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Union Calendar No. 505 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5056 

[Report No. 114–653] 

To modernize and enhance airport perimeter and access control security 

by requiring updated risk assessments and the development of security 

strategies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 26, 2016 

Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mr. KATKO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 

RICHMOND, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mrs. TORRES, and Mr. KING

of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

JULY 1, 2016 

Additional sponsor: Miss RICE of New York 

JULY 1, 2016 

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 modernize and enhance airport perimeter and access control security by requiring updated risk assessments and 

the development of security strategies, 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 ‘‘Airport Perimeter and 

5 Access Control Security Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RISK ASSESSMENTS OF AIRPORT SECURITY. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans8 portation Security Administration (TSA) shall— 

9 (1) not later than 60 days after the date of the 

10 enactment of this Act, update the Transportation 

11 Sector Security Risk Assessment (TSSRA) for the 

12 aviation sector; and 

13 (2) not later than 90 days after such date— 

14 (A) update with the latest and most cur15 rently available intelligence information the 

16 Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Perimeter 

17 and Access Control Security (in this Act re18 ferred to as the ‘‘Risk Assessment of Airport 

19 Security’’) and determine a regular timeframe 

20 and schedule for further updates to such Risk 

21 Assessment of Airport Security; and 

22 (B) conduct a system-wide assessment of 

23 airport access control points and airport perim24 eter security. 


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1 (b) CONTENTS.—The security risk assessments re2 quired under subsection (a)(2) shall— 

3 (1) include updates reflected in the TSSRA and 

4 Joint Vulnerability Assessment (JVA) findings; 

5 (2) reflect changes to the risk environment re6 lating to airport access control points and airport 

7 perimeters; 

8 (3) use security event data for specific analysis 

9 of system-wide trends related to airport access con10 trol points and airport perimeter security to better 

11 inform risk management decisions; and 

12 (4) take into consideration the unique geog13 raphy of and current best practices used by airports 

14 to mitigate potential vulnerabilities. 

15 (c) REPORT.—The Administrator of the Transpor16 tation Security Administration shall report to the Com17 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa18 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov19 ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, 

20 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, relevant Fed21 eral departments and agencies, and airport operators on 

22 the results of the security risk assessments required under 

23 subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 3. AIRPORT SECURITY STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

4 the Transportation Security Administration shall update 

5 the 2012 National Strategy for Airport Perimeter and Ac6 cess Control Security (in this section referred to as the 

7 ‘‘National Strategy’’). 

8 (b) CONTENTS.—The update to the National Strat9 egy required under subsection (a) shall include— 

10 (1) information from the Risk Assessment of 

11 Airport Security; and 

12 (2) information on— 

13 (A) airport security-related activities; 

14 (B) the status of TSA efforts to address 

15 the goals and objectives referred to in sub16 section (a); 

17 (C) finalized outcome-based performance 

18 measures and performance levels for each rel19 evant activity and goal and objective under sub20 paragraphs (A) and (B); and 

21 (D) input from airport operators. 

22 (c) UPDATES.—Not later than 90 days after the up23 date is completed under subsection (a), the Administrator 

24 of the Transportation Security Administration shall imple25 ment a process for determining when additional updates 

26 to the strategy referred to in such subsection are needed. 


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Union Calendar No. 505 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5056 

[Report No. 114–653] 

A BILL 

To modernize and enhance airport perimeter and 

strategies, and for other purposes. assessments and the development of security access control security by requiring updated risk 

JULY 1, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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