TSA Administrator Modernization Act of 2017

To streamline the office and term of the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the TSA Administrator Modernization Act of 2017 2. Amendments to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and title 5, United States Code (a) Homeland Security Act of 2002 Paragraph (1) of section 103(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended— (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking 12 11 (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (L) An Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, in accordance with section 114 of title 49, United States Code. . (b) Inclusion in Executive Schedule Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security. . 3. Amendments to title 49, United States Code Section 114 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking Department of Transportation Department of Homeland Security (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (3) by striking Under Secretary Administrator (4) in subsection (b), in the heading, by striking Under Secretary Administrator (5) in subsection (e)(4), by striking Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Homeland Security (6) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (6), by striking Federal Security Managers Federal Security Directors (B) in paragraph (14), by inserting air carriers or foreign air carriers (7) in subsection (g)— (A) by striking the Secretary the Secretary of Homeland Security (B) in paragraph (3), by striking The Secretary The Secretary of Homeland Security (8) in subsection (j)(1)(D), by striking the Secretary the Secretary of Homeland Security (9) in subsection (l)— (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking the Secretary the Secretary of Homeland Security (B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking the Administrator under subparagraph (A) the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration under subparagraph (A) (10) in subsection (m)— (A) in the heading, by striking Under Secretary Administrator (B) in paragraph (1), in the heading, by striking Under Secretary Administrator (11) in subsection (n), by striking Department of Transportation Department of Homeland Security (12) in subsection (o), by striking Department of Transportation Department of Homeland Security (13) in subsection (p)(4), by striking Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Homeland Security March 15, 2017 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: TSA Administrator Modernization Act of 2017 This bill codifies the transfer of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from the Department of Transportation to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). (Sec. 2) The bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) decrease from 12 to 11 the maximum number of Assistant Secretary positions in DHS, and (2) include the Administrator of the TSA among the DHS officers to be appointed by the President. The Administrator shall be appointed as the head of the TSA for a five-year term as a Level IV position in the Executive Schedule.