Title: One-Stop Pilot Program Act of 2021
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
One-Stop Pilot Program Act of 2021
This bill authorizes the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to conduct a pilot program at not more than 10 foreign last point of departure airports to permit passengers and their accessible property to bypass domestic security rescreening at a connecting airport in the United States.
Screening may be bypassed if (1) the country of departure has an aviation screening agreement with the United States setting standards and protocols comparable to those in the United States; (2) passengers cannot access their checked baggage until arriving at their final destination; and (3) upon arrival in the United States, passengers do not come into contact with other arriving international passengers (or their property) or persons who have not been screened.
If the TSA determines that the foreign countries participating in the screening agreements have not maintained and implemented comparable standards and protocols to those in the United States, it must ensure that passengers and their property arriving from the foreign airports are rescreened in the United States before they are permitted into sterile areas of the airports.
Each agreement shall be executed within three years of the bill's enactment and be in effect for up to four years from the date of execution.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4094 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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 additional security re-screening, and for other purposes.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
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 additional security re-screening, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``One-Stop Pilot Program 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 Transportation Security 
Administration, in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, is authorized to conduct 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 segments 
originating at such participating foreign airports to continue on 
additional flights or flight segments originating in the United States 
without additional security re-screening if--
            (1) the initial screening was conducted in accordance with 
        an aviation security screening agreement described in 
        subsection (c);
            (2) passengers arriving from participating foreign airports 
        are unable to access their checked baggage prior to arrival at 
        their final destination; and
            (3) upon arrival in the United States, passengers arriving 
        from participating foreign airports do not come into contact 
        with other arriving international passengers or those 
        passengers' property or other persons who have not been 
        screened or subjected to other appropriate security controls 
        required for entry into the airport's sterile area.
    (b) Re-Screening of Checked Baggage.--The Administrator may 
determine whether, based on risk, 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.
    (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 accessible property to deplane 
into sterile areas of airports in the United States without the need 
for re-screening.
    (d) Re-Screening Requirement.--If the Administrator determines that 
the foreign country participating in the aviation security screening 
agreement has not maintained 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 Administrator shall 
ensure that passengers and their property 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 agreement 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 section 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:
            (1) Administration; tsa.--The terms ``Administration'' and 
        ``TSA'' mean the Transportation Security Administration.
            (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.
            (3) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' 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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