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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3102 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reform programs of the 

Transportation Security Administration, streamline transportation security regulations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 16, 2015 

Mr. KATKO (for himself and Miss RICE of New York) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reform 

programs of the Transportation Security Administration, 

streamline transportation security regulations, 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 ‘‘Airport Access Control 

5 Security Improvement Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AVIATION SECURITY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XVI of the 

3 Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding at 

4 the end the following new section: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 1602. RISK-BASED SCREENING OF EMPLOYEES AT 

6 AIRPORTS. 

7 ‘‘(a) SCREENING MODEL.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this section, the 

10 Administrator shall establish a risk-based, intel11 ligence-driven model for the screening of employees 

12 at airports based on level of access and employment 

13 positions at domestic airports. Such screening model 

14 shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) ensure that only those individuals au16 thorized to have access to the secure areas of 

17 a domestic airport are permitted such access; 

18 ‘‘(B) ensure that an individual is imme19 diately denied entry to a secure area when such 

20 individual’s access authorization for such secure 

21 area is withdrawn; and 

22 ‘‘(C) provide a means to differentiate be23 tween individuals authorized to have access to 

24 an entire secure area and individuals authorized 

25 access to only a particular portion of a secure 

26 area. 


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1 ‘‘(2) FACTORS.—The Administrator shall con2 sider the following factors when establishing the 

3 screening model described in paragraph (1): 

4 ‘‘(A) Whether and how often employees at 

5 airports require employment-related access to 

6 Secure Identification Display Areas, Airport 

7 Operations Areas, or secure areas. 

8 ‘‘(B) The ability of each airport operator 

9 to reduce employee entry and exit points to a 

10 mutually agreed upon minimum number of such 

11 entry and exit points necessary to maintain air12 port operations. 

13 ‘‘(C) In consultation with airport opera14 tors, the ability of the Administration to create 

15 a mutually agreed upon randomization plan for 

16 screening at the defined operational minimum 

17 entry and exit points at airports which maxi18 mizes the deterrent effect of screening efforts. 

19 ‘‘(b) DISQUALIFYING OFFENSES.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

21 after the date of the enactment of this section, the 

22 Administrator, in consultation with the Director of 

23 the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Avia24 tion Security Advisory Committee, shall review the 

25 disqualifying criminal offenses codified in sections 


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1 1542.209 and 1544.229 of title 49, Code of Federal 

2 Regulations, to determine adequacy for an individual 

3 to have continued access to Secure Identification 

4 Display Areas of airports. Such review shall deter5 mine the following: 

6 ‘‘(A) The effectiveness of the currently 

7 codified disqualifying offenses regarding dis8 qualifying certain individuals from occupying 

9 such a position of significant public trust. 

10 ‘‘(B) If such disqualifying offenses list 

11 should be amended to include other offenses. 

12 ‘‘(C) The feasibility of identifying patterns 

13 of misdemeanors or of other non-disqualifying 

14 offenses that could jeopardize aviation security. 

15 ‘‘(D) The feasibility of integrating similar 

16 departmental eligibility requirements for access 

17 to Secure Identification Display Areas of air18 ports. 

19 ‘‘(E) Whether the look-back period for dis20 qualifying offenses should be extended or modi21 fied. 

22 ‘‘(2) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.—Upon comple23 tion of the review required under paragraph (1), the 

24 Administrator shall brief the Committee on Home25 land Security of the House of Representatives and 


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1 the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern2 mental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, 

3 Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the re4 sults of such review. 

5 ‘‘(c) CREDENTIALING.—Not later than 120 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this section, the Admin7 istrator, in consultation with the Aviation Security Advi8 sory Committee, shall review the auditing procedures for 

9 all airport-issued identification media. Such review shall 

10 determine the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) The efficacy of the auditing program re12 quirements at domestic airports to ensure the integ13 rity, accountability, and control of airport-issued 

14 identification media. 

15 ‘‘(2) The feasibility of including biometrics 

16 standards for all airport-issued identification media 

17 used for identity verification and badge verification. 

18 ‘‘(3) The feasibility of integrating other depart19 mental programs’ eligibility requirements for access 

20 to secure areas of airports. 

21 ‘‘(d) VETTING.— 

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

23 after the date of the enactment of this section, the 

24 Administrator shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) establish a program to allow airport 

2 badging offices to utilize the employment eligi3 bility confirmation system established under 

4 section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 

5 and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 

6 U.S.C. 1324a note; commonly referred to as ‘E7 Verify’) to determine the eligibility to work in 

8 the United States of all applicants seeking ac9 cess to secure areas of airports; 

10 ‘‘(B) establish a process to transmit appli11 cants’ biometric fingerprint data to the Office 

12 of Biometric Identity Management’s (OBIM’s) 

13 Automated Biometrics Identification System 

14 (IDENT) for vetting; and 

15 ‘‘(C) conduct a data quality assessment to 

16 ensure that credential application data elements 

17 received by the Administration are complete 

18 and match the data submitted by the airport 

19 operators. 

20 ‘‘(2) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.—Upon comple21 tion of the responsibilities specified in paragraph 

22 (1), the Administrator shall brief the Committee on 

23 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 

24 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov25 ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, 


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1 Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the re2 sults of such completion. 

3 ‘‘(e) REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS.—Not later than 

4 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, 

5 the Administrator shall establish a nationwide program for 

6 the anonymous reporting of violations of airport security. 

7 ‘‘(f) CENTRALIZED DATABASE.—Not later than 180 

8 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the 

9 Administrator, in consultation with the Aviation Security 

10 Advisory Committee, shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) establish a national database of employees 

12 who have had either their airport or aircraft oper13 ator-issued badge revoked for cause; and 

14 ‘‘(2) determine the appropriate reporting mech15 anisms for airports and airlines to submit data re16 garding employees described in paragraph (1) and to 

17 access the database established pursuant to such 

18 paragraph. 

19 ‘‘(g) UPDATED REVIEW.—Not later than April 8, 

20 2016, the Aviation Security Advisory Committee shall con21 duct an updated and thorough review of airport access 

22 controls. 

23 ‘‘(h) EMPLOYEE SCREENING STUDY.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

25 after the date of the enactment of this section, the 


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1 Administrator, in consultation with the Aviation Se2 curity Advisory Committee, shall submit to the Com3 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep4 resentatives, the Committee on Homeland Security 

5 and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on 

6 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen7 ate, and the Comptroller General of the United 

8 States a cost and feasibility study of a statistically 

9 significant number of Category I, II, and X airports, 

10 that ensures that all employee entry and exit points 

11 that lead to secure areas of such airports are com12 prised of the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) A secure door utilizing card and pin 

14 entry or biometric technology. 

15 ‘‘(B) Surveillance video recording, capable 

16 of storing video data for at least 30 days. 

17 ‘‘(C) Advanced screening technologies, in18 cluding at least one of the following: 

19 ‘‘(i) Magnetometer (walk-through or 

20 hand-held). 

21 ‘‘(ii) Explosives detection canines. 

22 ‘‘(iii) Explosives trace detection swab23 bing. 

24 ‘‘(iv) Advanced imaging technology. 

25 ‘‘(v) X-ray bag screening technology. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The study required under 

2 paragraph (1) shall include information related to 

3 the employee screening costs of those airports which 

4 have already implemented practices of screening one5 hundred percent of employees entering secure areas 

6 of airports, including the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) Costs associated with establishing an 

8 operational minimum number of employee entry 

9 and exit points. 

10 ‘‘(B) A comparison of costs associated with 

11 implementing the requirements specified in 

12 paragraph (1), based on whether such imple13 mentation was carried out by the Administra14 tion or airports. 

15 ‘‘(3) COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon completion of 

17 the study required under paragraph (1), the 

18 Comptroller General of the United States shall 

19 review such study to assess the quality and reli20 ability of such study. 

21 ‘‘(B) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 60 

22 days after the receipt of the study required 

23 under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 

24 of the United States shall report to the Com25 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of 


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1 Representatives and the Committee on Home2 land Security and Governmental Affairs and the 

3 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans4 portation of the Senate on the results of the re5 view required under subparagraph (A).’’. 

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

7 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in8 serting after the item relating to section 1601 the fol9 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 1602. Risk-based screening of employees at airports.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. UPDATED REVIEW. 

11 Not later than April 8, 2016, the Aviation Security 

12 Advisory Committee Working Group shall conduct an up13 dated and thorough review of airport access controls. 

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