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Union Calendar No. 297 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1413 

[Report No. 110–482] 

To direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to address vulnerabilities in aviation security by 

carrying out a pilot program to screen airport workers with access 

to secure and sterile areas of airports. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2007 

Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. GINNY BROWNWAITE of Florida, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, and Mr. MARKEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

DECEMBER 11, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mrs. MYRICK, Ms. 

CLARKE, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. 

WEXLER, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. GONZALEZ, 

Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. PUTNAM, and Mr. HOLT

DECEMBER 11, 2007 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 8, 2007] 

A BILL 

To direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security 

(Transportation Security Administration) to address 


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vulnerabilities in aviation security by carrying out a pilot 

program to screen airport workers with access to secure 

and sterile areas of airports. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. ENHANCED PERIMETER SECURITY AND ACCESS 

4 CONTROL THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE 

5 SCREENING OF AIRPORT WORKERS. 

6 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 120 days after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary 

8 of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Adminis9 tration) shall carry out a pilot program at 7 service air10 ports to screen all individuals with unescorted access to se11 cure and sterile areas of the airport in accordance with sec12 tion 44903(h) of title 49, United States Code. 

13 (b) PARTICIPATING AIRPORTS.—At least 2 of the air14 ports participating in the pilot program shall be large hub 

15 airports (as defined in section 40102 of title 49, United 

16 States Code). At least 1 of the airports participating in the 

17 pilot program shall be a category III airport. Each of the 

18 remaining airports participating in the pilot program shall 

19 represent a different airport security risk category (as de20 fined by the Assistant Secretary). 

21 (c) SCREENING STANDARDS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 

23 paragraphs (2) and (3), screening for individuals 


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1 with unescorted access under the pilot program shall 

2 be conducted under the same standards as apply to 

3 passengers at airport security screening checkpoints 

4 and, at a minimum of 1 airport, shall be carried out 

5 by a private screening company that meets the stand6 ards in accordance with section 44920(d) of title 49, 

7 United States Code. That airport shall be an airport 

8 that uses such a private screening company to carry 

9 out passenger screenings as of the date of the enact10 ment of this Act. 

11 (2) DESIGNATED SCREENING LANE.—In addition 

12 to the requirements under paragraph (1), each airport 

13 participating in the pilot program shall designate at 

14 least one screening lane at each airport security 

15 screening checkpoint to be used to screen individuals 

16 with unescorted access on a priority basis under the 

17 pilot program. Such lane may also be used to screen 

18 passengers. 

19 (3) ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF SCREENING.—At 1 

20 of the 7 airports participating in the pilot program, 

21 the Assistant Secretary shall deploy, instead of the 

22 screening standards required under paragraphs (1) 

23 and (2), alternative means of screening all individ24 uals with unescorted access to secure and sterile areas 


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1 of the airport. Alternative means of screening may in2 clude— 

3 (A) biometric technology for airport access 

4 control; 

5 (B) behavior recognition programs; 

6 (C) canines to screen individuals with 

7 unescorted access to secure and sterile areas of 

8 the airport; 

9 (D) targeted physical inspections of such in10 dividuals; 

11 (E) video cameras; and 

12 (F) increased vetting, training, and aware13 ness programs for such individuals. 

14 (d) VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.—As part of the 

15 pilot program under this section, the Assistant Secretary 

16 shall conduct a vulnerability assessment of each airport 

17 participating in the pilot program. Each such assessment 

18 shall include an assessment of vulnerabilities relating to ac19 cess badge and uniform controls. 

20 (e) TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS.—Airport operators 

21 at each airport at which the pilot program under this sec22 tion is implemented shall conduct an assessment of the 

23 screening technology being used at that airport and submit 

24 the results of the assessment to the Assistant Secretary. The 

25 Assistant Secretary shall compile the results of all the asVerDate Aug 31 2005 21:08 Dec 11, 2007 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1413.RH H1413

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1 sessments and provide them to each airport participating 

2 in the pilot program. 

3 (f) OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENTS.—As part of the pilot 

4 program under this section, the Assistant Secretary shall 

5 conduct an operational assessment at each airport partici6 pating in the pilot program. Each such assessment shall 

7 include an evaluation of— 

8 (1) the effect on security of any increase in ter9 minal congestion created as a result of screening indi10 viduals with unescorted access under the pilot pro11 gram; 

12 (2) the average wait times at screening check13 points for passengers and individuals with unescorted 

14 access; 

15 (3) any additional personnel required to screen 

16 individuals with unescorted access; 

17 (4) the effect of screening individuals with 

18 unescorted access on other security-related activities 

19 at the airport; 

20 (5) any lost productivity of individuals with 

21 unescorted access associated with airport participa22 tion in the pilot program; and 

23 (6) the rate at which ‘‘prohibited items’’ are de24 tected and confiscated from individuals with 

25 unescorted access. 


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1 (g) DURATION.—The pilot program shall be carried 

2 out for a period of not less than 180 days. 

3 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

4 authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec5 essary to carry out this section. 

6 (i) REPORT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

8 the last day of the pilot program, the Assistant Sec9 retary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 

10 Security of the House of Representatives and the 

11 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor12 tation of the Senate a report on the results of the pilot 

13 program. 

14 (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall in15 clude the following: 

16 (A) An assessment of the effect of screening 

17 all airport workers with access to secure and 

18 sterile airport areas on screening and logistical 

19 resources. 

20 (B) An assessment of the security improve21 ments that are achieved from screening such 

22 workers. 

23 (C) An assessment of the costs of screening 

24 such workers. 


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1 (D) The results of the vulnerability assess2 ments conducted under subsection (d). 

3 (E) An estimate of the infrastructure and 

4 personnel requirements necessary to implement a 

5 screening program for individuals with 

6 unescorted access at all commercial service air7 ports in the United States in order to process 

8 each such individual and each passenger through 

9 each screening checkpoint in fewer than 10 min10 utes. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to direct the 

Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to address vulnerabilities 

in aviation security by carrying out a pilot program to 

screen airport workers with access to secure and sterile 

areas of airports, and for other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 297 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1413 

[Report No. 110

–482] 

A BILL 

To direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Seairports. workers with access to secure and sterile areas of carrying out a pilot program to screen airport to address vulnerabilities in aviation security by curity (Transportation Security Administration) 

DECEMBER 11, 2007 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Aug 31 2005 21:08 Dec 11, 2007 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H1413.RH H1413

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