3.0.0 876 2023-01-11T13:34:59Z 2023-01-11T13:34:59Z House HR 2017-02-06 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 20 (Monday, February 6, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KATKO:H.R. 876.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--To make all Laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States or in anyDepartment or Officer thereof.[Page H1012]]]> sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-26T15:48:03Z hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm07 Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-24T19:08:54Z Reported by 2017-04-25T16:42:01Z Markup by 2017-03-08T15:20:31Z Referred to 2017-02-06T17:02:05Z H. Rept. 115-94 2017-04-26 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2017-04-25 19:09:19 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. Floor H38800 2 House floor actions 2017-04-25 19:09:18 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2017-04-25 19:09:15 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 0 (Roll no. 223). (text: CR H2825-2826) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 223 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll223.xml House 115 2017-04-25T23:09:15Z 1 2017-04-25 19:09:15 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 0 (Roll no. 223).(text: CR H2825-2826) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 223 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll223.xml House 115 2017-04-25T23:09:15Z 1 2017-04-25 19:01:47 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2838-2839) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2017-04-25 17:18:17 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2017-04-25 17:09:45 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 876. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2017-04-25 17:09:33 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2825-2828) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2017-04-25 17:09:16 Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2017-04-25 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 54. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00054 2017-04-25 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-94. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2017-04-25 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-94. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2017-03-08 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2017-03-08 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2017-02-24 hshm07 Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security. Committee 2017-02-06 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2017-02-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-02-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000386 Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] John Katko R NY 24 N M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2017-02-06 True R000575 Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] Mike Rogers R AL 3 2017-02-06 True F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-8] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 8 2017-02-06 True H001077 Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] Clay Higgins R LA 3 2017-02-06 True K000210 Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] PETER KING R NY T. 2 2017-02-06 True V000132 Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] Filemon Vela D TX 34 2017-02-06 True K000375 Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] William Keating D MA R. 9 2017-02-06 True W000822 Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] Bonnie Watson Coleman D NJ 12 2017-02-06 True 2017-04-26T19:30:00Z H.R. 876, Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52665 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 8, 2017 Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Criminal justice information and records Firearms and explosives Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Personnel records Service animals Transportation employees Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2017-02-06 Introduced in House 2017-08-17T17:57:21Z Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017

This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to submit a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant number of Category I, II, and X airports to ensure that all airport employee entry and exit points leading to secure airport areas are comprised of:

  • a secure door utilizing card and pin entry or biometric technology;
  • surveillance video recording capable of storing video data for at least 30 days; and
  • certain advanced screening technologies.

The TSA shall:

  • work with air carriers and airport operators, vendors, and concessionaires to enhance security awareness of credentialed airport workers regarding insider threats to aviation security and best practices related to airport access controls;
  • assess credentialing standards, policies, and practices to ensure that such threats are adequately addressed; and
  • require the application for a credential granting access to the Secure Identification Display Area of an airport to include the individual's social security number in order to strengthen security vetting effectiveness.

The TSA also shall:

  • work with airport operators to identify advanced technologies for securing employee access to secure and sterile airport areas;
  • ensure that credentialed aviation workers are continuously vetted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Rap Back Service in order to more rapidly detect and mitigate insider threats;
  • identify ways to enhance TSA's ability to educate its personnel on insider threats to aviation security and mitigate such threats;
  • increase covert testing of TSA employee screening operations at airports and measure security effectiveness;
  • establish a national database of TSA employees who have had either their airport or aircraft operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation security requirements; and
  • submit a plan for recurring reviews of the security controls for TSA information technology systems at airports.
]]> 36 2017-04-25 Passed House amended 2017-11-07T16:29:21Z Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017

(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct, and submit to Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant number of Category I, II, III, IV, and X airports assessing the impact if all airport employee access points from non-secured to secured airport areas are comprised of the following:

  • a secure door utilizing card and pin entry or biometric technology;
  • surveillance video recording capable of storing video data for at least 30 days;
  • certain advanced screening technologies, including magnetometers, explosives detection canines, explosives trace detection swabbing, advanced imaging technology, and X-ray bag screening technology; and
  • information related to employee screening costs of such airports that have already implemented practices of screening 100% of employees accessing secured areas.

The GAO shall assess the completed study and report the results to Congress.

(Sec. 4) The TSA shall:

  • work with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, labor unions representing credentialed airport employees, and the TSA's Aviation Security Advisory Committee to enhance security awareness of credentialed airport workers regarding insider threats to aviation security and best practices related to airport access controls;
  • assess credentialing standards, policies, and practices to ensure that insider threats to aviation security are adequately addressed;
  • require airport operators to submit the social security number of an individual applying for a credential granting access to the Security Identification Display Area of an airport to strengthen security vetting effectiveness; and
  • issue requirements for airport operators to include in applications for access to such area a notice that an employee holding a credential granting such access may be screened at any time while entering, working in, or leaving the area.

(Sec. 5) The TSA shall also:

  • work with airport operators and the TSA Advisory Committee to identify advanced technologies for securing employee access to secured and sterile airport areas;
  • ensure that credentialed aviation worker populations currently requiring a fingerprint-based criminal record history check are continuously vetted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Rap Back Service to mitigate insider threats;
  • identify ways to enhance TSA's ability to educate its personnel on insider threats to aviation security and on how to mitigate such threats;
  • ensure that TSA employee physical inspection efforts of aviation workers (Playbook operations) are focused on providing the greatest level of security effectiveness;
  • conduct covert testing of TSA employee screening operations at airports;
  • report on the frequency, methodology, strategy, and effectiveness of employee inspection operations at airports; and
  • establish a national database of individuals who have had either their airport or aircraft operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation security requirements, as well a process to allow individuals whose names were mistakenly entered into such database to correct the record and have their names removed from it.

(Sec. 6) The DHS is the lead interagency coordinator to insider threat investigations and mitigation efforts at airports.

(Sec. 7) The TSA shall submit a plan to conduct recurring reviews of the operational security controls for TSA information technology systems at airports.

]]> Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 Display Title Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reform programs of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Reported to House Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017' H House Short Titles as Passed House Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 H House Short Titles as Introduced Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 Official Titles as Amended by House To reform programs of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes. H House Referred in Senate 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr876rfs/xml/BILLS-115hr876rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr876eh/xml/BILLS-115hr876eh.xml Reported in House 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr876rh/xml/BILLS-115hr876rh.xml Introduced in House 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr876ih/xml/BILLS-115hr876ih.xml 2017-04-26 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.