1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Transportation Security
Administration Authorization Act of 2011
.
(b)
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Title I—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Title II—AVIATION SECURITY
Subtitle A—Reform
Part 1—Airport Screening
Sec. 201. Checkpoint screening of passengers.
Sec. 202. Trusted passenger credential.
Sec. 203. Security screening of individuals with metal
implants, prosthetics, and physical disabilities traveling in air
transportation.
Sec. 204. Security screenings of children.
Sec. 205. Requirements for baggage screening
technology.
Sec. 206. Explosives detection canine teams for aviation
security.
Sec. 207. Pilot program on security screening of passengers on
commercial flights originating outside the United States.
Sec. 208. Standard operating procedures at airport
checkpoints.
Sec. 209. Advanced passenger prescreening system.
Sec. 210. Screening in areas other than primary passenger
terminals.
Sec. 211. Automated targeting recognition software.
Sec. 212. Disabling image retention.
Sec. 213. Screening strategy.
Part 2—Transportation Security Officer Training and
Accountability
Sec. 221. Prohibition of advance notice of covert testing to
security screeners.
Sec. 222. Transportation security training
programs.
Sec. 223. Hiring preference for part-time
employees.
Sec. 224. Removal of Administration officers due to
performance.
Sec. 225. Administration ombudsman office.
Part 3—Air Cargo Security
Sec. 241. Air cargo advanced screening pilot
program.
Sec. 242. Status of efforts to promote air cargo shipper
certification.
Sec. 243. Explosive detection canine teams for air cargo
security.
Part 4—Information Sharing and Security Directives
Sec. 261. TSA and homeland security information
sharing.
Sec. 262. Issuance of regulations and security directives using
emergency procedures.
Subtitle B—Other Matters
Sec. 281. Efficiency review by Assistant Secretary.
Sec. 282. Aviation security stakeholder
participation.
Sec. 283. Detailed aviation security technology plans for
airports.
Sec. 284. Federal air marshals.
Sec. 285. Canine detection research and
development.
Sec. 286. Vendor enhancements.
Sec. 287. Security risk assessment of airport perimeter access
controls.
Sec. 288. Electromagnetic emissions from passenger screening
equipment deployed in airports.
Sec. 289. Electromagnetic emissions exposure
assessment.
Sec. 290. Reimbursement for airports that have incurred
eligible costs.
Sec. 291. Review of airport security plans.
Sec. 292. Security procedures during temporary flight
restrictions.
Sec. 293. Security training and assistance to foreign
airports.
Sec. 294. Federal air marshal risk assessments.
Sec. 295. Protection of the names Federal Air Marshal and
Administration.
Sec. 296. Allowable costs on airport security improvement
projects.
Sec. 297. Report on diversity efforts.
Sec. 298. Report to Congress on time and attendance programs
for transportation security officers.
Title III—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
Subtitle A—Streamlining Threat Assessments for
Credentials
Sec. 301. Definitions.
Sec. 302. Task force.
Sec. 303. Limitations on rulemaking.
Sec. 304. Surface transportation credentialing.
Sec. 305. Transportation worker identification credential
enrollment centers.
Sec. 306. Limitation on issuance of HAZMAT
licenses.
Sec. 307. Deadlines and effective dates.
Sec. 308. Streamlining credentials for secure area access at
airports.
Sec. 309. Jobs impact.
Subtitle B—Security Assistance and Enhancements
Sec. 321. Visible intermodal prevention and response
teams.
Sec. 322. Transit security grants.
Sec. 323. Freight rail security demonstration
project.
Sec. 324. Explosives detection canine teams for surface
transportation.
Sec. 325. Pipeline security study.
Sec. 326. Repeal of limitation relating to motor carrier
security-sensitive material tracking technology.
Subtitle C—Information Sharing
Sec. 341. Surface Transportation Security stakeholder
participation.
Sec. 342. Plan to improve information sharing.
Sec. 343. Best practices sharing.
2.In this Act:
(1)The term
Department means the Department of Homeland Security.
(2)The term
Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(3)The term
Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Homeland
Security (Transportation Security Administration).
(4)The term
Administration means the Transportation Security
Administration.
(5)The term
Aviation Security Advisory Committee means the advisory committee
established by section 44946 of title 49, United States Code, as added by this
Act.
(6)The term
trusted passenger means any passenger eligible for expedited
screening through a checkpoint, as determined by the Assistant
Secretary.
<enum>I</enum><header>AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS</header>
<section commented="no" id="H81ECECB09FA54233B8460473289F5529"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $7,822,743,000 for fiscal year
2012 and $7,588,743,000 for fiscal year 2013 for the necessary expenses of the
Administration for such fiscal years.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>AVIATION
SECURITY</header>
<subtitle id="H67FC907B036646BD9E4D7E9B5CAE0C0C"><enum>A</enum><header>Reform</header>
<part id="HF57790E5F98C46DA8EC3DF94800A4376"><enum>1</enum><header>Airport
Screening</header>
<section id="HB116FB961E39490EBED52E5672C96ECF"><enum>201.</enum><header>Checkpoint
screening of passengers</header>
<subsection id="HDE21FA4EE3EB4F358FA784FCDA0C1104"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Trusted
passenger screening program</header>
<paragraph id="HA4496D46B36B44129F6CEA146C834C3D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 44901 of
title 49, United States Code is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA17BF138A1A64BF5A671059297D6FE4A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (a) through (k) as subsections (b) through (l), respectively;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H087B76677BC24FF0B0DE5C76DF6388B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
before subsection (b), as so redesignated, the following new subsection
(a):</text>
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<subsection id="H36A48747D6864CF084BBCAE04EC3B41C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Checkpoint
screening of passengers</header>
<paragraph id="H9B7FB7D625574D8DAC0D49D81C5E37EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) shall
carry out a risk-based program at airport checkpoints that provides expedited
screening for trusted passengers based on a comprehensive analysis of factors
which may include but not be limited to:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A6E73895ED0494096B272AB06721B1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Low-risk
population determinations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H046D1F7CE49447029584E65D8251A3BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Security threat
assessments and background checks.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H485D7F4DC14A4BC5826374446F1D086B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Travel frequency
analysis, travel pattern analysis.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB702F2E2186241FD8FC7F1360CCF6B12"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Brief assessment
interview</header><text>As part of the program required by paragraph (1), a
brief assessment interview of passengers not eligible for expedited screening
may be conducted by a transportation security officer who has received
appropriate training to conduct such interviews.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9982BFBBCB445D0B8B0EC5EDF683233"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inspector
General reviews</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector
General of the Department shall review the program required by paragraph (1) on
a quarterly basis and submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House
of Representatives and other appropriate committees of Congress reports on the
results of such reviews.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H391F81417A7843BB91CDADB378D69E62"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consideration of
other programs</header><text>In developing the trusted passenger program
required by paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary shall review and consider
all trusted passenger programs established pursuant to section 109(a)(3) of the
Aviation Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 613; 49
U.S.C. 114 note), including the Registered Traveler program and any other
Department of Homeland Security pilot or operational trusted passenger
programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F5547832CE74669ACE7AF0E1C06629C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Other trusted
passenger programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
addition to the program established under paragraph (1), the Assistant
Secretary may elect to designate trusted passenger status to passengers who are
members of other governmental or non-governmental trusted passenger programs,
as long as such passengers meet the standards and requirements set by the
Assistant Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DA800008F734DC8BF6F02E0F37AD28E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Suspension</header><text>The
Assistant Secretary shall have the authority to suspend expedited screening for
trusted passengers as security conditions may warrant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCA07F999D81048D8812B8C3E88A88684"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Trusted
passenger defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
subsection, the term <term>trusted passenger</term> means any passenger
eligible for expedited screening through a checkpoint, as determined by the
Assistant
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H72D88E6AAF324D4EBA709FA49BBC2807"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant Secretary shall establish the
program required by subsection (c) of section 44901 of title 49, United States
Code, as added by paragraph (1), by not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF0C55B3DBCA4A32A46C763EA4D2BA21"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after first implementing the program required by subsection (c) of section
44901 of title 49, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), the Assistant
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate a report on the status and efficacy of the program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3F1A45931394706B506CFFE10315563"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Security
screening for members of the Armed Forces</header>
<paragraph id="HE66E3F67529A47E0927C99B06D0AFD90"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 44901 of
title 49, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), is further
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3863DEE3793D4462B5177E6E4EEFB481"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (d) through (l), as redesignated by subsection (a), as subsections
(e) through (m), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0929E456E11B4E7BA7AAE7780BAE3795"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):</text>
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<subsection id="H76B006E1892449039C9687DAB960BB9F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Security
screening for members of the Armed Forces</header>
<paragraph id="H5B46CFA85D0C4AF89EFC5702F02B8CBA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) shall
develop and implement a plan to provide expedited security screening services
for a member of the Armed Forces, and any accompanying family member, when the
member of the Armed Forces presents documentation indicating official orders
while in uniform through a primary airport (as defined by section 47102 of this
title).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D79FE9C3D5045378F4526996AEA907A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Protocols</header><text>In
developing the plan, the Assistant Secretary shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4943609D64DE4158876B22B9FFD5FDEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>leveraging
existing security screening models used by airports and air carriers to reduce
passenger wait times before entering a security screening checkpoint;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B9F5C5B30014B849EA45260961E879D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing
standard guidelines for the screening of military uniform items, including
combat boots; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H700F5FB3C32E4FE0B76D7819BF5F852F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporating any new screening protocols
into an existing trusted passenger program, as established pursuant to section
109(a)(3) of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107–71;
115 Stat. 613; 49 U.S.C. 114 note) or subsection (c), or into the development
of any new credential or system that incorporates biometric technology and
other applicable technologies to verify the identity of individuals traveling
in air transportation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE5FD5C4D31024DA584CDD3D33DF30113"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on the implementation of the
plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H787162B82AE445239839236C5FB50259"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (g),
as so redesignated, by striking <quote>subsection (b)(1)(A)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsection (c)(1)(A)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76B06D26FF144D9391A46A8C8A434E23"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection
(j)(2), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>subsection (c)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subsection (e)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF3E3AD9345B644CABC410D9226AB540E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall
establish the plan required by the amendments made by paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFAB05F2CF7D947B792F859438195D267"><enum>202.</enum><header>Trusted
passenger credential</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
44903(h) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H353A206B727D4521B602C44DE1CF5099"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E06490994D04B7EAB7CF47251EF6018"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (6) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H46E9FAFCBD414ACEB45F9942B3DC1B81"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Trusted
passenger credential</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Transportation
Security Administration Authorization Act of 2011, the Assistant Secretary of
Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0403EACE26C64641852F09341089D142"><enum>(A)</enum><text>work with industry
to establish standards for a voluntary trusted passenger credential that
incorporates biometric identifier technology;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC51A0C6482484174B8076CA1FE0F5E5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish a
process by which the credential will be used to verify the identity of trusted
passengers and allow them expedited passenger and carry-on baggage
screening;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H100C07BFD9C94230882B4104521CF73D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish
procedures—</text>
<clause id="HF2F76460510D4255827B011B2E3FD139"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
ensure that only trusted passengers are issued the trusted passenger
credential;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5EFFC4E10D3D4EAFB2B06455D556C50C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to resolve
failures to enroll, false matches, and false nonmatches relating to use of the
trusted passenger credential; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFC8654E3F6EF41E08FB3B82B89E4A923"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to invalidate
any trusted passenger credential that is lost, stolen, or no longer authorized
for use;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09A3784E230845EBB95ACC83E9133A3F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>establish
standards for the issuance of the trusted passenger credential to each trusted
passenger that applies for a credential;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C6D61C259C541839CE224E8CCC9F0A1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>establish
eligibility procedures for the trusted passenger credential;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94C87AC5D24445148A7F0F456CF6B9D9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>take such other
actions with respect to the trusted passenger credential as the Assistant
Secretary considers appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13DB1479EE83420393333140BF8D01C2"><enum>(G)</enum><text>ensure that the
credential is not required for expedited screening under section 44901(a) of
this
title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EF652BE8DCD41138BA0AA4EC335739B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Security screening
of individuals with metal implants, prosthetics, and physical disabilities
traveling in air transportation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44901 of title 49, United States
Code, as amended by section 201, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3A142B328DEA4AFD992772584728C38F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (e) through (m), as redesignated by section 201, as subsections (f)
through (n), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF75B920C8FD34263B7ECFE7BAB51AA0B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (d), as inserted by section 201, the following new subsection
(e):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78A7860649B84E73884B58EE72D1BDB5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HEC1770BFDD474EFBB85F8FD5A9924B20"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Security
screening of individuals with metal implants, prosthetics, physical
disabilities, and special medical needs traveling in air
transportation</header>
<paragraph id="H53437CA20AC54F22A04DE1E769575432"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) shall
carry out a program to ensure appropriate treatment in the screening of
individuals with metal implants, prosthetics, and physical disabilities
traveling in air transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54CF509B768545B38557A635E0A98CE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Transportation
Security Administration Authorization Act of 2011, the Assistant Secretary
shall submit a plan to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives for improving security screening procedures for individuals
with metal implants, prosthetics, and physical disabilities to limit
disruptions in the screening process while maintaining security. The plan shall
include an analysis of approaches to limit such disruptions for individuals
with metal implants, and benchmarks for implementing changes to the screening
process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE76F97E80404FBA94092B49BF0C87CC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Program</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Transportation
Security Administration Authorization Act of 2011, the Assistant Secretary
shall implement a program to improve security screening procedures for
individuals with metal implants, prosthetics, or physical disabilities to limit
disruptions in the screening process while maintaining security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE390055DF72B4FF4ADFBC6657ED71306"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Metal implant
defined</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>metal implant</term>
means a metal device or object that has been surgically implanted or otherwise
placed in the body of an individual, including any metal device used in a hip
or knee replacement, metal plate, metal screw, metal rod inside a bone, and
other metal orthopedic
implants.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7186CA60B7B34DDA937BF1E622CFC971"><enum>204.</enum><header>Security
screenings of children</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
44901 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by sections 201 and 202, is
further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H74FB8EFD26BA4E3894CB89A9FA254A59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (f) through (n), as redesignated by section 202, as subsections (g)
through (o), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H643EBB31CCE74B03936B0C0FB85DF00F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (e), as inserted by section 202, the following new subsection
(f):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6092110EC7804620BAD903F9FE1F703C" style="USC">
<subsection id="idAEFB4F6912B449DF8540E94EE487D02F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Security
screening of children</header>
<paragraph id="H939CBF4D3F634AF0B6DA243B67775B2F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A child shall not be
subject to pat-down screening before boarding a passenger aircraft, unless a
screening anomaly cannot be reasonably resolved by checkpoint technology. If a
screening anomaly cannot be resolved by checkpoint technology, the anomaly may
be resolved by the child’s parent or guardian as directed by a transportation
security officer or by a transportation security officer with the expressed
consent of the child’s parent or guardian. Such a pat-down may be conducted in
a private setting at the request of the parent or guardian. Any such pat-down
conducted in a private setting of a child who is 16 years of age or younger
must be conducted in the presence of the child’s parent or guardian.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DF5B8E66CAA449B80F15EE8E18E4270"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Random
screening</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Children shall not
be subject to random pat-down screenings, unless the Assistant Secretary of
Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) determines that
threat conditions warrant such
screenings.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H8847016C95F240839500CC7A60A993D4"><enum>205.</enum><header>Requirements
for baggage screening technology</header>
<subsection id="H51F46A5EEE6D48CC9691D60152573D1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Implementation
of requirements for checked baggage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall develop and implement
plans to—</text>
<paragraph id="H2400B70BDFD74FEB87B3A0CA403415B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>acquire needed
data for implementation of the Administration’s 2010 explosives detection
system requirements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HABFA0524665E419994AD26F95FE4B926"><enum>(2)</enum><text>deploy explosives
detection systems that meet those requirements, whether through new
acquisitions or through upgrading existing systems.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H91B1A7E53D3D42108934999DB7CD19FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of
new requirements</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall establish and publish
detailed technical requirements for screening technologies for all carry-on
baggage and cargo destined for commercial aircraft.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H86FD0AF8E28343C48EF472EF9B676D9E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant Secretary may coordinate with
the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology to ensure
that the requirements provided for under subsection (b) and any related
research and development requirements published by the Under Secretary are
aligned to the greatest extent possible.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4D861914D6FA48669B74493E897A7B5F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Communication
with industry</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall establish a process
to communicate with industry in an open and timely manner regarding acquisition
of baggage screening technology and the requirements for such
technology.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H91C9318F30F94A16BEA1BF73FCC6D21B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>In-Line baggage
screening study</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall consult with the
Aviation Security Advisory Committee and submit to the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the Administration’s
plans, estimated costs, and current benchmarks for replacing explosive
detection equipment that is nearing the end of its life cycle or needs to be
upgraded to meet current standards.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC8F69BD471B745B98E1559CF8F68544C"><enum>206.</enum><header>Explosives
detection canine teams for aviation security</header>
<subsection id="HA517EB179CD74F98A9981EA58343C3A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Passenger
screening teams</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary shall ensure that by the end of 2013 at least 100 explosives
detection canine teams are used for passenger screening purposes at large
airports in the United States at which the Administration has passenger
screening responsibilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H16106A88F34447A9A54F02EC38B749C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition of
use of existing teams</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Assistant Secretary shall ensure that explosives detection canine teams used
for transportation security activities before the date of enactment of this Act
are not used to meet the requirement under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC788D3CF26014A4C80DA6908E17B1E81"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of canines
To resolve screening anomalies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Where canine teams trained to screen
passengers are available in airports in the United States at which the
Administration has passenger screening responsibilities, the Assistant
Secretary may use such teams to resolve screening anomalies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF78A704CC37B4FB7BBE117834248F9AA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under
section 101, there is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 to carry out
this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC79A7BDF5EA1494BA00EAED3D9E0DE8B"><enum>207.</enum><header>Pilot program
on security screening of passengers on commercial flights originating outside
the United States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later
than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary, working
in cooperation with the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, shall
develop and carry out a pilot program at a large airport to test the
feasibility of streamlining and eliminating duplicative aviation security
screening of baggage and passengers arriving in the United States from certain
last point of departure airports selected by the Assistant Secretary who
continue on domestic United States flights to a final destination.</text>
</section><section id="H0D8D4BE31F454CA79F01E9221F2C3BA3"><enum>208.</enum><header>Standard
operating procedures at airport checkpoints</header>
<subsection id="HFBD8DAEA26F74BB887F15BF785658764"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Standardization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall require, to the extent
practicable, that standard operating procedures at airport checkpoints for
passengers and carry-on baggage are standardized and carried out in a uniform
manner among similarly situated airports.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA800DC6B16694B5BB9A96EC44B31466F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on how standard operating
procedures were standardized and made uniform in accordance with subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H30AB4A1F5C874B58AE9E8C29B4487343"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department shall conduct
periodic audits of adherence to the standard operating procedures, as
established by the Assistant Secretary, by screening personnel at large,
medium, and small airports in diverse geographical areas.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF17463D893BA48E2971EC8087B35A8FD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header>Advanced passenger
prescreening system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="HDED769CB5BFC46BFB4F07AE4C061E5EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the
progress made by the Department in implementing the advanced passenger
prescreening system; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B820DDE44B0484F899F0B174A38AB71"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies the total number of
misidentified passengers who must undergo secondary screening or have been
prevented from boarding a plane during the preceding year.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H57A7A00060824B4496FD77221C8CCF27"><enum>210.</enum><header>Screening in
areas other than primary passenger terminals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administration is authorized to provide
screening services to commercial air carriers in areas other than primary
passenger terminals upon the request of a commercial air carrier. A commercial
air carrier shall direct any such request to the Federal Security Director for
the airport where services are needed. A Federal Security Director may elect to
provide screening services should they be available. The Administration shall
seek compensation from a commercial air carrier requesting the use of screening
services for all reasonable costs in addition to overtime costs that are
incurred in the provision of screening services under this section.</text>
</section><section id="HD06E817145F04E38A051C7EFEE46ED74"><enum>211.</enum><header>Automated
targeting recognition software</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall certify to Congress that
automated targeting recognition software is installed on all advanced imaging
technology machines that are currently deployed in commercial airports for
passenger screening and for any and all subsequent deployments of advanced
imaging technology machines.</text>
</section><section id="H4D87833F02054048AF32B4B29D319D45"><enum>212.</enum><header>Disabling image
retention</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall
certify to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives
and the Commiittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate that,
in order to improve airport security screening processes while ensuring
passenger privacy protection, the image retention capabilities of all advanced
imaging technology utilized by the Administration to screen passengers at
checkpoints in the Nation’s airports have been disabled.</text>
</section><section id="H5963AD6AEBF94D2B8D7C0F8DBC905169"><enum>213.</enum><header>Screening
strategy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall
submit to appropriate congressional committees, including the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, a risk-based strategy with
benchmarks for modifying standard operating procedures at the checkpoint for
trusted passengers to enter the secure area without removing their
shoes.</text>
</section></part><part id="H64578D07CAA3467A9483B2A9294D09FE"><enum>2</enum><header>Transportation
Security Officer Training and Accountability</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26047E1208BC4F938842872B9BE8C31D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><header>Prohibition of
advance notice of covert testing to security screeners</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44935 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB69FF3D626DD463BA813F23368FD9A58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
the second subsection (i) (as redesignated by section 111(a)(1) of the Aviation
and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 616), relating to
accessibility of computer-based training facilities) as subsection (k);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E7E7967283C4775B909911FC811629C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC473FFDD8D2D41F3A6D9005B95633FB9">
<subsection id="HB0280ACD57404CF49AF09C0B35AEFC4F"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Prohibition of
advance notice to security screeners of covert testing and evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="HC7059022E5264B6C93BCFFF67C1E0A38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary shall ensure that information concerning a covert test of a
transportation security system to be conducted by a covert testing office, the
Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security, or the Government
Accountability Office is not provided to any individual prior to the completion
of the test.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82E11FCA17204F6EA082AC38D6175385"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6550001D84BB404CB19F155B2FCD0792"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an authorized individual involved in a
covert test of a transportation security system may provide information
concerning the covert test to—</text>
<clause id="H307CB4256D79427E9387652EB314809C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>employees,
officers, and contractors of the Federal Government (including military
personnel);</text>
</clause><clause id="H114B495E971E4452B23BFD7182B654E9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>employees and
officers of State and local governments; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H436284C0766F4C4E9155CF43D2B16FC3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>law enforcement
officials who are authorized to receive or directed to be provided such
information by the Assistant Secretary, the Inspector General of the Department
of Homeland Security, or the Comptroller General of the United States, as the
case may be; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9339DA82448C459CAD1366D0DDC7DD6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the purpose of ensuring the security of
any individual in the vicinity of a site where a covert test of a
transportation security system is being conducted, an individual conducting the
test may disclose his or her status as an individual conducting the test to any
appropriate individual if a security screener or other individual who is not a
covered employee identifies the individual conducting the test as a potential
threat.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB896786E4F447018781177491C6708F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rules
for TSA</header>
<subparagraph id="HD0AD27B5C5D44F9684076E124318B929"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Monitoring and
security of testing personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each covert testing office
shall ensure that a person or group of persons conducting a covert test of a
transportation security system for the covert testing office is accompanied at
the site of the test by a cover team composed of one or more employees of the
covert testing office for the purpose of monitoring the test and confirming the
identity of personnel involved in the test under subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3BE5E4178784DE4A2E6371ABC32EEB0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Responsibility
of cover team</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under this
paragraph, a cover team for a covert test of a transportation security system
shall—</text>
<clause id="HD4BB1C4F770A4E47A1576B3310F9E90B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitor the test; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEE1A6050352F416F893A57D0D80F0756"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the purpose of ensuring the security of
any individual in the vicinity of a site where the test is being conducted,
confirm, notwithstanding paragraph (1), the identity of any individual
conducting the test to any appropriate individual if a security screener or
other individual who is not a covered employee identifies the individual
conducting the test as a potential threat.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H442B709CF2A94AC5BE1B333144B1AB84"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Aviation
screening</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
subparagraph (A), the Transportation Security Administration is not required to
have a cover team present during a test of the screening of persons, carry-on
items, or checked baggage at an aviation security checkpoint at or serving an
airport if the test—</text>
<clause id="HA9E3A7BA1828464EBA9835B3245A959D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
approved, in coordination with the designated security official for the airport
operator by the Federal Security Director for such airport; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H17EB4D87A03149E9ACB7D2C4FDE7A6E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is carried out
under an aviation screening assessment program of the Department of Homeland
Security.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC474D1D0F534794A1AF76EE3BEA286C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Use of Other
Personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Transportation
Security Administration may use employees, officers, and contractors of the
Federal Government (including military personnel) and employees and officers of
State and local governments to conduct covert tests.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFA4FA7B118614F4EA516A49F6CCF3518"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the following
definitions apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="HB56789107A8F4D79B08BBA36F171AB2A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appropriate
individual</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>appropriate individual</term>, as used with respect to a covert test of a
transportation security system, means any individual that—</text>
<clause id="HBE0920253D994A9BAFE563FB7E23C796"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the individual conducting the test
determines needs to know his or her status as an individual conducting a test
under paragraph (2)(B); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H78086B3B0805485FBE3A9DB123735BBA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cover team
monitoring the test under paragraph (3)(B)(i) determines needs to know the
identity of an individual conducting the test.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5889F1F8C2C44561A2583023C5C3C395"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Covered
employee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>covered employee</term> means any individual who receives notice of a
covert test before the completion of a test under paragraph (2)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA559F74CD59B48028B596DB21F1CBE91"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Covert
test</header>
<clause id="HD36C40C19DE544C3A06CB211C00D60B6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>covert test</term> means an exercise or
activity conducted by a covert testing office, the Inspector General of the
Department of Homeland Security, or the Government Accountability Office to
intentionally test, compromise, or circumvent transportation security systems
to identify vulnerabilities in such systems.</text>
</clause><clause id="H87C86D6E8606455AB0E71145433F0C5C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Notwithstanding
<internal-xref idref="HD36C40C19DE544C3A06CB211C00D60B6" legis-path="(e)(5)(C)(i)">clause (i)</internal-xref>, the term <term>covert
test</term> does not mean an exercise or activity by an employee or contractor
of the Transportation Security Administration to test or assess compliance with
relevant regulations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE40AE173B03E4B848D839B8EA081F049"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Covert testing
office</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covert
testing office</term> means any office of the Transportation Security
Administration designated by the Assistant Secretary to conduct covert tests of
transportation security systems.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H041715F543B14F1BBC7D7D40766D00AA"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Employee of a
covert testing office</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>employee of a covert testing office</term> means an individual who
is an employee of a covert testing office or a contractor or an employee of a
contractor of a covert testing
office.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E22F13BD04C4F568A1C01F062A24056" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>222.</enum><header>Transportation
security training programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant
Secretary shall establish recurring training of transportation security
officers regarding updates to screening procedures and technologies, including
methods to identify the verification of false or fraudulent travel documents,
in response to weaknesses identified in covert tests at airports. The training
shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H0346EBCC4E854A0A998EED8A89656C69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>internal controls
for monitoring and documenting compliance of transportation security officers
with training requirements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E6C3F9984CC4993987C1EB0C06CDB99"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such other matters
as identified by the Assistant Secretary with regard to training.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3A874629C9DE4061A040E48A0FB91CA3"><enum>223.</enum><header>Hiring
preference for part-time employees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Assistant Secretary shall provide a
preference for the hiring of an individual as a full-time transportation
security officer if the individual is already employed as a part-time
transportation security officer, as long as the individual meets the
performance standards of such employment.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="HBD56983E5D8A48BBBB25B8FD9B14687B"><enum>224.</enum><header>Removal of
Administration officers due to performance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44935(f) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H163AA5F9EF5046E088A60840D7AAC76A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFCB8F43FB9C84828B41B7F04409A99AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (4) the following new paragraph (5):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1270CB5D03484DD787E61D00A317E331" style="USC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H68DB094EAF0846738868DFBE77C6FF5F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Removal for
performance</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5F365B082A6E4D87BA27F648FB6152FC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an individual
employed as a transportation security officer fails any scheduled or covert
operational test, including an annual proficiency review, more than three times
during a testing period and if such results are documented, the individual
shall be removed from screening operations within 24 hours.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCB09DD70BF4A44CD815919259160A5A3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Immediate
removal for negligence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
following individuals shall be immediately removed from screening
operations:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HD00D40C50B0A402DBD4C7547D120AF6C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual employed as a transportation
security officer who negligently fails to detect a live explosive with the
potential to do serious harm to human life or property.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H7C9746229AFC416FA3BC6A64B5AD7663"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual employed as a transportation
security officer responsible for the verification of travel documents who
negligently fails to verify such travel documents.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFD98A2528560453A98D1550F765CA369"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Removal and
review</header><text>Any transportation security officer removed pursuant to
subparagraph (A) or (B) shall suspended with pay pending an immediate
investigation and review by the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
(Transportation Security Administration), who shall have the discretion to
reinstate or terminate any individual removed under this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2D046024F7D54C0A92D6E990F94BC2B8"><enum>225.</enum><header>Administration
ombudsman office</header>
<subsection id="H5999D3E0303243CB9D5F604D574E9AD4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subchapter II of chapter 449 of title 49, United States
Code is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H82C3EF151A3240C7876A5A1A291962B3" style="USC">
<section id="HFE2933F477474F108D168CEAD91A812C"><enum>44946.</enum><header>Ombudsman</header>
<subsection id="H46E14DCE280E46FEA3BABFA89E3342EC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="HB83A9C4D8B084C9395E1B2035BE61204"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established an Office of the Ombudsman in the Transportation Security
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF01BD0F3B9CA4A1EB6863521B0442D23"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ombudsman</header>
<subparagraph id="HC92912A72AA74DE28E03037E2DCA7A3C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Office shall be under the direction of the Ombudsman
of the Transportation Security Administration, who shall be appointed by the
Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of
the Secretary of Homeland Security.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90A7BCB6D81E44249430D09511844012"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>An
individual appointed as the Ombudsman must have expertise in—</text>
<clause id="H9C0B737F78024D90B17FD2BF24DF04FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>labor and
employment relations with Federal agencies; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD6DEC5FCA46E4092946ABF0ED1382308"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>dispute
resolution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAC5BBFA53AB4582B4F702DBC9CEDC22"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notification of
Appointment and removal</header><text>The Chief Human Capital Officer of the
Department of Homeland Security shall notify the appropriate congressional
committees within 30 days after the effective date of any of the following
actions:</text>
<clause id="HA7616267B38541CD856A60361D4B972E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The appointment of
an individual as Ombudsman.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8EF7E7334B6F4570AEF3FBF16DCBEBD5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The reappointment
as Ombudsman of an individual who is serving as Ombudsman.</text>
</clause><clause id="H697B0A9DE6F34BF6BCD7146994615B84"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The removal of
an individual from the position of Ombudsman.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD5D30CCF872242F7A132994DA6110E65"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ensuring
independence of Ombudsman</header>
<subparagraph id="HB34C4D9D0DA8436BA5758974C6FEBCF2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Ombudsman shall report—</text>
<clause id="H45C32CE11919443A863249B279FD8680"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H271494A844734B31BDA013CBC284AB22"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to the Chief
Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security with respect to
any dispute between the Ombudsman and the Administrator of Transportation
Security Administration over matters involving the execution of the Ombudsman’s
duties as set forth in subsection (b).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC35D13FA997247AE9368D637882F1BA5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inspector
general’s authority to conduct investigations not affected</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall prohibit the
Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security from initiating,
carrying out, or completing any investigation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H92352BAF5DF54DC69346996BD8D6CF9B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Ombudsman shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H6A10A7B015F04F5CB7E61B5CFB2DAA99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct outreach
to Transportation Security Administration employees, including publicizing a
toll-free telephone number to report complaints;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB33C1C7F9B341C49EF4DBE1914B8FFF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate each
complainant’s claim objectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63C6EF429C8B4EF4AEF64F38EC7BFA7F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide
information, advice, and assistance to complainants and, as appropriate,
initiate informal, impartial fact-finding and inquiries, on complaints or on
the Ombudsman’s own initiative;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F1344AE03B447D8A9DDF8D15B932592"><enum>(4)</enum><text>inform each
complainant—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA8730B889FFA477E8DFE443F90C981FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>when the Ombudsman
decides against conducting a fact-finding inquiry into the complaint;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB61A314A09449B3B5F16B2CD1765F78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on the status of
the Ombudsman’s fact-finding inquiry to the complainant, on a regular basis if
requested by the complainant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC5AA85BEE1246DF88FC2E23705108EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>of the Ombudsman’s
recommendations and information, as appropriate, for the complainant to
formally complain to the appropriate authority;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE9507F12FDBB44E9ABE33E9990FD6CE4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>work with the
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to address issues
identified through fact-finding and inquiries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E93120627FF4A54B65C3F4A1E34C61B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>maintain
confidential any matter related to complaints and inquiries, including the
identities of the complainants and witnesses; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB175BFA047F4515930CFC3B9E359889"><enum>(7)</enum><text>submit an annual
report to the appropriate congressional committees in accordance with
subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A761231DD794978B87A53942F5F02FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual
report</header>
<paragraph id="HFFBDC309DF0C4C03804A86AA45ADE3E8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Ombudsman shall report no later than September 30
each year to the appropriate congressional committees on the actions taken by
the Office of the Ombudsman over the preceding year and the objectives of those
actions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HABD80862D6D3474CB07D6761564E679F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
such report shall, for the period covered by the report, include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF55E190E6E204F3B8BCF90E92F6A31D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>statistical
information, by region, on the volume of complaints received, general nature of
complaints, general information on complainants, and the percentage of
complaints that resulted in a fact-finding inquiry;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58C07FE3EA9E463A87572772DA9697D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of problems encountered by
complainants, including information on the most pervasive or serious types of
problems encountered by complainants;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B7A2738D13E4A53A68A292BFD75DCD0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>policy
recommendations that the Office of the Ombudsman made to the Administrator of
the Transportation Security Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H020FA23865C848C08CCA1E5AFC62BD95"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an inventory of
the items described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) for which action has been
taken, and the result of such action;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE631754D5AD341399055E7D16B511A2C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an inventory of
the items described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) for which action remains to be
completed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8610C30D83D94C87B0C6484F1C184657"><enum>(F)</enum><text>such other
information as the Ombudsman considers relevant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA4B5D68DE805458BAD05E6F8EE7D2B64"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report to be
submitted directly</header><text>Each report under this subsection shall be
provided directly to the committees described in paragraph (1) without any
prior comment or amendment by the Administrator of the Transportation Security
Administration. However, the Ombudsman shall seek comment from the
Administrator to be submitted by the Ombudsman together with the annual
report.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H318C0B3554554B2790BA08C226BEB9A1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other
reports</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preclude
the Ombudsman from issuing other reports on the activities of the Office of the
Ombudsman.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFC0952B6C2AA419EB032FBA005033CCA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committee defined</header><text>In this section the term
<term>appropriate congressional committee</term> means the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and any committee of the
House of Representatives or the Senate having legislative jurisdiction under
the rules of the House of Representatives or Senate, respectively, over the
matter
concerned.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF230EB3BF07B4AF6BA5940C1E2C248DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis at the beginning of such chapter is
amended by adding at the end the items relating to subchapter II the following
new item:</text>
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<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H82C3EF151A3240C7876A5A1A291962B3" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="HFE2933F477474F108D168CEAD91A812C" level="section">44946. Ombudsman.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HEBD80FC11C7D45CBB3B6AB4816E50C21"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014
$575,000 for implementing section 44946 of title 49, United States Code, as
amended by this section.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part id="H581C7DCF77B84A81ABB5B7DCDA663F64"><enum>3</enum><header>Air
Cargo Security</header>
<section id="H29DA1A542125476F8333903874A41BC9"><enum>241.</enum><header>Air cargo
advanced screening pilot program</header>
<subsection id="H02D931D03F7B4D83A6645B673A4E0B31"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized to establish and implement a voluntary air cargo advanced screening
pilot program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the <term>ACAS
Program</term>) to include the electronic transmission to the Department of
data elements for targeting high-risk cargo, including appropriate security
elements of shipment level data, as determined by the Secretary, to be provided
as advanced information with respect to cargo on aircraft inbound to the United
States no later than loading of such cargo onto aircraft at the last point of
departure before entering the United States. Advance information shall be
provided on a best available basis and shall not be subject to penalties
related to data timeliness or accuracy. The goals of the pilot include—</text>
<paragraph id="HFF15A3B7618243CC82CD75221381216D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishing
appropriate communications systems with freight forwarders and air carriers;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8F4F20426BD478988C1D577CA283D62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>encouraging
freight forwarders and air carriers to provide shipment level data for air
cargo, departing from any location that is inbound to the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB55971663E384BC590857AF0575FA40D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inspection of
high-Risk cargo</header><text>Under the ACAS Program, the Secretary shall
ensure that all cargo that has been identified as high-risk under paragraph
(1), or through other means, is inspected prior to loading of such cargo onto
aircraft at the last point of departure before entering the United
States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H55D8D7CE5D7D436DAF4DC4FEBE5765DF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultations</header><text>In
carrying out the ACAS Program, the Secretary shall consult with the trade
community to ensure that an operationally feasible and practical approach to
the collection of advanced air cargo information and inspection of high-risk
cargo is adopted that recognizes the significant differences among air cargo
business models and modes of transportation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1C756EAA465340859BFEBEB4203AAC88"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text>The
Secretary may analyze the information referred to in paragraph (1) in the
Department’s automated targeting system and integrate the information with
other intelligence to enhance the accuracy of the risk assessment process for
each shipment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA71E144457C24CC49B3BD97D4BFA8052"><enum>(e)</enum><header>No
duplication</header><text>This section shall be carried out in a manner that
does not duplicate other programs or requirements relating to the submission of
air cargo data.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4BE653DD9F064E8B86DEE15C304BC6FF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Consideration of
industry</header><text>In carrying out the ACAS Program, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H6A279B89039746D4A28B27DF4FE04178"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take into
consideration that the content and timeliness of the available data may vary
among entities in the air cargo industry and among countries and shall explore
procedures to accommodate the variations while maximizing the contribution of
the data to the risk targeting process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FDA63C6DEC3486E944E9749DB52DF2B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>test the business
processes, technology, and operational procedures required to provide advance
air cargo data, while ensuring delays and other negative impacts on vital
supply chains are minimized; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D4DA21535724C83BCCB77E947BD85DC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>consider the cost,
benefit, and feasibility before establishing any set time period for submission
of certain elements of the shipment data for aircraft and air cargo in line
with the regulatory guidelines set forth in Executive Order 13563, and any
successor Executive Order or regulation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3B9AA13B85A94E9C909BD462D5EFAC51"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The
Secretary shall provide guidance for participants in the ACAS Program regarding
the requirements for participation, including requirements for transmitting
shipment level data.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB9206D1D2FCB4535BFB7015D3C12B01D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Use of
data</header><text>The Secretary shall use the data provided under the ACAS
Program for targeting shipments for screening and law enforcement purposes
only.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H29B61A5FC4F44073B26D5CF59137CCAF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the commencement of the ACAS Program, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report detailing the lessons learned
regarding the operational feasibility of providing the advance information and
the value of that information in targeting high-risk cargo.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA967F0560A304C639B125F61674B85DA"><enum>242.</enum><header>Status of
efforts to promote air cargo shipper certification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate a report on the status of the implementation of the Administration’s
program to certify the screening methods used by shippers in a timely manner,
in accordance with section 44901(g) of title 49, United States Code, including
participation by shippers with robust and mature internal security
programs.</text>
</section><section id="H633855033BD74CAE86E4F30E609F5725"><enum>243.</enum><header>Explosive
detection canine teams for air cargo security</header>
<subsection id="H122984F7E4E94D62B08A550B4E5CE8CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to enhance the screening of air cargo and to
ensure that third-party explosives detection canine assets are leveraged for
this purpose, the Assistant Secretary shall, within 180 days of the date of the
enactment of this Act, develop a process to certify third-party explosive
detection canines for the screening of air cargo that can be used by air
carriers, foreign air carriers, freight forwarders, and shippers and that meet
the certification standards of the Administration, as determined by the
Assistant Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H055B62A0570B45C68FDB2A87E6DBC9FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Upon
completion of the development of the process under subsection (a), the
Assistant Secretary shall begin testing third-party explosives detection canine
assets and shall facilitate the use of deployment of those teams that meet the
certification standards of the Administration, as determined by the Assistant
Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDC5AF1C654A846F9B1B1397696D8BFDB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this section, the term <term>third-party explosives detection
canine assets</term> means any explosives detection canine or handler that is
not owned or employed by the Administration.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part id="H7AA58296BBB84AA8A3E3FDB601BC86E5"><enum>4</enum><header>Information
Sharing and Security Directives</header>
<section id="HD3D90E44B9AA481C8711E5C92E1E9FB5"><enum>261.</enum><header>TSA and
homeland security information sharing</header>
<subsection id="HE1D87CE910AF4C718D2B1A1DA91DC451"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal security
director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 44933 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2F6537B6C85C4E3BBF7605DA8ED49838"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Managers</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">Directors</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33189815F60C458C9754F8B4C4201978"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Manager</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>Director</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H610B62EB44CD4B2DAF6E50EEBC32730E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Managers</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>Directors</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D07DF332ECB4BBB9B90C9D0247A80FC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EAAA62C149B46A388299BDE5E479EEF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8B8F34AA871E4F64BFB0548772FC78D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information
sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one
year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act
of 2011</short-title>, the Assistant Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA74D08220A67459C9CE12FE9403B690E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>encourage airports
to develop clear reporting procedures to provide that the Federal Security
Director of the airport is immediately notified whenever any Federal, State, or
local law enforcement personnel are called to an aircraft at a gate or on an
airfield at the airport to respond to any security matter;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H579CDBB970D84D58A075952F73660D6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require each
Federal Security Director of an airport to meet at least quarterly with law
enforcement agencies serving the airport to discuss incident management
protocols, including the resolution of screening anomalies at passenger
screening checkpoints; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB546226F1CA24B8F9D7F0D91C2FFBFA8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require each
Federal Security Director at an airport to inform, consult, and coordinate, as
appropriate, with the airport operator in a timely manner on security matters
impacting airport operations and to establish and maintain operational
protocols with airport operators to ensure coordinated responses to security
matters.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBC08775700EF41AB9B41B2AE30781424"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H1E71AA2961F84D959A0A262BAB1683DE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 114(f)(6) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Managers</quote> and inserting
<quote>Directors</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF49CB654842945ED84015FE27A984E94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section
44940(a)(1)(F) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking
<quote>Managers</quote> and inserting <quote>Directors</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCCADF2364EA24BD68E709F1303369ECC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical
amendment</header><text>The chapter analysis for chapter 449 is amended by
striking the item relating to section 44933 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92C07A9B580B4D11A79FC1FE11B616AE" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">44933. Federal Security
Directors.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H53F9F707FFAB41BF8A28AC0DB5162B9F"><enum>262.</enum><header>Issuance of
regulations and security directives using emergency procedures</header>
<subsection id="HC0AAEC64AB80480CB95FE7BD5532BF2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 114(l) of
title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H45E50A6C1FE84DB293B0EBCE7174A90B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFAFCF767A2794576A709E8D76BA5C2F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A) by striking <quote>immediately in order to protect transportation
security</quote> and inserting <quote>in order to respond to an imminent threat
of finite duration</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79F38C5E6DAE49BE880D76D416F96930"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B) by inserting <quote>to determine if the regulation or security directive is
needed to respond to an imminent threat of finite duration</quote> before the
period at the end of the first sentence;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H41AB02EF48634E3E9EFE05682A1F0EAC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD467411BA6B94131AB8C0AD9EDC14337" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5F3067EEBF584F20AC9FB42038C04354"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Factors to
consider</header>
<subparagraph id="H9EC2EDB8F6A74E77B4ECCF7E79C05EC3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In determining whether to issue, rescind, or revise a
regulation or security directive under this subsection, the Assistant Secretary
shall consider, as factors in the final determination—</text>
<clause id="H844C0A01664D4C3AAA583C9BA8C10026"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whether the costs
of the regulation or security directive are excessive in relation to the
enhancement of security the regulation or security directive will
provide;</text>
</clause><clause id="H07E19D10C01F45798C7A0CC28A003AD2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the regulation or security
directive will remain effective for longer than a 90-day period; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1840FCDB0BA14EA5867ED31CC52BDF8C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>whether the
regulation or security directive will require revision if in effect for a
subsequent 90-day period.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81F79E3753BC468597C6E2ABB73BBC74"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authority to
waive certain requirements</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i),
the Assistant Secretary may waive any requirement for an analysis that
estimates the number of lives that will be saved by the regulation or security
directive or the cost basis for carrying out the regulation or security
directive if the Assistant Secretary determines that it is not feasible to make
such an estimate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC5295C666214291B4463A828CEFE3BF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62B021E342554C548549316D3B2ABB9C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF1A4BEC5A28F4166A08C2BA595A179E3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rulemaking
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any regulation or
security directive issued under paragraph (2) that remains effective, with or
without revision, for a period of more than 180 days shall be subject to a
rulemaking pursuant to subchapter II of chapter 5 of title
5.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2012849A2F7349FEB2AF140275253DC3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
amendment made by subsection (a)(3) shall apply to a regulation issued under
section 114(l)(2) of title 49, United States Code, before, on, or after the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></part></subtitle><subtitle id="HB511F2AD821A4805821CE2E5FA1CC7C7"><enum>B</enum><header>Other
Matters</header>
<section id="HA40A60770BB4490196B63868C783682C"><enum>281.</enum><header>Efficiency
review by Assistant Secretary</header>
<subsection id="H21C8A0886A80454BB198506FCE91E3D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 270
days after the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall conduct and
complete a comprehensive, agency-wide efficiency review of the Administration
to identify and effectuate spending reductions and administrative savings
through the streamlining and any necessary restructuring of agency divisions to
make the agency more efficient. In carrying out the review under this section,
the Assistant Secretary shall consider each of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H9662E9ACD33640CCBD43DD43BAAC43A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The elimination of any duplicative or
overlapping programs and initiatives that can be streamlined.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB144E9E28EEF4EC4B9F5C6BE9D9007E0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The elimination of any unnecessary or
obsolete rules, regulations, directives, or procedures.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEA0E424CC414E728287C9F5656295A9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The reduction of the workforce over a set
period of time through natural attrition, as a direct result of efficiencies
gained through the implementation of risk-based screening or through any other
means as determined by the Assistant Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06732A4D997F44019ADD13901DC8249D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Any other matters
the Assistant Secretary determines are appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFA6F1A71F6EC44BFBE1A724812745155"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Workforce
reduction plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting
through the Assistant Secretary, shall develop a strategic plan, including a
timeline, to reduce the workforce of the Administration by 5 percent by the end
of fiscal year 2013, to the extent that such a reduction does not impact
security operations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1337D66917BE44E3A9366CCAA97AFC11"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the completion of the
efficiency review required under subsection (a) and the strategic plan required
under subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report setting
forth—</text>
<paragraph id="H9B6DDFF0FF974E33BED6CFC214B12092"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the results and
cost savings expected to be achieved through the efficiency review; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9008C60D9C014FBAB13DE5AFA8DF55F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
copy of the strategic plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83308BBCDF1F4136A9CDD8E9B32F6533"><enum>282.</enum><header>Aviation
security stakeholder participation</header>
<subsection id="H494BFED9591A4BB299E875E3B2885D2F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter II of
chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3E71BC91BEBF4224BD3BBCF1E0845CE1" style="USC">
<section id="HF4650EA5F9E145C68E3BE4ADD3CD581F"><enum>44946.</enum><header>Aviation
Security Advisory Committee</header>
<subsection id="HA5C699D8CE2B41FBAD74B3B90DEF6B22"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
Aviation Security Advisory Committee</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7BB9F1E2A9564E498C33316ABE040DDA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall establish in the
Transportation Security Administration an advisory committee, to be known as
the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (in this chapter referred to as the
<term>Advisory Committee</term>), to assist the Assistant Secretary with issues
pertaining to aviation security, including credentialing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86D203DF5FA74263A42F42DBCF5CA01E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The
Assistant Secretary shall require the Advisory Committee to develop
recommendations for improvements to civil aviation security methods, equipment,
and processes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2DD8FE64281496D9B6B4826B23209D8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Assistant Secretary shall require the Advisory Committee to meet at least
semiannually and may convene additional meetings as necessary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3AFF08C8E9554D50A2278D4454A54DCC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Unpaid
position</header><text>Advisory Committee members shall serve at their own
expense and receive no salary, reimbursement of travel expenses, or other
compensation from the Federal Government.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3C50F80A9AF54FA6882C1A764A430285"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="H0BBC6497A2BA4FDCA4C146325FB243CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Member
organizations</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall ensure that the
Advisory Committee is composed of not more than one individual representing not
more than 27 member organizations, including representation of air carriers,
all cargo air transportation, indirect air carriers, labor organizations
representing air carrier employees, aircraft manufacturers, airport operators,
general aviation, and the aviation technology security industry, including
biometrics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF0DDEB5E6AD428CBABBBE8411F5C0FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointments</header><text>Members
shall be appointed by the Assistant Secretary, and the Assistant Secretary
shall have the discretion to review the participation of any Advisory Committee
member and remove for cause at any time.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H863F53310F24425F803B2A80BEF0ED84"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Nonapplicability
of FACA</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall
not apply to the Advisory Committee under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE93E99EBF0847499C0635264F38E831"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Air cargo
security working group</header>
<paragraph id="H5F4E396E9A7A46AFA365E3260997FF15"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary shall establish within the Advisory Committee an air cargo security
working group to provide recommendations for air cargo security issues,
including the implementation of the air cargo screening initiatives proposed by
the Transportation Security Administration to screen air cargo on passenger
aircraft in accordance with established cargo screening mandates.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC045B6464804708A1C587015199E10B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
working group shall meet at least semiannually and provide annual reports to
the Assistant Secretary with recommendations to improve the Administration’s
cargo screening initiatives established to meet all cargo screening mandates
set forth in section 44901(g) of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H59BFE803917542F784117CF18EACEC24"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
working group shall include members from the Advisory Committee with expertise
in air cargo operations and representatives from other stakeholders as
determined by the Assistant Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06717E748B0C4D9AA6E74E3DEEE25BB8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H19BFD35A983A45C08E54CC5086ED8048"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The working group
shall prepare and submit reports to the Assistant Secretary in accordance with
this paragraph that provide cargo screening mandate implementation
recommendations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE72DB2DAAE91480C9F89B9BB6C7DA95B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section and on an
annual basis thereafter, the working group shall submit its first report to the
Assistant Secretary, including any recommendations of the group—</text>
<clause id="HAD36F7B1EF654711B50707EB7E7AFD96"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
reduce redundancies and increase efficiencies with the screening and inspection
of inbound cargo; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCFB334438A864D46A38BBAD0A794E816"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on the potential
development of a fee structure to help sustain cargo screening efforts.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F4617CC124A45F58E810C95B737ED81"><enum>(e)</enum><header>General aviation
working group</header>
<paragraph id="H8B72ED1736A642DE8A8540F0325841A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary shall establish within the Advisory Committee a general aviation
working group to provide recommendations for general aviation issues, including
the implementation of the general aviation initiatives proposed by the
Transportation Security Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H47D28DA24D5E47E78DBAAB991D53B809"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
working group shall meet at least semiannually and provide annual reports to
the Assistant Secretary with recommendations to improve the Administration’s
general aviation initiatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2CF6BF0E08944E39BFA5FA6949DCF818"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
working group shall include members from the Advisory Committee with expertise
in general aviation operations and representatives from other stakeholders as
determined by the Assistant Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD815FA7474524DC2B4074BD9FA0B9A92"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subparagraph id="HDB616D009BF84B289ADD13FE441757AE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The working group
shall prepare and submit reports to the Assistant Secretary in accordance with
this paragraph that provide recommendations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA934528215D54C1AABEDCFB173C072DE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section and on an
annual basis thereafter, the working group shall submit its first report to the
Assistant Secretary, including any recommendations of the
group.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF28F57327D2548C297B96AE7658A2292"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The analysis for such subchapter is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="HF4650EA5F9E145C68E3BE4ADD3CD581F" level="section">44946. Aviation Security Advisory
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</subsection></section><section id="H9959582E3DB94964A8143C74FAFF6B14"><enum>283.</enum><header>Detailed
aviation security technology plans for airports</header>
<subsection id="H0DF26B84F6254CDC86D9B9895E1D1A94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plans
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate detailed acquisition and deployment plans for checkpoint security
technology, explosive detection systems, and air cargo security technology for
each large commercial airport for fiscal years 2012 and 2013.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9C76AF6835AB44E8B104ADA6AB1B207A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ten-Year
strategic plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate a ten-year strategic plan for the refurbishment, replacement, and
installation costs associated with explosives detection technology for checked
baggage.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2BE5EB1E7FF8412DA7D3F895E3174C50"><enum>284.</enum><header>Federal air
marshals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44917 of
title 49, United States Code, as amended by sections 201 and 283 of this Act,
is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB0BCC4942BD1481984C4E2B22BB0BE04" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE5C7806F6CC94B62870673E5E548F65C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Criminal
investigative training program</header>
<paragraph id="H132C78F9997D4C53872C006B28D7EE9B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>New employee
training</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment
of this subsection, the Federal Air Marshal Service shall establish a policy
requiring Federal air marshals hired after such date to complete the criminal
investigative training program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
as part of basic training for Federal air marshals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA8F6F56521D4691A8A0FD3C9513E0B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Existing
employees</header><text>A Federal air marshal who has previously completed the
criminal investigative training program may not be required to repeat such
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H527AC2AE33604FAE97A97DB68C6AF426"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Alternative
training</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment
of this subsection, an air marshal hired before such date who has not completed
the criminal investigative training program shall be required to attend an
alternative training program, as determined by the Director of the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center, that provides the training necessary to bridge the
gap between the mixed basic police training, the Federal air marshal programs
already completed by the Federal air marshal, and the criminal investigative
training provided through the criminal investigative training program. Any such
alternative program shall be considered to have met the standards of the
criminal investigative training program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D1CF83E4A99494F8E1AA63E95F2155C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for
the Transportation Security Administration, $3,000,000 may be used to carry out
this subsection for each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F9E251F799A4D728BF85BBAA3F08378"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Savings
clause</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
reclassify Federal air marshals as criminal
investigators.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H028450A70F584FBBACFC8D2E2529F436"><enum>285.</enum><header>Canine
detection research and development</header>
<subsection id="HE40F11056C06474EA02CB24DBF2208B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Consistent with the mission of the Under Secretary of
Homeland Security for Science and Technology to conduct basic and applied
research in support of activities relevant to any elements of the Department
under section 302 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 182), the
Assistant Secretary, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Homeland
Security for Science and Technology, shall develop and implement a basic
research and applied research and development program for the purpose of
advancing the scientific understanding and applicability of canine explosives
detection assets in the transportation environment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H95DF17AE44304367AC1ADEC5B30F6CAE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under
section 101, there is authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years
2012 and 2013 $1,000,000 to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA9A9BB0B438C43D684B910106C605360"><enum>286.</enum><header>Vendor
enhancements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary shall permit airport operators to use vendor services that provide
security enhancements in the sterile side of an airport as long as the provider
of such a service does not impede the screening operations of the
Administration and all personnel are properly vetted and credentialed, as may
be required.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BA8AD6CBC0C4CBAAEE73C2E2C21C337" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>287.</enum><header>Security risk
assessment of airport perimeter access controls</header>
<subsection id="H5A48A1FF99354024B4E602CB0B40E857"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary shall develop a strategic risk-based plan to improve transportation
security at airports that includes best practices to make airport perimeter
access controls more secure at all commercial service and general aviation
airports.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3EF9A857FCA24A6FA1383E30549FB083"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
plan shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H7EF544B24E064A2E8F8F97964CEBE27B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>incorporate best
practices for enhanced perimeter access controls;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E98C7683E5240DB8474750773E9F729"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate and
incorporate major findings of all relevant pilot programs of the
Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E306C05515447B19EE66A813ABA6079"><enum>(3)</enum><text>address
recommendations of the Comptroller General on perimeter access controls;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F0E7D0537244598AAF467116890F7EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include a
requirement that airports update their security plans to incorporate the best
practices, as appropriate and to the extent feasible, based on risk and adapt
the best practices to meet the needs specific to their facilities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H581670E5752E47AF8B4F11FA6007A6F5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include an assessment of the role of new
and emerging technologies, including unmanned and autonomous perimeter security
technologies, that could be utilized at both commercial and general aviation
facilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A7D3D5FE42648708943C709D78E2A74" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>288.</enum><header>Electromagnetic
emissions from passenger screening equipment deployed in airports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Assistant Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H03C987D12A514CC7BE09DD672B616102"><enum>(1)</enum><text>collect
information regarding the electromagnetic emission output of passenger
screening equipment deployed by the Administration at airport checkpoints and,
within 30 days of receipt, verify the accuracy of any evaluations or reports
provided to the Administration relating to such output;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E8D4757861C4DF998CD8A3D5FA980D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a summary of the
information collected under paragraph (1) and the results of any verification
conducted under that paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H155593813A27408A8099C4BE73BAFFE3"><enum>289.</enum><header>Electromagnetic
emissions exposure assessment</header>
<subsection id="HA608A1991441472A859A4FB9E7BE734E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall
execute an agreement with an independent third party under which the
independent third party shall carry out a study of radiation exposure resulting
from screening equipment used by the Administration to screen passengers and
baggage at commercial service airports.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2811DB7D8B4F4F8A821970D854E50BC2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
study shall be conducted for not less than 90 consecutive days during periods
of operation in the operating environments of multiple commercial service
airports and include consideration of—</text>
<paragraph id="H1C24BC5543D841F3BA3C58D14C83F671"><enum>(1)</enum><text>whether passenger
and baggage screening equipment results in screened passengers being exposed to
radiation above acceptable levels;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3633A986EB1A483B922F4B17C03B9478"><enum>(2)</enum><text>whether passenger
and baggage screening equipment results in bystanders being exposed to
radiation above acceptable levels; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E2C150499834A789A4B216CB48A1E5B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other factors
relating to radiation exposure identified by the independent third
party.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H98FBF0F05F394527A108253BC323DF7E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the conclusion of the study, the independent third
party shall submit to the Assistant Secretary and the appropriate congressional
committees a report containing its findings and recommendations regarding the
study under subsection (b), including recommendations with respect to whether
transportation security officers should wear a dosimeter for the purpose of
continuous monitoring of radiation exposure resulting from passenger screening
equipment.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H88A4369D8678444DB8A65DDFDB10F356"><enum>290.</enum><header>Reimbursement
for airports that have incurred eligible costs</header>
<subsection id="HEBD0266605734DD3BD1EBB13ACD88F25"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1604(b)(2) of the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (49 U.S.C. 44923) is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB3F6E3995A145BABE663A3E0D078EE1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H39E6E307DF9E42F1B5313704B4A9CBC9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Airports that
have incurred eligible costs</header>
<subparagraph id="H5823687BC8FB48629860345B825F130F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
the Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act of 2011, the
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security
Administration) shall establish a process for resolving reimbursement claims
for airports that have incurred, before the date of the enactment of this Act,
eligible costs associated with development of partial or completed in-line
baggage systems.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39A78A7D6C19448C99E05D55E8777F52"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Process for
receiving reimbursement</header><text>The process required by this paragraph
shall allow an airport—</text>
<clause id="HC47F426AE71F4FA9BAE07101101BCF49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
submit a claim to the Assistant Secretary for reimbursement for eligible costs
described in subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H214A3C1AA3464AAEB634CE24D0F1E464"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not later than
180 days after date on which the airport submits the claim, to receive a
determination on the claim and, if the determination is positive, to be
reimbursed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HACB3789020EB429DA4369635624E9C1B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date on
which the Assistant Secretary establishes the process required by this
paragraph, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives a report containing a description of
the process, including a schedule for the timely reimbursement of airports for
which a positive determination has been
made.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA80BBC911E2541D898BD6C618792FA57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No less than 10 percent of the
appropriations made available for grants under section 44923 of title 49,
United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013 shall be for
reimbursements under section 1604(b)(2) of the Implementing Recommendations of
the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (49 U.S.C. 44923), as amended by subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H61E26783C55A45D3B6DA5BD7D56D3F8C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reimbursements
of airports for eligible costs reimbursed at less than 90
percent</header><text>If the Secretary or Assistant Secretary reimbursed, after
August 3, 2007, an airport that incurred an amount for eligible costs under
section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, that was less than 90 percent of
such costs, the Secretary or Assistant Secretary shall reimburse such airport
under such section an amount equal to the difference for such eligible
costs.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H66A3736B83C04F239A073927E2A0BB8B"><enum>291.</enum><header>Review of
airport security plans</header>
<subsection id="HD4A6D26695FF481AB1543E2D45B8AE7C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant Secretary, in consultation
with airport operators shall review the process for amending airport security
plans to determine if such plans should be more easily amended to accurately
reflect all security procedures and protocols carried out by airport operators
that may exceed Administration standards.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF2F53AB354F74B729EB46A758BAFD162"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 270 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on
the findings of the review carried out under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4AF8DD2A3C304D98AEE1394CB960A4CD"><enum>292.</enum><header>Security
procedures during temporary flight restrictions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall develop security
procedures and protocols to enable general aviation operators that are subject
to security programs administered by the Administration to obtain access to
airspace during temporary flight restrictions, to the extent that such access
does not affect security.</text>
</section><section id="HE21DCBFFF5464BB886CB0BFB3C49C504"><enum>293.</enum><header>Security
training and assistance to foreign airports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Assistant Secretary is authorized to
donate, loan, or lease equipment that no longer meet the needs of any U.S.
commercial airport to foreign airports to mitigate any security vulnerabilities
determined through foreign airport assessments or based on threat. The
Assistant Secretary may also offer training and other assistance as may be
needed. In the event equipment is leased to a foreign airport, the Assistant
Secretary is authorized to collect a reasonable fee for such lease. Any fees
collected under this section shall be used for checkpoint screening.</text>
</section><section id="HAF9124BEA9AE4C1292C627FAEDA717B7"><enum>294.</enum><header>Federal air
marshal risk assessments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 44917 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFABD1207D2D44128B16A5E0F73DA54B7" style="USC">
<subsection id="H45D91B62F1584096BC0F894E70C94572"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Risk
assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary shall conduct a periodic risk assessment of domestic and
international flights in order to determine the optimal assignment of air
marshals to highest risk flights.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H203DC704C24F47B08C9300FEF853A2FB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Deployment
plan</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall ensure that the assignment of
air marshals is consistent with the most current risk
assessment.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H3AA8929256C94C68959C95A8E23524B4"><enum>295.</enum><header>Protection of
the names Federal Air Marshal and Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 709 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H934D0548640A400EBFA74B5F326A98BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end of the fourteenth undesignated
paragraph; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B96213667E243058E17B8288B836A5E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
such paragraph the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD967C01D1C84C9C9DF74E2111A1B5CB" other-style="archaic-paragraph" style="other">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="paragraph">Whoever,
except with the written permission of the Assistant Secretary for
Transportation Security (or the Director of the Federal Air Marshal Service for
issues involving the Federal Air Marshal Service), knowingly uses the words
<quote>Transportation Security Administration</quote>, <quote>United States
Transportation Security Administration</quote>, <quote>Federal Air Marshal
Service</quote>, <quote>United States Federal Air Marshal Service</quote>,
<quote>Federal Air Marshals</quote>, the initials <quote>T.S.A.</quote>,
<quote>F.A.M.S.</quote>, <quote>F.A.M.</quote>, or any colorable imitation of
such words or initials, or the likeness of a Transportation Security
Administration or Federal Air Marshal Service badge, logo, or insignia on any
item of apparel, in connection with any advertisement, circular, book,
pamphlet, software, or other publication, or with any play, motion picture,
broadcast, telecast, or other production, in a matter that is reasonably
calculated to convey the impression that the wearer of the item of apparel is
acting pursuant to the legal authority of the Transportation Security
Administration or Federal Air Marshal Service, or to convey the impression that
such advertisement, circular, book, pamphlet, software, or other publication,
or such play, motion picture, broadcast, telecast, or other production, is
approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Transportation Security Administration
or Federal Air Marshal
Service;</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H22C2E649BE95427B82CA6541515C4E8F"><enum>296.</enum><header>Allowable costs
on airport security improvement projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section
44923 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC6CBBE618D24C98A3BDAAB7CBA08FF6" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H3848184C9CF344239D8F82CF60777BF2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for projects to reconfigure or construct
new terminal baggage areas, if new construction is more cost effective and
meets pertinent security requirements, as determined by the Assistant Secretary
of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration), as needed to
install explosive detection
systems;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H789A5568291B43EA8ED6F566332F2B57"><enum>297.</enum><header>Report on
diversity efforts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant
Secretary shall provide data to the appropriate congressional committees,
including the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives,
on the diversity of the Administration workforce. Such data shall include data
on each of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H8FDD8C34804C41C0A6A68D47BE537EFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The number of
individuals serving at all management levels, including data on representation
in each pertinent pay band and the Senior Executive Service within each of the
following categories:</text>
<subparagraph id="HAF5E7D693895412EA14ACD047747739D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Veterans.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C22EEB653334DDEB2ED49B4B389B138"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Race.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8A8899C65564C5E96EB7B1AB4D8402A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Gender.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84F03DE9C2EE47A685C2B9D57C26BE03"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Ethnicity.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2362F41699554D5AA33D03052502291C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Disabled.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H710A1DBA16F641B6AF9CB4B579E96999"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The retention rate
of managers at all levels of the Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10D1FFD27370443F98DA78F99315C5D5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number of
individuals employed by the Administration who were promoted to managerial
positions.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H661393A5B43649258F1D68C51F8A2AA2"><enum>298.</enum><header>Report to
Congress on time and attendance programs for transportation security
officers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a
report on the time and attendance programs in use for transportation security
officers, as well as recommendations for achieving cost savings through more
efficient management of existing resources and reduction in overtime
costs.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>SURFACE
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY</header>
<subtitle id="HF54C344EFC334AC2A881789C0C27D393"><enum>A</enum><header>Streamlining
Threat Assessments for Credentials</header>
<section id="H959D547A80D44B09BED8317A06439148"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Part, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H74245D2B128A4B0AADDBFDC669C48A75"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and any committee of the
House of Representatives or the Senate having legislative jurisdiction under
the rules of the House of Representatives or Senate, respectively, over the
matter concerned.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H660B559381AC475DA7EEF76D8E7B6458"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Security threat
assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>security threat assessment</term> means an assessment conducted by a
government agency that includes a check against a terrorist watch list or
terrorism database, and may also include a legal presence check and a criminal
history records check.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3001E0B4CEA345248B1AFD689A65E0EF"><enum>302.</enum><header>Task
force</header>
<subsection id="H905C3A7A26924B408BD2DBF662A6EA84"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
task force</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall establish a task force, with an official designated by the
Secretary to be the Chair of the task force.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5E84762B09684E6E9647B43AC1278BE3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the task force established
shall be to—</text>
<paragraph id="H66F9EA4654AF43F28ABF58DD0E00E963"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the lists of crimes that disqualify
individuals from transportation-related employment under current regulations of
the Administration, to include at a minimum crimes listed under section 70105
of title 46, United States Code, and section 44936 of title 49, United States
Code, and the applicable periods of disqualification for such crimes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAEAF203A4A934E778C19241C7F571645"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess whether
such lists of crimes reviewed under paragraph (1) are accurate indicators of a
terrorism security risk;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDAC9FEB2E7F247ADA892406FACC05BE9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess which other
transportation security credential programs for transportation-related
employment should be modernized to include a waiver process as is available
under section 70105 of title 46, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A4021139A664F6BB6A0974B8629B5FC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assess if any cost
savings, efficiencies, or elimination of redundancies, to be passed on to
transportation security credential applicants in the form of lower fees, can be
realized through harmonization of the Federal security threat assessment
process, creation of a common list of crimes, and inclusion of a waiver
process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40E6DE35A89C4A4B9A608BD5F6AFAF48"><enum>(5)</enum><text>assess any
benefits to homeland security achieved through harmonization of the Federal
security threat assessment process, creation of a common list of crimes, and
inclusion of a waiver process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C5ACFCA963F4C64A04C718469BFCE0D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>assess any
potential increases in costs or time delays in transportation security
credential programs as a result of harmonization of the Federal security threat
assessment process, creation of a common list of crimes, and inclusion of a
waiver process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H458D8FAA7A50410393D58919DBC1353E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>assess other
potential effects of creation of a common list of crimes for some or all
transportation security credential programs for transportation-related
employment, to include the extent to which a common list of disqualifying
crimes would result in a greater number of persons being disqualified from
obtaining a credential required for transportation-related employment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H178854D7409842828D15BF46F83DA43F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The task force shall be composed of
representatives of appropriate transportation industries, including labor
unions representing employees of such industries, Federal agencies, motor
vehicle carriers, air carriers, airport operators, port authorities, port
operators, vessel operators, railroad operators, and other relevant entities,
as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFB0B2763421849FB965DC8254F556049"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the task force shall submit to the Secretary and the
appropriate congressional committees a report containing the results of the
review, including recommendations for modernization of the Federal security
threat assessment process for transportation security credential programs, a
common list of disqualifying crimes, the rationale for the inclusion of each
crime on the list, and which credential programs for transportation-related
employment should include a waiver process as is available under section 70105
of title 46, United States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB1CB781B8D6749598C8D629E1929694C"><enum>303.</enum><header>Limitations on
rulemaking</header>
<subsection id="HBBA8924082F8421BB2A0AD7F93979BCA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on
application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any rule
concerning the harmonization of the security threat assessment process for
transportation workers issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not
apply to a process or function carried out by an airport operator, including
enrollment, credentialing, and access control, as of the date of enactment of
this Act, except as provided for in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F07C9785BE74126B83420424D4ADE7E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ongoing efforts
not affected</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in
subsection (a) shall affect ongoing efforts by the Department to create a
competitive environment for aviation channeling services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7C79AFBDF9F4410CADF3795380A8CA4A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transmittal of
report required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
of Homeland Security shall not issue any rule concerning the harmonization of
the security threat assessment process for transportation workers until the
report required under section 3(d) is transmitted to the Secretary and the
appropriate congressional committees.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7DFE721A49343F9877BEC916F9AC770" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header>Surface
transportation credentialing</header>
<subsection id="H612D152E420949EF8B851472DE8A8AFB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD41EBDCB9C248939EA2E87ADF97AB0C" style="OLC">
<title id="H643512523CAD4F9A8537D760C69CBD34"><enum>XXI</enum><header>Surface
Transportation Credentialing</header>
<section id="H3A78CCE4BE434F54B8C681787804110F"><enum>2101.</enum><header>Transportation
of security-sensitive materials</header>
<subsection id="H774FDAC169A14440B7CD0C5ACD7662E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Security-Sensitive
materials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one
year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue
final regulations, after notice and comment, to—</text>
<paragraph id="H79B24F8F7AE14188B41E90866D346D5B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify security-sensitive materials for
the purposes of this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F58B95256E540A3AA92AE049F4B0FD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prohibit an
individual from operating a motor vehicle in commerce while transporting a
security-sensitive material unless the individual holds a valid transportation
security credential issued by the Secretary under section 70105 of title 46,
United States Code; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14C831B0C5BA4F09B5D8A60BB8F20B7E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prohibit a person
from—</text>
<subparagraph id="HED3DFB37EE74475DA1CA45CFD9416C5C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offering a security-sensitive material for
transportation by motor vehicle in commerce; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E2D1FBF28BB4393837E8799CEEA5372"><enum>(B)</enum><text>causing a
security-sensitive material to be transported by motor vehicle in
commerce,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">unless the
motor vehicle operator holds a valid transportation security credential issued
by the Secretary under 70105 of title 46, United States Code.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD11418797CF344C2BE3E55BD064CA676"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Memorandum of
understanding</header><text>The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of
understanding with the Secretary of Transportation to ensure compliance with
this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC98C0A1FF1FB4A53996F92412E0ADC2C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on
Application</header><text>This section and the regulations and prohibitions
under this section shall not apply to the United States Postal Service and any
other department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H92A45C65DFD04EA0A45713EF30C03576"><enum>2102.</enum><header>Commercial
motor vehicle operators registered to operate in Mexico or Canada</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall prohibit a commercial
motor vehicle operator licensed to operate in Mexico or Canada from operating a
commercial motor vehicle transporting a security-sensitive material in commerce
in the United States until the operator has been subjected to, and not
disqualified as a result of, a security threat assessment by a Federal agency
that the Secretary determines is similar to the security threat assessment
required for commercial motor vehicle operators in the United States
transporting security-sensitive materials in commerce.</text>
</section><section id="H255C823EC75D47BE8408D146C0A066C9"><enum>2103.</enum><header>Redundant
security threat assessments</header>
<subsection id="HD412A18B829F452293C54CE83823DD87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
prohibit a State or political subdivision thereof from requiring a separate
security threat assessment of an individual, who possesses a valid
transportation security credential issued under section 70105 of title 46,
United States Code, seeking to transport, or involved in facilitating the
transport of, a security-sensitive or hazardous material.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H617863F075BC4317B9F4C373BADF4ECA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waivers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may waive the application of
subsection (a) with respect to a State or political subdivision thereof if the
State or political subdivision demonstrates a compelling reason that a separate
security threat assessment is necessary to ensure the secure transportation of
a security-sensitive or hazardous material in the State or political
subdivision.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8E2A6A770CA84387A4EAF24E9F7C482F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on
statutory construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall limit the
authority of a State to ensure that an individual has the requisite knowledge
and skills to safely transport hazardous materials in commerce.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H46BD2CD0D05F4BDF8A0067F13A81FE40"><enum>2104.</enum><header>Transition</header>
<subsection id="H2709D7ADA5564B7CA1B919C60CBFBE1E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Treatment of
individuals receiving prior hazardous materials endorsements</header><text>An
individual who has obtained a hazardous materials endorsement in accordance
with section 1572 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, before the date of
enactment of this title, is deemed to have met the background check
requirements of a transportation security card under section 70105 of title 46,
United States Code, subject to reissuance or expiration dates of the hazardous
materials endorsement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDFFC2C25166841E0A5D442BA780053BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reduction in
fees</header><text>The Secretary shall reduce, to the greatest extent
practicable, any fees associated with obtaining a transportation security card
under section 70105 of title 46, United Sates Code, for any individual referred
to in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9A3FDCBE760543E8BEB94AB05C855EF2"><enum>2105.</enum><header>Savings
clause</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title
shall be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of
Transportation to regulate hazardous materials under chapter 51 of title 49,
United States Code.</text>
</section><section id="HD18003B7DAA241A493752D8AA75EE635"><enum>2106.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H288B656F69D4423588E6146CECA632E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commerce</header><text>The
term <term>commerce</term> means trade or transportation in the jurisdiction of
the United States—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF431BF4719914636A363A2A54372843E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>between a place in
a State and a place outside of the State; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36DDEEA3D66148A3AF6B489A7EE19E38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that affects trade
or transportation between a place in a State and a place outside of the
State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H629B670FA99F4AEA85E5B53FC90F3350"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Hazardous
material</header><text>The term <term>hazardous material</term> has the meaning
given that term in section 5102 of title 49, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51E787AB7D7B4645ACB70A08E45E150D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The
term <term>person</term>, in addition to its meaning under section 1 of title
1, United States Code, includes a State, local, or tribal government offering
security-sensitive material for transportation in commerce or transporting
security-sensitive material to further a commercial enterprise.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD586021AD6B64CE08A98DF5D436368EB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Security-sensitive
material</header><text>The term <term>security-sensitive material</term> has
the meaning given that term in section 1501 of the Implementing Recommendations
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1151).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB12F4DB1948C49118F537968BB602137"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Security threat
assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>security threat assessment</term> means any assessment conducted by a
government agency that includes a check against a terrorist watch list or
terrorism database, and may also include a legal presence check and a criminal
history records check.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C6920C6391C4E91A079C501E330390D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Transports;
transportation</header><text>The term <term>transports</term> or
<term>transportation</term> means the movement of property and loading,
unloading, or storage incidental to such
movement.</text>
</paragraph></section>.
(b)The table of contents contained in section 1(b) of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 2135) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
Title XXI—Surface Transportation Credentialing
Sec. 2101. Transportation of security-sensitive
materials.
Sec. 2102. Commercial motor vehicle operators registered to
operate in Mexico or Canada.
Sec. 2103. Redundant security threat assessments.
Sec. 2104. Transition.
Sec. 2105. Savings clause.
Sec. 2106. Definitions.
.
(c)Security cards
for certain motor vehicle operatorsSection 70105(b)(2) of title
46, United States Code, is amended by striking and
after the
semicolon at the end of subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (G) and inserting ; and
, and by adding at the end
the following new subparagraph:
(H)an individual who
operates a motor vehicle in commerce while transporting security-sensitive
material (as that term is defined in section 1501 of the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C.
1151)).
.
(d)Section 114(v) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1)in paragraph
(1)(A), by inserting under title XXI of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 or
after Secretary of Homeland Security
; and
(2)by striking
applicable provision of this title
each place it appears and
inserting applicable provision
.
305.Transportation
worker identification credential enrollment centersSection 70105 of title 46, United States
Code, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
(r)The Secretary
shall—
(1)work with appropriate entities to ensure
that enrollment locations for individuals applying for a transportation
security card have flexible operating hours; and
(2)permit an
individual applying for or activating such transportation security card to
utilize an enrollment location of such individual’s choosing, including an
enrollment location outside of the individual’s State of residence.
(s)Number of
enrollment locationsThe
Secretary shall develop and implement a plan—
(1)to offer individuals applying for a
transportation security card the maximum number of enrollment locations
practicable across diverse geographic regions; and
(2)to conduct
outreach to appropriate stake holders, including owners and operators of motor
vehicles involved in the transportation of security-sensitive materials, owners
and operators of facilities that require individuals to be issued a
transportation security card, and labor organizations representing employees of
such owners or operators, to keep the stakeholders informed of the timeframe
and locations for the opening of additional enrollment
locations.
.
306.Limitation on
issuance of HAZMAT licensesSection 5103a of title 49, United States
Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 51 of
such title, are repealed.
307.Deadlines and
effective dates
(a)Issuance of
transportation security cardsUpon issuance of the final
regulations as required in section 5, but not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security (as that
term is defined in section 70101 of title 46, United States Code) shall begin
issuance of transportation security cards under section 70105(b)(2)(H) of title
46, United States Code, as amended by this Act, to individuals who seek to
operate a motor vehicle in commerce while transporting security-sensitive
materials.
(b)Effective date
of prohibitionsThe prohibitions under section 2101 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by section 5) shall take effect on the
date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
(c)Effective date
of section 7 amendmentsThe
amendments made by section 7 shall take effect on the date that is 2 years
after the date of enactment of this Act.
308.Streamlining
credentials for secure area access at airports
(a)Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to the
appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility of developing a single
transmission process for airport operators to submit biometric and biographic
data for background checks to both the Administration and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection for transportation workers requiring unescorted access to
Secure Identification Display Areas at an airport.
(b)Single data
transmission process establishmentBased on the findings of the report under
subsection (a), the Secretary may establish a process for airport operators to
submit one data transmission of biometric and biographic information for the
security threat assessment process for any agency within the Department,
including the Administration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
309.The Assistant Secretary
shall submit to appropriate congressional committees, including the Committee
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, a report that, at a
minimum, includes—
(1)an estimate of the number of potential jobs
created or lost within the private sector as a result of implementation of
final regulations, as required pursuant to title XXI of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002, as added by section 304 of this Act; and
(2)information
received from owners and operators about how the regulations could be revised
to spur potential job creation or stem potential job loss.
BSecurity
Assistance and Enhancements
321.Visible
intermodal prevention and response teamsSection 1303 of the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1112) is
amended—
(1)in subsection
(a)—
(A)in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking Administrator of the Transportation
Security Administration,
and inserting Assistant Secretary of
Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration),
;
(B)in paragraph (4)
by striking team,
and inserting team as to specific
locations and times within the facilities of such entities at which VIPR teams
should be deployed to maximize the effectiveness of such deployment,
;
and
(2)by striking
subsection (b) and inserting the following:
(b)Not later than one
year after the date of the enactment of the Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act
of 2011, the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
(Transportation Security Administration) shall develop and implement a system
of qualitative performance measures and objectives by which to assess the
roles, activities, and effectiveness of VIPR team operations on an ongoing
basis, including a mechanism through which the transportation entities referred
to in subsection (a)(4) may submit feedback on VIPR team operations involving
their systems or facilities.
(c)Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of the Transportation Security
Administration Authorization Act of 2011, the Assistant Secretary
shall develop and implement a plan for ensuring the interoperability of
communications among VIPR team participants and between VIPR teams and any
transportation entities with systems or facilities that are involved in VIPR
team operations. The plan shall include an analysis of the costs and resources
required to carry out the
plan.
.
322.
(a)Improvement of
public transportation security assistance
(1)Section 1406 of the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135)
is amended—
(A)in subsection (b)(1)—
(i)in
subparagraph (B), by inserting bollards,
after
including
; and
(ii)in
subparagraph (D), by inserting after including
the following:
projects for the purpose of demonstrating or assessing the capability of
such systems and
;
(B)by redesignating
subsections (e) through (k) as subsections (f) through (l),
respectively;
(C)by redesignating
subsections (l) and (m) as subsections (n) and (o), respectively; and
(D)by inserting after
subsection (d) the following new subsection (e):
(e)
(1)
(A)Availability of
applicationsApplications for
grants under this section for a grant cycle shall be made available to eligible
applicants not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the
appropriations Act for the Department of Homeland Security for the same fiscal
year as the grant cycle.
(B)Submission of
applicationsA public
transportation agency that is eligible for a grant under this section shall
submit an application for a grant not later than 45 days after the applications
are made available under subparagraph (A).
(C)The
Secretary shall make a determination approving or rejecting each application
submitted under subparagraph (B), notify the applicant of the determination,
and immediately commence any additional processes required to allow an approved
applicant to begin to receive grant funds by not later than 60 days after date
on which the Secretary receives the application.
(D)To the extent feasible, not later than 60 days after the
Secretary makes a determination under subparagraph (C) approving an
application, the Secretary shall make the grant funds available to the
applicant.
(2)Prohibition of
cost-sharing requirementNo grant under this section may require
any cost-sharing contribution from the grant recipient or from any related
State or local agency.
(3)Not later than the
date that is 180 days after the last determination made under paragraph (1)(C)
for a grant cycle, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations and Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of
the Senate a report that includes a list of all grants awarded under this
section for that grant cycle for which the grant recipient is not, as of such
date, able to receive grant funds and an explanation of why such funds have not
yet been released for use by the recipient.
(4)
(A)The
performance period for grants made under this section shall be a period of time
not less than 36 months in duration.
(B)The
performance period for any grant made under this section shall not begin to run
until the recipient of the grant has been formally notified that funds provided
under the terms of the grant have been released for use by the
recipient.
;
(E)by inserting after subsection (l), as
redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section, the following new subsection
(m):
(m)The Secretary shall ensure that, for each
grant awarded under this section, the Inspector General of the Department is
authorized to—
(1)examine any
records of the grant recipient or any contractors or subcontractors with which
the recipient enters into a contract, or any State or local agency, that
directly pertain to and involve transactions relating to grants under this
section; and
(2)interview any
officer or employee of the recipient, any contractors or subcontractors with
which the recipient enters into a contract, or State or local agency regarding
such transactions.
;
and
(F)in subsection (o),
as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section—
(i)by
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph (1):
(1)There is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary to make grants under this section
$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, except that not more than 50 percent of such
funds may be used for operational costs under subsection (b)(2) of this
section.
;
(ii)by
redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;
and
(iii)by inserting after paragraph (2) the
following new paragraph (3):
(3)The limitation on the percentage of funds
that may be used for operational costs under paragraph (1) shall not apply to
any costs involved with or relating to explosives detection canine teams
acquired or used for the purpose of securing public transportation systems or
facilities.
.
(2)Report on
recommendations of Comptroller General
(A)Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the status
of the Secretary’s implementation of the recommendations of the Comptroller
General with respect to the improvement of the administration of security
grants under section 1406 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135).
(B)Review by
Inspector GeneralBefore the Secretary submits the report
required under paragraph (1), the report shall be reviewed by the Inspector
General of the Department. When the Secretary submits the report to Congress
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include with the report documentation
verifying that the report was reviewed by the Inspector General in accordance
with this paragraph.
(b)Public
transportation security assistance
(1)Security
assistance programSection
1406(a) of the National Transit Systems Security Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135(a))
is amended—
(A)in paragraph (1)
by inserting and law enforcement
after public
transportation
; and
(B)by adding at the
end the following:
(3)Law enforcement
agency eligibilityA law
enforcement agency is eligible for a grant under this section if the agency
enters into a memorandum of agreement or other arrangement with a public
transportation agency that is eligible for a grant under paragraph (2) to
oversee, direct, and command the security operations of that public
transportation
agency.
.
(2)Section 1406(b)(1)(J)
of the National Transit Systems Security Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135(b)(1)(J))
is amended by striking evacuation improvements
and inserting
consequence management investments, including investments with respect
to evacuation improvements, route designation and signage, and public
assistance materials
.
(3)Authorization of
appropriationsSection 1406(m)(1) of the National Transit Systems
Security Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135(m)(1)) is amended—
(A)in subparagraph
(D) by striking and
at the end;
(B)in subparagraph
(E)—
(i)by
striking 10 percent
and inserting 50 percent
;
and
(ii)by
striking subsection (b)(2).
and inserting subsection
(b)(2); and
; and
(C)by adding at the end the following:
(F)$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, except
that not more than 50 percent of such funds may be used for operational costs
under subsection
(b)(2).
.
323.Freight rail
security demonstration project
(a)The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Under
Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, shall conduct a
demonstration project in a freight rail system to test and assess the
feasibility and effectiveness of technologies to strengthen the security of
freight rail systems against terrorist attacks involving the use of improvised
explosive devices and tampering with infrastructure to cause a
derailment.
(b)The demonstration project under this section shall
be designed to test and assess technologies to—
(1)detect improvised
explosive devices on bridges and in tunnels through the use of foreign object
detection programs; and
(2)defeat improvised
explosive devices left on rail tracks.
324.Explosives
detection canine teams for surface transportationSection 1307 of the Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1116) is
amended—
(1)in subsection
(b)—
(A)in paragraph
(1)(A), by striking 2010
and inserting 2012
;
and
(B)by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
(3)Passenger
screening teams
(A)In order to
strengthen the Nation’s mass transit infrastructure against explosives threats,
the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security
Administration) shall—
(i)increase the
number of explosives detection canine teams certified by the Transportation
Security Administration devoted to passenger rail and public transportation
security activities to not less than 200 canine teams by the end of fiscal year
2012;
(ii)increase the assistance provided to
passenger rail and public transportation agencies for participation in the
Transportation Security Administration’s canine program to $75,000 per canine
team; and
(iii)expand the use of canine teams trained to
detect explosives based on methods other than traditional explosives detection
training techniques.
(B)The Assistant Secretary shall expand the use of canine
teams to enhance passenger rail and public transportation security by entering
into cooperative agreements with passenger rail and public transportation
agencies eligible for security assistance under section 1406 of this Act for
the purpose of deploying and maintaining canine teams to such agencies for use
in passenger rail or public transportation security activities and providing
for assistance in an amount not less than $75,000 for each canine team
deployed, to be adjusted by the Assistant Secretary for inflation.
(C)Authorization of
appropriationsFrom amounts made available under section 101 of
the Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act of 2011, there are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to
carry out this paragraph for each of fiscal years 2012 and
2013.
;
(2)in subsection
(d)—
(A)in paragraph (3),
by striking and
;
(B)in paragraph (4),
by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
;
and
(C)by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
(5)expand the use of canine teams trained to
detect person-borne explosives in passenger rail and public transportation
security environments, as the Secretary, in consultation with the Assistant
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration),
determines appropriate.
;
and
(3)in subsection (e),
by striking , if appropriate,
and inserting , to the
extent practicable,
.
325.
(a)The
Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study regarding the
roles and responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security and the
Department of Transportation with respect to pipeline security. The study shall
address whether—
(1)the Annex to the
Memorandum of Understanding executed on August 9, 2006, between the Department
of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation adequately delineates
strategic and operational responsibilities for pipeline security, including
whether it is clear which Department is responsible for—
(A)protecting against
intentional pipeline breaches;
(B)responding to
intentional pipeline breaches; and
(C)planning to
recover from the effects of intentional pipeline breaches;
(2)the respective
roles and responsibilities of each Department are adequately conveyed to
relevant stakeholders and to the public; and
(3)the processes and
procedures for determining whether a particular pipeline breach is a terrorist
incident are clear and effective.
(b)Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report containing the findings of
the study conducted under subsection (a).
(c)Not later than 90
days after the submittal of the report under subsection (b), the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall review and analyze the study and submit to the
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on
such review and analysis, including any recommendations for—
(1)changes to the
Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding referred to in subsection (a)(1);
and
(2)other improvements
to pipeline security activities at the Department of Homeland Security.
326.Repeal of
limitation relating to motor carrier security-sensitive material tracking
technologySection 1554 of the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1204)
is amended by striking subsection (d).
C
341.Surface
Transportation Security stakeholder participation
(a)Title XIII of the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1111
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
1311.Surface
Transportation Advisory Committee
(a)
(1)The Assistant
Secretary shall establish in the Transportation Security Administration an
advisory committee, to be known as the Surface Transportation Advisory
Committee (in this section referred to as the Advisory Committee),
to assist the Assistant Secretary with issues pertaining to surface
transportation security.
(2)
(A)The Assistant Secretary shall require the Advisory
Committee to develop recommendations for improvements to surface transportation
security planning, methods, equipment, and processes.
(B)Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
the Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act of 2011, the
Advisory Committee shall submit to the Assistant Secretary recommendations on
improving homeland security information sharing between components of the
Department of Homeland Security and surface transportation security
stakeholders, including those represented on the Advisory Committee.
(3)The
Assistant Secretary shall require the Advisory Committee to meet at least
semiannually and may convene additional meetings as necessary.
(4)Advisory Committee Members shall serve at their own
expense and receive no salary, reimbursement for travel expenses, or other
compensation from the Federal Government.
(b)
(1)The Assistant Secretary shall ensure that the Advisory
Committee is composed of not more than one individual representing not more
than 27 member organizations, including representatives from public
transportation agencies, passenger rail agencies or operators, railroad
carriers, motor carriers, owners or operators of highways, over-the-road bus
operators and terminal owners and operators, pipeline operators, labor
organizations representing employees of such entities, and the surface
transportation security technology industry.
(2)Members
shall be appointed by the Assistant Secretary and the Assistant Secretary shall
have the discretion to review the participation of any Advisory Committee
member and remove for cause at any time.
(c)The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall
not apply to the Advisory Committee under this section.
(d)Passenger
carrier security working group
(1)The Assistant Secretary shall establish within the
Advisory Committee a passenger carrier security working group to provide
recommendations for successful implementation of initiatives relating to
passenger rail, over-the-road bus, and public transportation security proposed
by the Transportation Security Administration in accordance with statutory
requirements, including relevant grant programs and security training
provisions.
(2)The
working group shall meet at least semiannually and provide annual reports to
the Assistant Secretary with recommendations to improve the Transportation
Security Administration’s initiatives relating to passenger rail, over-the-road
bus, and public transportation security, including grants, training,
inspection, or other relevant programs authorized in titles XIII and XIV, and
subtitle C of title XV of this Act.
(3)The
working group shall be composed of members from the Advisory Committee with
expertise in public transportation, over-the-road bus, or passenger rail
systems and operations, all appointed by the Assistant Secretary.
(4)
(A)The working group shall prepare and submit reports to the
Assistant Secretary in accordance with this paragraph that provide
recommendations as described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(B)Not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Transportation
Security Administration Authorization Act of 2011, and on an annual basis
thereafter, the working group shall submit a report on the findings and
recommendations developed under subparagraph (A) to the Assistant
Secretary.
(e)Freight rail
security working group
(1)The Assistant Secretary shall establish within the
Advisory Committee a freight rail security working group to provide
recommendations for successful implementation of initiatives relating to
freight rail security proposed by the Transportation Security Administration in
accordance with statutory requirements, including relevant grant programs and
security training provisions.
(2)The working group shall meet at least
semiannually and provide annual reports to the Assistant Secretary with
recommendations to improve the Transportation Security Administration’s
initiatives relating to freight rail security, including grant, training,
inspection, or other relevant programs authorized in titles XIII and XV of this
Act.
(3)The
working group shall be composed of members from the Advisory Committee with
expertise in freight rail systems and operations, all appointed by the
Assistant Secretary.
(4)
(A)The working group shall prepare and submit reports to the
Assistant Secretary in accordance with this paragraph that provide
recommendations as described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(B)Not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of the
Transportation Security Administration
Authorization Act of 2011, and on an annual basis thereafter, the
working group shall submit a report on the findings and recommendations
developed under subparagraph (A) to the Assistant
Secretary.
.
(b)Section 1(b) of the Implementing Recommendations of the
9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53) is amended by adding at the end
of the items relating to title XIII (Transportation Security Enhancements) the
following:
Sec. 1311. Surface Transportation Advisory
Committee.
.
342.Plan to improve
information sharing
(a)Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through
the Assistant Secretary, shall develop a plan to improve intelligence
information sharing with State and local transportation entities that includes
best practices to ensure that the information shared is actionable, useful, and
not redundant.
(b)The
plan required by subsection (a) shall include—
(1)the incorporation of best practices for
information sharing;
(2)the identification
of areas of overlap and redundancy;
(3)an evaluation and
incorporation of stakeholder input in the development of the plan; and
(4)the integration of
recommendations of the Comptroller General of the United States on information
sharing.
(c)The Assistant
Secretary shall solicit on an annual basis input from appropriate stakeholders,
including State and local transportation entities, on the quality and quantity
of intelligence they receive.
343.
(a)Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through
the Assistant Secretary, shall establish a mechanism to share with State and
local transportation entities best practices from across the law enforcement
spectrum, including Federal, State, local, and tribal entities, that relate to
employee training, employee professional development, technology development
and deployment, hardening tactics, and passenger and employee awareness
programs.
(b)The Assistant Secretary shall solicit and
incorporate stakeholder input—
(1)in developing the
mechanism for sharing best practices as required under subsection (a);
and
(2)not less
frequently than once each year on the quality and quantity of information such
stakeholders receive through the mechanism established under subsection
(a).