Bill would let checked bags from some foreign airports skip a second TSA screening on connecting flights

The TSA Administrator, working with Customs and Border Protection, may let checked bags from participating foreign airports continue on connecting U.S. flights without another TSA screening. It covers bags arriving on direct flights or flight segments from the participating foreign airports named in subsection (b); it is also subject to subsection (f), which the excerpt does not show. The foreign airport must have screened the bags with an explosives detection system under an aviation security screening agreement. Passengers must not be able to reach their checked bags until they arrive at their final destination. Customs and Border Protection must have received timely images of the bags that meet its requirements before the flight arrives. Customs and Border Protection must not have flagged any passenger or bag for further inspection.

The bill would change the number 'six' to 'ten' in subsection (k) of the pilot program law. It amends section 7132 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023; the bill's title calls this an extension of the One-Stop pilot program. The excerpt does not say what the number measures.