees the following: 
(1) A copy of such agreement. 
(2) A homeland security threat assessment for 
the country in which such foreign last point of de-
parture airport is located, information on any cor-
responding mitigation efforts to address any security 
issues identified in such threat assessment, and the 
Administrator’s plans for ensuring through joint 
covert testing or other measures compliance with the 
security standards and protocols set forth in such 
agreement.
(3) A certification that such agreement satisfies 
all requirements specified in subsection (b) or, in the 
event that one or more of such requirements is not 
so satisfied, an identification of the unsatisfied re-
quirement and information on what actions will be 
taken to ensure such remaining requirement is satis-
fied before such agreement enters into force. 
(4) A certification that the Administrator con-
sulted with stakeholders, including air carriers, air-
port operators, relevant interagency partners, and 
other stakeholders the Administrator determines ap-
propriate. 
(5) A detailed briefing on the substance of 
paragraphs (1) through (4). 
(g) SUNSET.—The pilot program described in sub-
section (a) shall terminate six years after the date of en-
actment of this section. 
(h) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than five 
years after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Ad-
ministrator, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report regarding the implementation of the 
pilot program described in subsection (a), including infor-
mation relating to the following:
(1) The impact to homeland security and inter-
national aviation security, including any benefits and 
challenges, of such pilot program. 
(2) The impact to passengers, airports, and air 
carriers, including any benefits and challenges, of 
such pilot program. 
(3) The impact and feasibility of continuing 
such pilot program or expanding into a more perma-
nent program, including any benefits and challenges. 
(i) 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. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(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. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 29, 
2021. 
Attest: 
Clerk.