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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 


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A BILL 

To streamline the office and term of the Administrator of 

the Transportation Security Administration, and for 

other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘TSA Administrator 

5 Modernization Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT 

7 OF 2002 AND TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 

8 (a) HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.—Para9 graph (1) of section 103(a) of the Homeland Security Act 

10 of 2002 is amended— 

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

12 inserting ‘‘11’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(L) An Administrator of the Transpor16 tation Security Administration, in accordance 

17 with section 114 of title 49, United States 

18 Code.’’. 

19 (b) INCLUSION IN EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE.—Section 

20 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 

21 at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad23 ministration, Department of Homeland Security.’’. 


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

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

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Department 

5 of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 

6 Homeland Security’’; 

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

8 Secretary of Transportation for Security’’ and in9 serting ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Secu10 rity Administration’’; 

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

12 appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 

13 (4) in subsection (b), in the heading, by strik14 ing ‘‘UNDER SECRETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘ADMINIS15 TRATOR’’; 

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

17 of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 

18 Homeland Security’’; 

19 (6) in subsection (f)— 

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

21 Security Managers’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal Se22 curity Directors’’; and 

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

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

25 (7) in subsection (g)— 


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

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 

3 Homeland Security’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘The 

5 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of 

6 Homeland Security’’; 

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

8 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Home9 land Security’’; 

10 (9) in subsection (l)— 

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

12 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 

13 Homeland Security’’; and 

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

15 Administrator under subparagraph (A)’’ and in16 serting ‘‘the Administrator of the Federal Avia17 tion Administration under subparagraph (A)’’; 

18 (10) in subsection (m)— 

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

20 SECRETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘ADMINISTRATOR’’; 

21 and 

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

23 striking ‘‘UNDER SECRETARY’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘ADMINISTRATOR’’; 


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

2 of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 

3 Homeland Security’’; 

4 (12) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘Department 

5 of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 

6 Homeland Security’’; and 

7 (13) in subsection (p)(4), by striking ‘‘Sec8 retary of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary 

9 of Homeland Security’’. 


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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 Administration, and for other purposes. trator of the Transportation Security AdminisMARCH 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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