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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4467 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2018 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To require the Federal Air Marshal Service to utilize riskbased strategies, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Aviation 

3 Security Act of 2018’’. 

4 SEC. 2. USE OF RISK-BASED STRATEGIES BY FEDERAL AIR 

5 MARSHAL SERVICE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 44917 

7 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

9 the semicolon at the end; 

10 (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 

11 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraphs: 

14 ‘‘(9) shall require the Federal Air Marshal 

15 Service to utilize a risk-based strategy when allo16 cating resources between international and domestic 

17 flight coverage, including when initially setting its 

18 annual target numbers of average daily international 

19 and domestic flights to cover; 

20 ‘‘(10) shall require the Federal Air Marshal 

21 Service to utilize a risk-based strategy to support 

22 domestic allocation decisions; 

23 ‘‘(11) shall require the Federal Air Marshal 

24 Service to utilize a risk-based strategy to support 

25 international allocation decisions; and 


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1 ‘‘(12) shall ensure that the seating arrange2 ments of Federal air marshals on aircraft are deter3 mined in a manner that is risk-based and most capa4 ble of responding to current threats to aviation secu5 rity.’’. 

6 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 

8 Transportation Security Administration shall submit to 

9 the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

10 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

11 and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Com12 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 

13 that describes the compliance of the Federal Air Marshal 

14 Service with the requirements specified in paragraphs (9) 

15 through (12) of subsection (a) of section 44917 of title 

16 49, United States Code, as added by this Act, and the 

17 documented methodology used by the Federal Air Marshal 

18 Service to conduct risk assessments in accordance with 

19 such paragraphs. 

20 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Transportation Security 

21 Administration shall begin carrying out the requirements 

22 specified in paragraphs (9) through (12) of subsection (a) 

23 of section 44917, United States Code, added by this Act, 


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1 by not later than the date that is 180 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 22, 

2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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