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Union Calendar No. 164 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2770 

[Report No. 114–218] 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain maintenance 

of security-related technology at airports, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 15, 2015 

Miss RICE of New York (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 

KATKO, and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security 

JULY 22, 2015 

Additional sponsors: Mr. KEATING, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. RICHMOND, 

Mr. HIGGINS, and Mr. DONOVAN

JULY 22, 2015 

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 June 15, 2015] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 

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

5 Safe and Secure Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The Administrator of the Transportation Se9 curity Administration has stated that the mainte10 nance of security-related technology such as x-rays, 

11 explosive trace detection systems, explosive detection 

12 systems, liquid scanners, and enhanced walk-through 

13 metal detectors, is central to the execution of Trans14 portation Security Administration’s mission to pro15 tect United States transportation systems. 

16 (2) Preventive and corrective maintenance is es17 sential to ensuring and extending the service lives of 

18 security-related technology. 

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

20 Department of Homeland Security, reporting on the 

21 results of a performance audit conducted between De22 cember 2013 and November 2014, concluded that be23 cause the Transportation Security Administration 

24 did not properly manage the maintenance of its secu25 rity-related technology deployed to airports, it cannot 


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1 be assured that routine preventive maintenance is 

2 performed or that equipment is repaired and ready 

3 for operational use. 

4 (4) Specifically, the Inspector General found that 

5 the Transportation Security Administration did not 

6 issue adequate policies and procedures to document, 

7 track, and maintain preventive maintenance actions 

8 at the airport level and oversight of contractor-per9 formed maintenance needed to be strengthened. 

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

11 equipment is not fully operational, the Transpor12 tation Security Administration may have to use other 

13 screening measures that may be less effective at detect14 ing dangerous items, thereby potentially jeopardizing 

15 passenger safety and security. 

16 SEC. 3. MAINTENANCE OF SECURITY-RELATED TECH17 NOLOGY. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XVI of the Homeland Secu19 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 561 et seq.) is amended by add20 ing at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘Subtitle C—Maintenance of 

22 Security-Related Technology 

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

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

25 date of the enactment of this subtitle, the Administrator 


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1 shall develop and implement a preventive maintenance val2 idation process for security-related technology deployed to 

3 airports. 

4 ‘‘(b) MAINTENANCE BY ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL

5 AT AIRPORTS.—For maintenance to be carried out by Ad6 ministration personnel at airports, the process referred to 

7 in subsection (a) shall include the following: 

8 ‘‘(1) Guidance to Administration personnel, 

9 equipment maintenance technicians, and other per10 sonnel at airports specifying how to conduct and doc11 ument preventive maintenance actions. 

12 ‘‘(2) Mechanisms for the Administrator to verify 

13 compliance with the guidance issued pursuant to 

14 paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE BY CONTRACTORS AT AIRPORTS.— 

16 For maintenance to be carried out by a contractor at air17 ports, the process referred to in subsection (a) shall require 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) Provision of monthly preventive mainte20 nance schedules to appropriate Administration per21 sonnel at each airport that includes information on 

22 each action to be completed by a contractor. 

23 ‘‘(2) Notification to appropriate Administration 

24 personnel at each airport when maintenance action is 

25 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 Admin4 istrator shall require maintenance contracts for security-re5 lated technology deployed to airports to include penalties 

6 for noncompliance when it is determined that either preven7 tive or corrective maintenance has not been completed ac8 cording to contractual requirements and manufacturers’ 

9 specifications.’’. 

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

11 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting 

12 after the item relating to section 1616 the following: 

‘‘Subtitle C—Maintenance of Security-Related Technology 

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

13 SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL ASSESSMENT. 

14 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 

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

16 Homeland Security shall assess implementation of the re17 quirements under this Act and the amendments made by 

18 this Act, and provide findings and recommendations with 

19 respect to the provision of training to Administration per20 sonnel, equipment maintenance technicians, and other per21 sonnel under section 1621 of the Homeland Security Act 

22 of 2002 (as added by section 3 of this Act) and the avail23 ability and utilization of equipment maintenance techni24 cians employed by the Administration. 


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Union Calendar No. 164 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2770 

[Report No. 114–218] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

technology at airports, and for other purposes. require certain maintenance of security-related 

JULY 22, 2015 

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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