EXCHANGE OF TERRORIST INFORMATION AND INCREASED PREINSPECTION AT FOREIGN AIRPORTS.

SEC. 7210. EXCHANGE OF TERRORIST INFORMATION AND INCREASED PREINSPECTION AT FOREIGN AIRPORTS.(a) Findings.—Consistent with the report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Congress makes the following findings:(1) The exchange of terrorist information with other countries, consistent with privacy requirements, along with listings of lost and stolen passports, will have immediate security benefits.(2) The further away from the borders of the United States that screening occurs, the more security benefits the United States will gain. (b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that—(1) the Federal Government should exchange terrorist information with trusted allies; (2) the Federal Government should move toward real-time verification of passports with issuing authorities; (3) where practicable, the Federal Government should conduct screening before a passenger departs on a flight destined for the United States; (4) the Federal Government should work with other countries to ensure effective inspection regimes at all airports; (5) the Federal Government should work with other countries to improve passport standards and provide foreign assistance to countries that need help making the transition to the global standard for identification; and (6) the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Department of State and other Federal agencies, should implement the initiatives called for in this subsection.(c) Report Regarding the Exchange of Terrorist Information.—(1) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, working with other Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 118 STAT. 3825 a report on Federal efforts to collaborate with allies of the United States in the exchange of terrorist information.(2) Contents.—The report shall outline—(A) strategies for increasing such collaboration and cooperation; (B) progress made in screening passengers before their departure to the United States; and (C) efforts to work with other countries to accomplish the goals described under this section.(d) Preinspection at Foreign Airports.—(1) In general.—Section 235A(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225a(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows:“(4) Subject to paragraph (5), not later than January 1, 2008, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall establish preinspection stations in at least 25 additional foreign airports, which the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines, based on the data compiled under paragraph (3) and such other information as may be available, would most effectively facilitate the travel of admissible aliens and reduce the number of inadmissible aliens, especially aliens who are potential terrorists, who arrive from abroad by air at points of entry within the United States. Such preinspection stations shall be in addition to those established before September 30, 1996, or pursuant to paragraph (1).”.(2) Report.—Not later than June 30, 2006, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State shall submit a report on the progress being made in implementing the amendment made by paragraph (1) to—(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives;(C) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;(D) the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives; (E) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and(F) the Select Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives (or any successor committee).