115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1309 

AN ACT 

To streamline the office and term of the Administrator of 

the Transportation Security Administration, 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 ‘‘TSA Administrator 

3 Modernization Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT 

5 OF 2002 AND TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 

6 (a) HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.—Para7 graph (1) of section 103(a) of the Homeland Security Act 

8 of 2002 is amended— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘12’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘11’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(L) An Administrator of the Transpor14 tation Security Administration, in accordance 

15 with section 114 of title 49, United States 

16 Code.’’. 

17 (b) INCLUSION IN EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE.—Section 

18 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 

19 at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad21 ministration, Department of Homeland Security.’’. 

22 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE. 

23 Section 114 of title 49, United States Code, is 

24 amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Department 

2 of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 

3 Homeland Security’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Under 

5 Secretary of Transportation for Security’’ and in6 serting ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Secu7 rity Administration’’; 

8 (3) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 

9 appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 

10 (4) in subsection (b), in the heading, by strik11 ing ‘‘UNDER SECRETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘ADMINIS12 TRATOR’’; 

13 (5) in subsection (e)(4), by striking ‘‘Secretary 

14 of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 

15 Homeland Security’’; 

16 (6) in subsection (f)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Federal 

18 Security Managers’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal Se19 curity Directors’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (14), by inserting ‘‘air 

21 carriers or’’ before ‘‘foreign air carriers’’; 

22 (7) in subsection (g)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ each place 

24 it appears and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 

25 Homeland Security’’; and 
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1 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘The 

2 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of 

3 Homeland Security’’; 

4 (8) in subsection (j)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘the 

5 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Home6 land Security’’; 

7 (9) in subsection (l)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘the 

9 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 

10 Homeland Security’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘the 

12 Administrator under subparagraph (A)’’ and in13 serting ‘‘the Administrator of the Federal Avia14 tion Administration under subparagraph (A)’’; 

15 (10) in subsection (m)— 

16 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘UNDER

17 SECRETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘ADMINISTRATOR’’; 

18 and 

19 (B) in paragraph (1), in the heading, by 

20 striking ‘‘UNDER SECRETARY’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘ADMINISTRATOR’’; 

22 (11) in subsection (n), by striking ‘‘Department 

23 of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 

24 Homeland Security’’; 
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1 (12) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘Department 

2 of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 

3 Homeland Security’’; and 

4 (13) in subsection (p)(4), by striking ‘‘Sec5 retary of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary 

6 of Homeland Security’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 20, 

2017. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1309 

AN ACT 

To streamline the office and term of the Administration, and for other purposes. trator of the Transportation Security Adminis-