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Calendar No. 571 

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 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 

Reported by Mr. THUNE, without amendment 

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, 

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 

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


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

2 the semicolon at the end; 

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

4 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

6 paragraphs: 

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

8 Service to utilize a risk-based strategy when allo9 cating resources between international and domestic 

10 flight coverage, including when initially setting its 

11 annual target numbers of average daily international 

12 and domestic flights to cover; 

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

14 Service to utilize a risk-based strategy to support 

15 domestic allocation decisions; 

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

17 Service to utilize a risk-based strategy to support 

18 international allocation decisions; and 

19 ‘‘(12) shall ensure that the seating arrange20 ments of Federal air marshals on aircraft are deter21 mined in a manner that is risk-based and most capa22 ble of responding to current threats to aviation secu23 rity.’’. 

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

25 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 


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1 Transportation Security Administration shall submit to 

2 the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

3 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

4 and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Com5 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 

6 that describes the compliance of the Federal Air Marshal 

7 Service with the requirements specified in paragraphs (9) 

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

9 49, United States Code, as added by this Act, and the 

10 documented methodology used by the Federal Air Marshal 

11 Service to conduct risk assessments in accordance with 

12 such paragraphs. 

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Transportation Security 

14 Administration shall begin carrying out the requirements 

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

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

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

18 of the enactment of this Act. 


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Calendar No. 571 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4467 

AN ACT 

To require the Federal Air Marshal Service to 

utilize risk-based strategies, and for other purposes. 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 

Reported without amendment 


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