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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3144 

To require consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee regarding modifications to the prohibited item list, require a report on 

the Transportation Security Oversight Board, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 21, 2015 

Mr. PAYNE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To require consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory 

Committee regarding modifications to the prohibited item 

list, require a report on the Transportation Security 

Oversight Board, 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 The Act may be cited as the ‘‘Partners for Aviation 

5 Security Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AVIATION SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CON2 SULTATION. 

3 The Administrator of the Transportation Security 

4 Administration shall consult, to the extent practicable, 

5 with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (estab6 lished pursuant to section 44946 of title 49 of the United 

7 States Code) regarding any modification to the prohibited 

8 item list prior to issuing a determination about any such 

9 modification. 

10 SEC. 3. REPORT ON THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 

11 OVERSIGHT BOARD. 

12 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation 

14 Security Administration shall submit to the Transpor15 tation Security Oversight Board (established pursuant to 

16 section 115 of title 49, United States Code), the Com17 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa18 tives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov19 ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, 

20 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that 

21 includes general information on how often the Board has 

22 met, the current composition of the Board, and what ac23 tivities the Board has undertaken, consistent with the du24 ties specified in subsection (c) of such section. The Admin25 istrator may include in such report recommendations for 


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1 changes to such section in consideration of the provisions 

2 of section 44946 of title 49, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 

4 Subparagraph (A) of section 4946(c)(2) of title 49, 

5 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(A) TERMS.—The term of each member 

7 of the Advisory Committee shall be two years 

8 but may continue until such time as a successor 

9 member begins serving on the Advisory Com10 mittee. A member of the Advisory Committee 

11 may be reappointed.’’. 

12 SEC. 5. DEFINITION. 

13 In this Act, the term ‘‘prohibited item list’’ means 

14 the list of items passengers are prohibited from carrying 

15 as accessible property or on their persons through pas16 senger screening checkpoints at airports, into sterile areas 

17 at airports, and on board passenger aircraft, pursuant to 

18 section 1540.111 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations 

19 (as in effect on January 1, 2015). 

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