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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 con-
trol security by requiring updated risk assessments and 
the development of security strategies, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airport Perimeter and 
Access Control Security Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. RISK ASSESSMENTS OF AIRPORT SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration (TSA) shall— 
(1) not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, update the Transportation 
Sector Security Risk Assessment (TSSRA) for the 
aviation sector; and 
(2) not later than 90 days after such date— 
(A) update with the latest and most cur-
rently available intelligence information the 
Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Perimeter 
and Access Control Security (in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Risk Assessment of Airport 
Security’’) and determine a regular timeframe 
and schedule for further updates to such Risk 
Assessment of Airport Security; and 
(B) conduct a system-wide assessment of 
airport access control points and airport perim-
eter security. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The security risk assessments re-
quired under subsection (a)(2) shall— 
(1) include updates reflected in the TSSRA and 
Joint Vulnerability Assessment (JVA) findings; 
(2) reflect changes to the risk environment re-
lating to airport access control points and airport 
perimeters; 
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(3) use security event data for specific analysis 
of system-wide trends related to airport access con-
trol points and airport perimeter security to better 
inform risk management decisions; and 
(4) take into consideration the unique geog-
raphy of and current best practices used by airports 
to mitigate potential vulnerabilities. 
(c) REPORT.—The Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration shall report to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, relevant Fed-
eral departments and agencies, and airport operators on 
the results of the security risk assessments required under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 3. AIRPORT SECURITY STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration shall update 
the 2012 National Strategy for Airport Perimeter and Ac-
cess Control Security (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘National Strategy’’). 
(b) CONTENTS.—The update to the National Strat-
egy required under subsection (a) shall include— 
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(1) information from the Risk Assessment of 
Airport Security; and 
(2) information on— 
(A) airport security-related activities; 
(B) the status of TSA efforts to address 
the goals and objectives referred to in sub-
section (a); 
(C) finalized outcome-based performance 
measures and performance levels for each rel-
evant activity and goal and objective under sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B); and 
(D) input from airport operators. 
(c) UPDATES.—Not later than 90 days after the up-
date is completed under subsection (a), the Administrator 
of the Transportation Security Administration shall imple-
ment a process for determining when additional updates 
to the strategy referred to in such subsection are needed. 
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