I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 550 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the deployment of law 
enforcement personnel at airport screening locations at very large air-
ports, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2017 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. ZELDIN, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Ms. MENG, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. KING of New 
York, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the deploy-
ment of law enforcement personnel at airport screening 
locations at very large airports, 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 ‘‘Checkpoint Safety Act 
of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEPLOYMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL 
AT 
AIRPORT 
SCREENING 
LOCATIONS 
AT 
VERY LARGE AIRPORTS. 
Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Transpor-
tation for Security’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 
(3) in subsection (h), by amending paragraph 
(2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except at airports re-
quired to enter into agreements under sub-
section (c), the Administrator shall order the 
deployment of at least one law enforcement offi-
cer authorized to carry firearms within 300 feet 
of each airport security screening location and 
within the terminal during operating hours at 
each airport at which the number of annual 
enplanements for the most recent calendar year 
for which data are available is 8 million or more 
or the number of international enplanements is 
1 million or more. The Administrator shall 
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order the deployment of additional law enforce-
ment officers authorized to carry firearms at 
such airports if the Administrator determines 
that such additional deployment is necessary to 
ensure airport security. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The Administrator may 
waive the application of all or part of the re-
quirements of subparagraph (A) only if the rel-
evant law enforcement agency with jurisdiction 
over an airport described in such subparagraph 
certifies in a written application to the Adminis-
trator that adherence to all or part of such re-
quirements would— 
‘‘(i) make provision of adequate secu-
rity for such airport impossible; and 
‘‘(ii) cause extreme hardship to such 
law enforcement agency that would se-
verely impair its ability to perform its du-
ties.’’. 
SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE IN FEDERAL AIR-
PORT SECURITY. 
Section 44903 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Transpor-
tation for Security’’ each place it appears and insert-
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