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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1353 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

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, 

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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in Tech3 nological Acquisitions Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO 

5 CONGRESS UNDER THE STRATEGIC 5-YEAR 

6 TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT PLAN OF THE 

7 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRA8 TION. 

9 (a) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED.—Section 

10 1611 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

11 563) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (g)— 

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

14 by striking ‘‘biennially’’ and inserting ‘‘annu15 ally’’; 

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

17 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe18 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

20 paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(3) information about acquisitions completed 

22 during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year dur23 ing which the report is submitted.’’; and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub25 sections: 

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

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

2 shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 

3 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 

4 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

5 Representatives notice of any covered change to the 

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

7 which the change is made. 

8 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF CHANGE.—In this sub9 section, the term ‘covered change’ means an increase 

10 or decrease in the dollar amount allocated to the 

11 procurement of a technology or an increase or de12 crease in the number of a technology.’’. 

13 (b) REPORT ON EQUIPMENT IN OPERATION POST14 LIFE-CYCLE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

15 the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Trans16 portation Security Administration shall submit to the 

17 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

18 the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

19 the House of Representatives a report describing any 

20 equipment of the Transportation Security Administration 

21 that is in operation after— 

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

23 specified by the manufacturer of the equipment; or 

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

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1 vestment plan of the Transportation Security Ad2 ministration, as required by section 1611 of the 

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

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

5 enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transpor6 tation Security Administration shall notify airports and 

7 airlines of any changes to the 5-year technology invest8 ment plan of the Transportation Security Administration. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 21, 

2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 

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