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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3144 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2015 

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

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 The Act may be cited as the ‘‘Partners for Aviation 

3 Security Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AVIATION SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CON5 SULTATION. 

6 The Administrator of the Transportation Security 

7 Administration shall consult, to the extent practicable, 

8 with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (estab9 lished pursuant to section 44946 of title 49 of the United 

10 States Code) regarding any modification to the prohibited 

11 item list prior to issuing a determination about any such 

12 modification. 

13 SEC. 3. REPORT ON THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 

14 OVERSIGHT BOARD. 

15 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

17 submit to the Transportation Security Oversight Board 

18 (established pursuant to section 115 of title 49, United 

19 States Code), the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

20 House of Representatives, and the Committee on Home21 land Security and Governmental Affairs and the Com22 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

23 Senate a report that includes general information on how 

24 often the Board has met, the current composition of the 

25 Board, and what activities the Board has undertaken, con26 sistent with the duties specified in subsection (c) of such 


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1 section. The Administrator may include in such report rec2 ommendations for changes to such section in consideration 

3 of the provisions of section 44946 of title 49, United 

4 States Code. 

5 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

6 (a) TERMS.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

7 44946(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

8 to read as follows: 

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

10 of the Advisory Committee shall be 2 years but 

11 may continue until such time as a successor 

12 member begins serving on the Advisory Com13 mittee. A member of the Advisory Committee 

14 may be reappointed.’’. 

15 (b) CLARIFICATION.—Paragraph (5) of section 

16 44946(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 

17 striking ‘‘under paragraph (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘under this 

18 subsection’’. 

19 SEC. 5. DEFINITION. 

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

21 the list of items passengers are prohibited from carrying 

22 as accessible property or on their persons through pas23 senger screening checkpoints at airports, into sterile areas 

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


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1 section 1540.111 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations 

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

Passed the House of Representatives November 16, 

2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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