H. R. 302—409 
Subtitle E—Foreign Airport Security 
SEC. 1953. LAST POINT OF DEPARTURE AIRPORTS; SECURITY DIREC-
TIVES. 
(a) NOTICE AND CONSULTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, consult and notify the following stakeholders 
prior to making changes to security standards via security 
directives and emergency amendments for last points of depar-
ture: 
(A) Trade association representatives, for affected air 
carriers and airports, who hold the appropriate security 
clearances. 
(B) The head of each relevant Federal department 
or agency, including the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration. 
(2) TRANSMITTAL
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 days 
after the date that the Administrator issues a security directive 
or emergency amendment for a last point of departure, the 
Administrator shall transmit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a description of the extent to which the Adminis-
trator consulted and notified the stakeholders under paragraph 
(1). 
(b) GAO REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall review the effectiveness of the TSA process to 
update, consolidate, or revoke security directives, emergency 
amendments, and other policies related to international avia-
tion security at last point of departure airports and submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress and the Adminis-
trator a report on the findings and recommendations. 
(2) CONTENTS.—In conducting the review under paragraph 
(1), the Comptroller General shall— 
(A) review current security directives, emergency 
amendments, and any other policies related to international 
aviation security at last point of departure airports; 
(B) review the extent of intra-agency and interagency 
coordination, stakeholder outreach, coordination, and feed-
back; and 
(C) review TSA’s process and criteria for, and 
implementation of, updating or revoking the policies 
described in subparagraph (A). 
(c) RESCREENING.—Subject to section 44901(d)(4)(c) of title 49, 
United States Code, upon discovery of specific threat intelligence, 
the Administrator shall immediately direct TSA personnel to re-
screen passengers and baggage arriving from an airport outside 
the United States and identify enhanced measures that should 
be implemented at that airport. 
(d) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 day after 
the date that the Administrator determines that a foreign air carrier 
is in violation of part 1546 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
or any other applicable security requirement, the Administrator 
shall notify the appropriate committees of Congress.
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(e) DECISIONS NOT SUBJECT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, any decision of the Adminis-
trator under subsection (a)(1) relating to consultation or notification 
shall not be subject to judicial review. 
SEC. 1954. LAST POINT OF DEPARTURE AIRPORT ASSESSMENT. 
Section 44907(a)(2)(B) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including 
the screening and vetting of airport workers’’ before the semicolon. 
SEC. 1955. TRACKING SECURITY SCREENING EQUIPMENT FROM LAST 
POINT OF DEPARTURE AIRPORTS. 
(a) DONATION
OF SCREENING EQUIPMENT TO PROTECT
THE 
UNITED STATES.—Chapter 449 is amended— 
(1) in subchapter I, by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 44929. Donation of screening equipment to protect the 
United States 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Administrator 
is authorized to donate security screening equipment to a foreign 
last point of departure airport operator if such equipment can 
be reasonably expected to mitigate a specific vulnerability to the 
security of the United States or United States citizens. 
‘‘(b) CONDITIONS.—Before donating any security screening 
equipment to a foreign last point of departure airport operator 
the Administrator shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that the screening equipment has been restored 
to commercially available settings; 
‘‘(2) ensure that no TSA-specific security standards or algo-
rithms exist on the screening equipment; and 
‘‘(3) verify that the appropriate officials have an adequate 
system— 
‘‘(A) to properly maintain and operate the screening 
equipment; and 
‘‘(B) to document and track any removal or disposal 
of the screening equipment to ensure the screening equip-
ment does not come into the possession of terrorists or 
otherwise pose a risk to security. 
‘‘(c) REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days before any donation 
of security screening equipment under subsection (a), the Adminis-
trator shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives 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 security screening equipment 
to mitigate such vulnerability. 
‘‘(3) An evacuation plan for sensitive technologies in case 
of emergency or instability in the country to which such dona-
tion is being made. 
‘‘(4) How the Administrator will ensure the security 
screening equipment that is being donated is used and main-
tained over the course of its life by the recipient. 
‘‘(5) The total dollar value of such donation. 
‘‘(6) How the appropriate officials will document and track 
any removal or disposal of the screening equipment by the
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recipient to ensure the screening equipment does not come 
into the possession of terrorists or otherwise pose a risk to 
security.’’; and 
(2) in the table of contents, by inserting after the item 
relating to section 44928 the following: 
‘‘44929. Donation of screening equipment to protect the United States.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3204 
of the Aviation Security Act of 2016 (49 U.S.C. 44901 note) and 
the item relating to that section in the table of contents of that 
Act are repealed. 
(c) RAISING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall collaborate with other aviation authorities and the United 
States Ambassador or the Charge d’Affaires to the United States 
Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization, as 
applicable, to advance a global standard for each international 
airport to document and track the removal and disposal of any 
security screening equipment to ensure the screening equipment 
does not come into the possession of terrorists or otherwise pose 
a risk to security. 
SEC. 1956. INTERNATIONAL SECURITY STANDARDS. 
(a) GLOBAL AVIATION SECURITY REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in coordination 
with the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion, the Director of the Office of International Engagement 
of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Secretary 
of State, shall conduct a global aviation security review to 
improve aviation security standards, including standards 
intended to mitigate cybersecurity threats, across the global 
aviation system. 
(2) BEST PRACTICES.—The global aviation security review 
shall establish best practices regarding the following: 
(A) Collaborating with foreign partners to improve 
global aviation security capabilities and standards. 
(B) Identifying foreign partners that— 
(i) have not successfully implemented security 
protocols 
from 
the 
International 
Civil 
Aviation 
Organization or the Department of Homeland Security; 
and 
(ii) have not taken steps to implement such secu-
rity protocols; 
(C) 
Improving 
the 
development, 
outreach, 
and 
implementation process for security directives or emergency 
amendments issued to domestic and foreign air carriers. 
(D) Assessing the cybersecurity risk of security 
screening equipment. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the 
United States Ambassador to the International Civil Aviation 
Organization, shall notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives of
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the progress of the review under subsection (a) and any proposed 
international improvements to aviation security. 
(c) ICAO.—Subject to subsection (a), the Administrator and 
Ambassador shall take such action at the International Civil Avia-
tion Organization as the Administrator and Ambassador consider 
necessary to advance aviation security improvement proposals, 
including if practicable, introducing a resolution to raise minimum 
standards for aviation security. 
(d) BRIEFINGS TO CONGRESS.—Beginning not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, and periodically there-
after, the Administrator, in consultation with the Ambassador with 
respect to subsection (c), shall brief the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives on the implementation of subsections (a) and (b). 
SEC. 1957. AVIATION SECURITY IN CUBA. 
(a) SECURITY OF PUBLIC CHARTER OPERATIONS.—The Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall— 
(1) direct all public charters operating flights between the 
United States and Cuba to provide updated flight schedules 
to, and maintain such schedules with, the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration; and 
(2) develop and implement a mechanism that corroborates 
and validates flight schedule data to more reliably track the 
public charter operations of air carriers between the United 
States and Cuba. 
(b) BRIEFING ON SECURITY AT AIRPORTS IN CUBA.—The Adminis-
trator shall provide to Congress (including the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate) a con-
fidential briefing on the following aspects of security measures 
at airports in Cuba that have air service to the United States: 
(1) Details about the type of equipment used at screening 
checkpoints and an analysis of the capabilities and weaknesses 
of that equipment. 
(2) Information about each such airport’s canine screening 
program, if used. 
(3) The frequency of training for screening and security 
personnel. 
(4) Access controls in place to ensure only credentialed 
personnel have access to the secure and sterile areas of such 
airports. 
(5) An assessment of the ability of known or suspected 
terrorists to use Cuba as a gateway to entering the United 
States. 
(6) Security of such airports’ perimeters. 
(7) The vetting practices and procedures for airport 
employees. 
(8) Any other information the Administrator considers rel-
evant to the security practices, procedures, and equipment in 
place at such airports.