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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1309 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                  Union Calendar No. 19
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1309

                          [Report No. 115-37]

     To streamline the office and term of the Administrator of the 
    Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2017

 Mr. Katko (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Keating, and Mr. King of New 
    York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

                             March 15, 2017

                  Additional sponsor: Mr. Fitzpatrick

                             March 15, 2017

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
     To streamline the office and term of the Administrator of the 
    Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``TSA Administrator Modernization Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 AND TITLE 5, 
              UNITED STATES CODE.

    (a) Homeland Security Act of 2002.--Paragraph (1) of section 103(a) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``12'' and inserting 
        ``11''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(L) An Administrator of the Transportation 
                Security Administration, in accordance with section 114 
                of title 49, United States Code.''.
    (b) Inclusion in Executive Schedule.--Section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, 
        Department of Homeland Security.''.

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

    Section 114 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Department of 
        Transportation'' and inserting ``Department of Homeland 
        Security'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``Under Secretary of 
        Transportation for Security'' and inserting ``Administrator of 
        the Transportation Security Administration'';
            (3) by striking ``Under Secretary'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``Administrator'';
            (4) in subsection (b), in the heading, by striking ``Under 
        Secretary'' and inserting ``Administrator'';
            (5) in subsection (e)(4), by striking ``Secretary of 
        Transportation'' and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland 
        Security'';
            (6) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``Federal 
                Security Managers'' and inserting ``Federal Security 
                Directors''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (14), by inserting ``air carriers 
                or'' before ``foreign air carriers'';
            (7) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) by striking ``the Secretary'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``The Secretary'' 
                and inserting ``The Secretary of Homeland Security'';
            (8) in subsection (j)(1)(D), by striking ``the Secretary'' 
        and inserting ``the Secretary of Homeland Security'';
            (9) in subsection (l)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``the 
                Secretary'' and inserting ``the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ``the 
                Administrator under subparagraph (A)'' and inserting 
                ``the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
                Administration under subparagraph (A)'';
            (10) in subsection (m)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Under Secretary'' 
                and inserting ``Administrator''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1), in the heading, by striking 
                ``Under secretary'' and inserting ``Administrator'';
            (11) in subsection (n), by striking ``Department of 
        Transportation'' and inserting ``Department of Homeland 
        Security'';
            (12) in subsection (o), by striking ``Department of 
        Transportation'' and inserting ``Department of Homeland 
        Security''; and
            (13) in subsection (p)(4), by striking ``Secretary of 
        Transportation'' and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland 
        Security''.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 19

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1309

                          [Report No. 115-37]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

     To streamline the office and term of the Administrator of the 
    Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 15, 2017

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed
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