HR 998 · 114th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance
Preclearance Authorization Act of 2015
Bill Progress
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EnactedLatest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 324.(2015-12-15)
Plain Language Summary
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Preclearance Authorization Act of 2015 Authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) preclearance operations in a foreign country to: prevent terrorists, instruments of terrorism, and other security threats from entering the United States; prevent inadmissible persons from entering the United States; ensure merchandise destined for the United States complies with applicable U.S. customs laws; and ensure the prompt processing of persons eligible to travel to the United States. Conditions the establishment of preclearance operations at an airport in a foreign country under an agreement on the requirements that: at least one U.S. passenger carrier operates at the airport; and the access of all U.S. passenger carriers to those preclearance operations is the same as the access of any non-U.S. passenger carrier. Directs the CBP to: measure monthly the average customs processing time to enter the 25 U.S. airports with the highest volume of international travel; quarterly assess whether the average customs processing time for those airports significantly exceeds the average customs processing time to enter the United States throu…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 998, Preclearance Authorization Act of 2015
Jul 15, 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 25, 2015
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 998, Preclearance Authorization Act of 2015
Dec 9, 2015As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on October 7, 2015
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office