Safe Skies Act of 2014

Safe Skies Act of 2014 - Directs the President to: (1) report annually to Congress identifying each foreign country that does not use the Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) to determine the passport accuracy of prospective passengers on commercial flights, and (2) suspend assistance for a fiscal year to an identified foreign country.

Authorizes the President to waive such limitation in whole or in part with respect to a foreign country if: (1) the President certifies to Congress that it is in U.S. national security interests to do so, and (2) such determination is approved by an Act of Congress.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4448 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4448

To direct the President to suspend assistance to foreign countries that 
 fail to use INTERPOL's Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database for 
purposes of determining accuracy of passports of prospective passengers 
                         on commercial flights.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2014

Mr. Pittenger (for himself, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Denham, Mr. Southerland, Mr. 
 Burgess, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Huizenga of Michigan) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the President to suspend assistance to foreign countries that 
 fail to use INTERPOL's Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database for 
purposes of determining accuracy of passports of prospective passengers 
                         on commercial flights.

    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 ``Safe Skies Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAT FAIL TO USE 
              INTERPOL'S STOLEN AND LOST TRAVEL DOCUMENTS DATABASE.

    (a) Suspension.--The President shall suspend assistance for a 
fiscal year to a foreign country that is identified in the report 
submitted to Congress under subsection (b) with respect to the 
immediately preceding fiscal year.
    (b) Report.--Not later than September 1 of each fiscal year, the 
President shall submit to Congress a report that identifies each 
foreign country the government of which the President determines failed 
to use the Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database of the 
International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) for purposes of 
determining accuracy of passports of prospective passengers on 
commercial flights during such fiscal year.
    (c) Waiver.--The President may waive the limitation under 
subsection (a) in whole or in part with respect to a foreign country 
if--
            (1) the President determines and certifies to Congress that 
        it is in the national security interests of the United States 
        to do so; and
            (2) such determination is approved by an Act of Congress.
    (d) Effective Date and Applicability.--
            (1) Effective date.--This section takes effect on the date 
        of the enactment of this Act and applies in accordance with the 
        provisions of paragraph (2).
            (2) Applicability.--Subsection (a) applies beginning with 
        the third fiscal year that begins after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act and subsection (b) applies beginning with 
        the second fiscal year that begins after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
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