PRECLEARANCE AUTHORITY.

SEC. 125. PRECLEARANCE AUTHORITY. Section 103(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1103(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “After consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General may authorize officers of a foreign country to be stationed at preclearance facilities in the United States for the purpose of ensuring that persons traveling from or through the United States to that foreign country comply with that country’s immigration and related laws. Those officers may exercise such authority and perform such duties as United States immigration officers are authorized to exercise and perform in that foreign country under reciprocal agreement, and they shall enjoy such reasonable privileges and immunities necessary for the performance of their duties as the government of their country extends to United States immigration officers.”.