[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 126, 112th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Public Law 112-218
112th Congress

An Act


 
To authorize the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
(Transportation Security Administration) to modify screening
requirements for checked baggage arriving from preclearance airports,
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 ``No-Hassle Flying Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. PRECLEARANCE AIRPORTS.

(a) In General.--Section 44901(d) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Preclearance airports.--
``(A) In general.--For a flight or flight segment
originating at an airport outside the United States and
traveling to the United States with respect to which
checked baggage has been screened in accordance with an
aviation security preclearance agreement between the
United States and the country in which such airport is
located, the Assistant Secretary (Transportation
Security Administration) may, in coordination with U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, determine whether such
baggage must be re-screened in the United States by an
explosives detection system before such baggage
continues on any additional flight or flight segment.
``(B) Aviation security preclearance agreement
defined.--In this paragraph, the term `aviation security
preclearance agreement' means an agreement that
delineates and implements security standards and
protocols that are determined by the Assistant
Secretary, in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, to be comparable to those of the United
States and therefore sufficiently effective to enable
passengers to deplane into sterile areas of airports in
the United States.
``(C) Report.--The Assistant Secretary shall submit
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate
an annual report on the re-screening of baggage under
this paragraph. Each such report shall include the
following for the year covered by the report:
``(i) A list of airports outside the United
States from which a flight or flight segment
traveled to the

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United States for which the Assistant Secretary
determined, in accordance with the authority under
subparagraph (A), that checked baggage was not
required to be re-screened in the United States by
an explosive detection system before such baggage
continued on an additional flight or flight
segment.
``(ii) The amount of Federal savings generated
from the exercise of such authority.''.

(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 44901 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by striking ``explosive'' each place it appears and
inserting ``explosives''.

Approved December 20, 2012.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3542 (H.R. 6028):
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012):
Nov. 29, considered and passed Senate.
Dec. 12, considered and passed House.