Safe Skies Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4448
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pittenger, Robert [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2014-04-10
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Congressional oversight

Criminal justice information and records

Foreign aid and international relief

Government information and archives

International organizations and cooperation

Sanctions

Transportation safety and security

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Safe Skies Act of 2014 - Directs the President to: (1) report annually to Congress identifying each foreign country that does not use the Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) to determine the passport accuracy of prospective passengers on commercial flights, and (2) suspend assistance for a fiscal year to an identified foreign country. </p> <p>Authorizes the President to waive such limitation in whole or in part with respect to a foreign country if: (1) the President certifies to Congress that it is in U.S. national security interests to do so, and (2) such determination is approved by an Act of Congress. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4448 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2014 Mr. Pittenger (for himself, Mr. Pitts , Mr. Denham , Mr. Southerland , Mr. Burgess , Mr. Weber of Texas , and Mr. Huizenga of Michigan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To direct the President to suspend assistance to foreign countries that fail to use INTERPOL’s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database for purposes of determining accuracy of passports of prospective passengers on commercial flights.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Skies Act of 2014 . 2. Suspension of assistance to foreign countries that fail to use INTERPOL’s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database (a) Suspension The President shall suspend assistance for a fiscal year to a foreign country that is identified in the report submitted to Congress under subsection (b) with respect to the immediately preceding fiscal year. (b) Report Not later than September 1 of each fiscal year, the President shall submit to Congress a report that identifies each foreign country the government of which the President determines failed to use the Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) for purposes of determining accuracy of passports of prospective passengers on commercial flights during such fiscal year. (c) Waiver The President may waive the limitation under subsection (a) in whole or in part with respect to a foreign country if— (1) the President determines and certifies to Congress that it is in the national security interests of the United States to do so; and (2) such determination is approved by an Act of Congress. (d) Effective date and applicability (1) Effective date This section takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2). (2) Applicability Subsection (a) applies beginning with the third fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act and subsection (b) applies beginning with the second fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.