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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1353 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain additional 

information to be submitted to Congress regarding the strategic 5-year 

technology investment plan of the Transportation Security Administration. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2017 

Miss RICE of New York (for herself, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. KEATING, 

and Mr. KATKO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 

certain additional information to be submitted to Congress regarding the strategic 5-year technology investment plan of the Transportation Security Administration. 

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 ‘‘Transparency in Tech5 nological Acquisitions Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO 

2 CONGRESS UNDER THE STRATEGIC 5-YEAR 

3 TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT PLAN OF THE 

4 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRA5 TION. 

6 (a) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED.—Section 

7 1611 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

8 563) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (g)— 

10 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

11 by striking ‘‘biennially’’ and inserting ‘‘annu12 ally’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

14 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe15 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

17 paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(3) information about acquisitions completed 

19 during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year dur20 ing which the report is submitted.’’; and 

21 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub22 sections: 

23 ‘‘(h) NOTICE OF COVERED CHANGES TO PLAN.— 

24 ‘‘(1) NOTICE REQUIRED.—The Administrator 

25 shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 

26 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 


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1 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

2 Representatives notice of any covered change to the 

3 Plan by not later than 90 days after the date on 

4 which the change is made. 

5 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF CHANGE.—In this sub6 section, the term ‘covered change’ means an increase 

7 or decrease in the dollar amount allocated to the 

8 procurement of a technology or an increase or de9 crease in the number of a technology.’’. 

10 (b) REPORT ON EQUIPMENT IN OPERATION POST11 LIFE-CYCLE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

12 the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Trans13 portation Security Administration shall submit to the 

14 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

15 the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

16 the House of Representatives a report describing any 

17 equipment of the Transportation Security Administration 

18 that is in operation after— 

19 (1) the end of the life-cycle of the equipment 

20 specified by the manufacturer of the equipment; or 

21 (2) the end of the useful life projection for the 

22 equipment under the strategic 5-year technology in23 vestment plan of the Transportation Security Ad24 ministration, as required by section 1611 of the 

25 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 563). 


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1 (c) NOTICE TO AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES.—Upon the 

2 enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transpor3 tation Security Administration shall notify airports and 

4 airlines of any changes to the 5-year technology invest5 ment plan of the Transportation Security Administration. 

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