,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cege  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ba1       
#bjac,ms4 ,jackson ,lee 7for herself1   
,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,mr4    
,richmond1 ,ms4 ,loretta ,sanchez of    
,california1 ,ms4 ,clarke1 ,mr4 ,payne1 
,mr4 ,higgins1 and ,mr4 ,barber7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish    
conditions under which the ,secretary of
 ,homeland ,security may commence ,u4,s4
 ,customs and ,border ,protection       
security screening operations at a      
preclearance facility outside the       
,united ,states1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,putting ,security ,first  
in ,preclearance ,act4  #b4 ,authority  
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary of ,homeland        
,security 7in this ,act referred to as  
the ,secretary7 may establish conditions
 under which the ,secretary may commence

 ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection
 security screening operations at a     
preclearance facility outside the       
,united ,states only in accordance with 
the requirements of this ,act4  #c4     
,notice to ,congress ,not later than #ij
 days before entering into any agreement
 to commence security screening         
operations at a preclearance facility   
under section #b1 the ,secretary shall  
provide to the ,committee on ,homeland  
,security of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate with the        
following3 7#a7 ,a notice of intent to  
commence such security screening        
operations4  7#b7 ,a copy of the        
proposed agreement that is the subject  
of such notice of intent4  7#c7 ,a      
comprehensive assessment that includes  
the following3 7,a7 ,a homeland security
 threat assessment for the country in   
which such screening operations are     
proposed4  7,b7 ,information on the     

anticipated homeland security benefits  
associated with establishing such       
facility or commencing such security    
screening operations4  7,c7 ,information
 on potential security vulnerabilities  
associated with commencing such security
 screening operations1 and mitigation   
plans to address such potential security
 vulnerabilities4  7,d7 ,a ,u4,s4       
,customs and ,border ,protection        
staffing model for such security        
screening operations and plans for how  
such positions would be filled4  7,e7   
,information about the anticipated      
impact on border security staffing at   
,united ,states airports of the         
deployment of ,u4,s4 ,customs and       
,border ,protection officers to carry   
out such security screening operations4 
7,f7 ,information on the anticipated    
costs over the next five fiscal years   
associated with commencing such security
 screening operations4  7,g7            
,information on anticipated funding     
sources for costs identified in         

subparagraph 7,f71 including user fee   
collections4  7,h7 ,information on      
potential impacts on passengers         
traveling to the ,united ,states4  7,i7 
,other factors that the ,secretary      
determines to be necessary for ,congress
 to comprehensively assess the          
appropriateness of commencing such      
security screening operations4  #d4     
,prohibition ,no ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection security screening  
positions at a preclearance facility    
outside the ,united ,states may be      
funded directly or through reimbursement
 by a foreign government or a foreign   
person4