,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #g1 #bjah,ms4 
,mc,sally 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,gallagher1
 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,louisiana1 and ,mr4  
,mc,caul7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,homeland ,security  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend the ,homeland ,security ,act of   
#bjjb to establish the immigration      
advisory program1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,immigration        
,advisory ,program ,authorization ,act  
of #bjah or the ,,iap ,authorization    
,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,authorization of   
the immigration advisory program  7a7   
,in general ,subtitle ,b of title ,,iv  
of the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb
 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #baa et seq47 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new  
section3  #dai4 ,immigration advisory   
program  7a7 ,in general ,there is      
authorized within ,u4,s4 ,customs and   
,border ,protection an immigration      

advisory program 7in this section       
referred to as the program7 for ,u4,s4  
,customs and ,border ,protection        
officers1 pursuant to an agreement with 
a host country1 to assist air carriers  
and security employees at foreign       
airports with review of traveler        
information during the processing of    
flights bound for the ,united ,states4  
7b7 ,activities ,in carrying out the    
program1 ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border    
,protection officers may-- 7#a7 be      
present during processing of flights    
bound for the ,united ,states2  7#b7    
assist air carriers and security        
employees with document examination and 
traveler security assessments2  7#c7    
provide relevant training to air        
carriers1 security employees1 and       
host-country authorities2  7#d7 analyze 
electronic passenger information and    
passenger reservation data to identify  
potential threats2  7#e7 engage air     
carriers and travelers to confirm       
potential terrorist watchlist matches2  

7#f7 make recommendations to air        
carriers to deny potentially            
inadmissable passengers boarding flights
 bound for the ,united ,states2 and     
7#g7 conduct other activities to secure 
flights bound for the ,united ,states1  
as directed by the ,commissioner of     
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection4
  7c7 ,definitions ,in this section1 the
 terms air carrier and foreign air      
carrier have the meanings given such    
terms in section #djajb of title #di1   
,united ,states ,code4  4  7b7          
,conforming amendment ,subsection 7c7 of
 section #daa of the ,homeland ,security
 ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #baa7 is   
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#ah71 by  
striking and after the semicolon at the 
end2  7#b7 by redesignating paragraph   
7#ai7 as paragraph 7#bj72 and  7#c7 by  
inserting after paragraph 7#ah7 the     
following new paragraph3  7#ai7 carry   
out section #dai1 relating to the       
immigration advisory program2 and  4    
7c7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   

contents in section #a7;b7 of the       
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb is    
amended by inserting after the item     
relating to section #dah the following  
new item3  ,sec4 #dai4 ,immigration     
advisory program4  4