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Union Calendar No. 24 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1353 

[Report No. 115–44] 

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 

MARCH 20, 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 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. 


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

6 SEC. 2. INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO 

7 CONGRESS UNDER THE STRATEGIC 5-YEAR 

8 TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT PLAN OF THE 

9 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRA10 TION. 

11 (a) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED.—Section 

12 1611 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

13 563) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (g)— 

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

16 by striking ‘‘biennially’’ and inserting ‘‘annu17 ally’’; 

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

19 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe20 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

22 paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(3) information about acquisitions completed 

24 during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year dur25 ing which the report is submitted.’’; and 


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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub2 sections: 

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

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

5 shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 

6 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 

7 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

8 Representatives notice of any covered change to the 

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

10 which the change is made. 

11 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF CHANGE.—In this sub12 section, the term ‘covered change’ means an increase 

13 or decrease in the dollar amount allocated to the 

14 procurement of a technology or an increase or de15 crease in the number of a technology.’’. 

16 (b) REPORT ON EQUIPMENT IN OPERATION POST17 LIFE-CYCLE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

18 the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Trans19 portation Security Administration shall submit to the 

20 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

21 the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

22 the House of Representatives a report describing any 

23 equipment of the Transportation Security Administration 

24 that is in operation after— 


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

2 specified by the manufacturer of the equipment; or 

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

4 equipment under the strategic 5-year technology in5 vestment plan of the Transportation Security Ad6 ministration, as required by section 1611 of the 

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

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

9 enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transpor10 tation Security Administration shall notify airports and 

11 airlines of any changes to the 5-year technology invest12 ment plan of the Transportation Security Administration. 


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Union Calendar No. 24 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1353 

[Report No. 115–44] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

Security Administration. technology investment plan of the Transportation mitted to Congress regarding the strategic 5-year require certain additional information to be subMARCH 20, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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