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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5056 

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 

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. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RISK ASSESSMENTS OF AIRPORT SECURITY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans3 portation Security Administration (TSA) shall— 

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

5 enactment of this Act, update the Transportation 

6 Sector Security Risk Assessment (TSSRA) for the 

7 aviation sector; and 

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

9 (A) update with the latest and most cur10 rently available intelligence information the 

11 Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Perimeter 

12 and Access Control Security (in this Act re13 ferred to as the ‘‘Risk Assessment of Airport 

14 Security’’) and determine a regular timeframe 

15 and schedule for further updates to such Risk 

16 Assessment of Airport Security; and 

17 (B) conduct a system-wide assessment of 

18 airport access control points and airport perim19 eter security. 

20 (b) CONTENTS.—The security risk assessments re21 quired under subsection (a)(2) shall— 

22 (1) include updates reflected in the TSSRA and 

23 Joint Vulnerability Assessment (JVA) findings; 

24 (2) reflect changes to the risk environment re25 lating to airport access control points and airport 

26 perimeters; 


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1 (3) use security event data for specific analysis 

2 of system-wide trends related to airport access con3 trol points and airport perimeter security to better 

4 inform risk management decisions; and 

5 (4) take into consideration the unique geog6 raphy of and current best practices used by airports 

7 to mitigate potential vulnerabilities. 

8 (c) REPORT.—The Administrator of the Transpor9 tation Security Administration shall report to the Com10 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa11 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov12 ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, 

13 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, relevant Fed14 eral departments and agencies, and airport operators on 

15 the results of the security risk assessments required under 

16 subsection (a). 

17 SEC. 3. AIRPORT SECURITY STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT. 

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

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

20 the Transportation Security Administration shall update 

21 the 2012 National Strategy for Airport Perimeter and Ac22 cess Control Security (in this section referred to as the 

23 ‘‘National Strategy’’). 

24 (b) CONTENTS.—The update to the National Strat25 egy required under subsection (a) shall include— 


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1 (1) information from the Risk Assessment of 

2 Airport Security; and 

3 (2) information on— 

4 (A) airport security-related activities; 

5 (B) the status of TSA efforts to address 

6 the goals and objectives referred to in sub7 section (a); 

8 (C) finalized outcome-based performance 

9 measures and performance levels for each rel10 evant activity and goal and objective under sub11 paragraphs (A) and (B); and 

12 (D) input from airport operators. 

13 (c) UPDATES.—Not later than 90 days after the up14 date is completed under subsection (a), the Administrator 

15 of the Transportation Security Administration shall imple16 ment a process for determining when additional updates 

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

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