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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5056 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 12, 2016 

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

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

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. 

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 ‘‘Airport Perimeter and 

3 Access Control Security Act of 2016’’. 

4 SEC. 2. RISK ASSESSMENTS OF AIRPORT SECURITY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans6 portation Security Administration (TSA) shall— 

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

8 enactment of this Act, update the Transportation 

9 Sector Security Risk Assessment (TSSRA) for the 

10 aviation sector; and 

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

12 (A) update with the latest and most cur13 rently available intelligence information the 

14 Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Perimeter 

15 and Access Control Security (in this Act re16 ferred to as the ‘‘Risk Assessment of Airport 

17 Security’’) and determine a regular timeframe 

18 and schedule for further updates to such Risk 

19 Assessment of Airport Security; and 

20 (B) conduct a system-wide assessment of 

21 airport access control points and airport perim22 eter security. 

23 (b) CONTENTS.—The security risk assessments re24 quired under subsection (a)(2) shall— 

25 (1) include updates reflected in the TSSRA and 

26 Joint Vulnerability Assessment (JVA) findings; 


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1 (2) reflect changes to the risk environment re2 lating to airport access control points and airport 

3 perimeters; 

4 (3) use security event data for specific analysis 

5 of system-wide trends related to airport access con6 trol points and airport perimeter security to better 

7 inform risk management decisions; and 

8 (4) take into consideration the unique geog9 raphy of and current best practices used by airports 

10 to mitigate potential vulnerabilities. 

11 (c) REPORT.—The Administrator of the Transpor12 tation Security Administration shall report to the Com13 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa14 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov15 ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, 

16 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, relevant Fed17 eral departments and agencies, and airport operators on 

18 the results of the security risk assessments required under 

19 subsection (a). 

20 SEC. 3. AIRPORT SECURITY STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT. 

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

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

23 the Transportation Security Administration shall update 

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1 cess Control Security (in this section referred to as the 

2 ‘‘National Strategy’’). 

3 (b) CONTENTS.—The update to the National Strat4 egy required under subsection (a) shall include— 

5 (1) information from the Risk Assessment of 

6 Airport Security; and 

7 (2) information on— 

8 (A) airport security-related activities; 

9 (B) the status of TSA efforts to address 

10 the goals and objectives referred to in sub11 section (a); 

12 (C) finalized outcome-based performance 

13 measures and performance levels for each rel14 evant activity and goal and objective under sub15 paragraphs (A) and (B); and 

16 (D) input from airport operators. 

17 (c) UPDATES.—Not later than 90 days after the up18 date is completed under subsection (a), the Administrator 

19 of the Transportation Security Administration shall 


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1 implement a process for determining when additional up2 dates to the strategy referred to in such subsection are 

3 needed. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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