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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2770 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2015 

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

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 

certain maintenance of security-related technology at airports, 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 ‘‘Keeping our Travelers 

3 Safe and Secure Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) The Administrator of the Transportation 

7 Security Administration has stated that the mainte8 nance of security-related technology such as x-rays, 

9 explosive trace detection systems, explosive detection 

10 systems, liquid scanners, and enhanced walk-through 

11 metal detectors, is central to the execution of Trans12 portation Security Administration’s mission to pro13 tect United States transportation systems. 

14 (2) Preventive and corrective maintenance is es15 sential to ensuring and extending the service lives of 

16 security-related technology. 

17 (3) In May 2015, the Inspector General of the 

18 Department of Homeland Security, reporting on the 

19 results of a performance audit conducted between 

20 December 2013 and November 2014, concluded that 

21 because the Transportation Security Administration 

22 did not properly manage the maintenance of its se23 curity-related technology deployed to airports, it can24 not be assured that routine preventive maintenance 

25 is performed or that equipment is repaired and 

26 ready for operational use. 


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1 (4) Specifically, the Inspector General found 

2 that the Transportation Security Administration did 

3 not issue adequate policies and procedures to docu4 ment, track, and maintain preventive maintenance 

5 actions at the airport level and oversight of con6 tractor-performed maintenance needed to be 

7 strengthened. 

8 (5) According to the Inspector General, if the 

9 equipment is not fully operational, the Transpor10 tation Security Administration may have to use 

11 other screening measures that may be less effective 

12 at detecting dangerous items, thereby potentially 

13 jeopardizing passenger safety and security. 

14 SEC. 3. MAINTENANCE OF SECURITY-RELATED TECH15 NOLOGY. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XVI of the Homeland Secu17 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 561 et seq.) is amended by 

18 adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘Subtitle C—Maintenance of 

20 Security-Related Technology 

21 ‘‘SEC. 1621. MAINTENANCE VALIDATION AND OVERSIGHT. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

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1 nance validation process for security-related technology 

2 deployed to airports. 

3 ‘‘(b) MAINTENANCE BY ADMINISTRATION PER4 SONNEL AT AIRPORTS.—For maintenance to be carried 

5 out by Administration personnel at airports, the process 

6 referred to in subsection (a) shall include the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) Guidance to Administration personnel, 

8 equipment maintenance technicians, and other per9 sonnel at airports specifying how to conduct and 

10 document preventive maintenance actions. 

11 ‘‘(2) Mechanisms for the Administrator to 

12 verify compliance with the guidance issued pursuant 

13 to paragraph (1). 

14 ‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE BY CONTRACTORS AT AIR15 PORTS.—For maintenance to be carried out by a con16 tractor at airports, the process referred to in subsection 

17 (a) shall require the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) Provision of monthly preventive mainte19 nance schedules to appropriate Administration per20 sonnel at each airport that includes information on 

21 each action to be completed by a contractor. 

22 ‘‘(2) Notification to appropriate Administration 

23 personnel at each airport when maintenance action 

24 is completed by a contractor. 


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1 ‘‘(3) A process for independent validation by a 

2 third party of contractor maintenance. 

3 ‘‘(d) PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—The Ad4 ministrator shall require maintenance contracts for secu5 rity-related technology deployed to airports to include pen6 alties for noncompliance when it is determined that either 

7 preventive or corrective maintenance has not been com8 pleted according to contractual requirements and manu9 facturers’ specifications.’’. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

11 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in12 serting after the item relating to section 1616 the fol13 lowing: 

‘‘Subtitle C—Maintenance of Security-Related Technology 

‘‘Sec. 1621. Maintenance validation and oversight.’’. 

14 SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL ASSESSMENT. 

15 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of 

17 Homeland Security shall assess implementation of the re18 quirements under this Act and the amendments made by 

19 this Act, and provide findings and recommendations with 

20 respect to the provision of training to Administration per21 sonnel, equipment maintenance technicians, and other per22 sonnel under section 1621 of the Homeland Security Act 

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1 ability and utilization of equipment maintenance techni2 cians employed by the Administration. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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