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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1309 

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 

A BILL 

To streamline the office and term of the Administrator of 

the Transportation Security Administration, and for 

other purposes. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT 

2 OF 2002 AND TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 

3 (a) HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.—Para4 graph (1) of section 103(a) of the Homeland Security Act 

5 of 2002 is amended— 

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

7 inserting ‘‘11’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub9 paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(L) An Administrator of the Transpor11 tation Security Administration, in accordance 

12 with section 114 of title 49, United States 

13 Code.’’. 

14 (b) INCLUSION IN EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE.—Section 

15 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 

16 at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad18 ministration, Department of Homeland Security.’’. 

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

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

21 amended— 

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

23 of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 

24 Homeland Security’’; 

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

26 Secretary of Transportation for Security’’ and inVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:06 Mar 08, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1309.IH H1309

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1 serting ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Secu2 rity Administration’’; 

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

4 appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 

5 (4) in subsection (b), in the heading, by strik6 ing ‘‘UNDER SECRETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘ADMINIS7 TRATOR’’; 

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

9 of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 

10 Homeland Security’’; 

11 (6) in subsection (f)— 

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

13 Security Managers’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal Se14 curity Directors’’; and 

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

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

17 (7) in subsection (g)— 

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

19 it appears and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 

20 Homeland Security’’; and 

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

22 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of 

23 Homeland Security’’; 


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

2 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Home3 land Security’’; 

4 (9) in subsection (l)— 

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

6 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 

7 Homeland Security’’; and 

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

9 Administrator under subparagraph (A)’’ and in10 serting ‘‘the Administrator of the Federal Avia11 tion Administration under subparagraph (A)’’; 

12 (10) in subsection (m)— 

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

14 SECRETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘ADMINISTRATOR’’; 

15 and 

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

17 striking ‘‘UNDER SECRETARY’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘ADMINISTRATOR’’; 

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

20 of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 

21 Homeland Security’’; 

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

23 of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 

24 Homeland Security’’; and 


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1 (13) in subsection (p)(4), by striking ‘‘Sec2 retary of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary 

3 of Homeland Security’’. 

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