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Union Calendar No. 464 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4467 

[Report No. 115–608] 

To require the Federal Air Marshal Service to utilize risk-based strategies, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 28, 2017 

Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia (for himself, Mr. KATKO, and Mr. MCCAUL) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security 

MARCH 19, 2018 

Additional sponsor: Mr. MITCHELL

MARCH 19, 2018 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 28, 2017] 


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A BILL 

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


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Security Act of 2018’’. 

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

7 MARSHAL SERVICE. 

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

9 title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

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

11 semicolon at the end; 

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

13 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following new para15 graphs: 

16 ‘‘(9) shall require the Federal Air Marshal Serv17 ice to utilize a risk-based strategy when allocating re18 sources between international and domestic flight cov19 erage, including when initially setting its annual tar20 get numbers of average daily international and do21 mestic flights to cover; 

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

23 Service to utilize a risk-based strategy to support do24 mestic allocation decisions; 


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

2 Service to utilize a risk-based strategy to support 

3 international allocation decisions; and 

4 ‘‘(12) shall ensure that the seating arrangements 

5 of Federal air marshals on aircraft are determined in 

6 a manner that is risk-based and most capable of re7 sponding to current threats to aviation security.’’. 

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

9 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Trans10 portation Security Administration shall submit to the Com11 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa12 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov13 ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, 

14 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that de15 scribes the compliance of the Federal Air Marshal Service 

16 with the requirements specified in paragraphs (9) through 

17 (12) of subsection (a) of section 44917 of title 49, United 

18 States Code, as added by this Act, and the documented 

19 methodology used by the Federal Air Marshal Service to 

20 conduct risk assessments in accordance with such para21 graphs. 

22 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Transportation Security 

23 Administration shall begin carrying out the requirements 

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

25 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. 


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Union Calendar No. 464 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4467 

[Report No. 115–608] 

A BILL 

To require the Federal Air Marshal Service to 

utilize risk-based strategies, and for other purposes. 

MARCH 19, 2018 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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