[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4581 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4581

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop best practices 
for utilizing advanced passenger information and passenger name record 
  data for counterterrorism screening and vetting operations, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2017

  Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Katko, Mr. 
 Gallagher, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Garrett, and 
 Mr. McCaul) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop best practices 
for utilizing advanced passenger information and passenger name record 
  data for counterterrorism screening and vetting operations, 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 ``Screening and Vetting Passenger 
Exchange Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. PASSENGER SCREENING BEST PRACTICES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop 
best practices for utilizing advanced passenger information and 
passenger name record data for counterterrorism screening and vetting 
operations.
    (b) Considerations.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, to 
the greatest extent practicable--
            (1) make available to certain countries, including visa 
        waiver program countries under section 217 of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187), the best practices 
        required under subsection (a); and
            (2) provide assistance to such countries in implementing 
        such best practices.
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