budget request of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration.’’; 
(J) by striking subparagraph (F), as so re-
designated, and inserting the following: 
‘‘(F) BOARD PERSONNEL MATTERS.—The 
Board may appoint and terminate any per-
sonnel that may be necessary to enable the 
Board to perform its duties, and may procure 
temporary and intermittent services under sec-
tion 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code.’’; 
(K) in subparagraph (G), as so redesig-
nated—
(i) by striking clause (i); 
(ii) by redesignating clauses (ii), (iii), 
and (iv) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), re-
spectively; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘Subcommittee’’ each 
place it appears in clauses (i), (ii), and 
(iii), as so redesignated, and inserting 
‘‘Board’’; 
(L) in subparagraph (H), as so redesig-
nated 
(i) by striking ‘‘Subcommittee’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Administrator, the 
Council’’ each place it appears in clauses 
(i) and (ii) and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(M) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) AUTHORIZATION.—There is author-
ized to be appropriated to the Board such sums 
as may be necessary for the Board to carry out 
its activities.’’. 
SEC. 203. CLARIFICATION OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF 
THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. 
Section 106(r) is amended—
(1) in each of paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) by 
striking ‘‘Air Traffic Services Subcommittee of the 
Aviation Management Advisory Council’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Air Traffic Services Board’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘Air Traffic 
Control Subcommittee of the Aviation Management 
Advisory Council’’ and inserting ‘‘Air Traffic Serv-
ices Board’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘Transpor-
tation and Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘Transportation, 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate’’;
(4) in paragraph (5)(A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘develop a’’ and inserting 
‘‘implement the’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, including the establish-
ment of’’ and inserting ‘‘in order to further’’; 
(5) in paragraph (5)(B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘review’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘Administration,’’ and inserting 
‘‘oversee the day-to-day operational functions of 
the Administration for air traffic control,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 
(ii); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) 
the 
management 
of 
cost-
reimburseable contracts.’’. 
(6) in paragraph (5)(C)(i) by striking ‘‘pre-
pared by the Administrator’’; 
(7) in paragraph (5)(C)(ii) by striking ‘‘and the 
Secretary of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘and the 
Board’’; and 
(8) in paragraph (5)(C)(iii)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘agency’s’’ before ‘‘an-
nual’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘developed under subpara-
graph (A) of this subsection.’’ and inserting 
‘‘for air traffic control services.’’. 
TITLE III—AVIATION AND 
SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS 
SEC. 301. AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 1. 
(a) ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF UNDER SECRETARY OF 
TRANSPORTATION FOR SECURITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 114(f) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (14); 
(B) by striking period at the end of para-
graph (15) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(16) review and, as necessary, develop ways to 
strengthen air transportation security, including 
ways—
‘‘(A) to strengthen controls over checked 
baggage in air transportation, including ways to 
ensure baggage reconciliation and inspection of 
items in passenger baggage that could poten-
tially contain explosive devices; 
‘‘(B) to strengthen controls over individ-
uals having access to aircraft;
‘‘(C) to improve testing of security sys-
tems; 
‘‘(D) to ensure the use of best available 
equipment for air transportation security pur-
poses; 
‘‘(E) to strengthen preflight screening of 
passengers; 
‘‘(F) to strengthen and enhance the ability 
to detect or neutralize nonexplosive weapons, 
such as biological, chemical, or similar sub-
stances; and 
‘‘(G) to evaluate such additional measures 
as may be appropriate to enhance inspection of 
passengers, baggage, and cargo.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Effective No-
vember 19, 2001, section 110(a) of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act (115 Stat. 614) is re-
pealed. 
(b) ACQUISITIONS BY THE UNDER SECRETARY.—
Section 114(j)(1)(D) is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 
(c) AUTHORITY OF GSA.—Section 114(j) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY
OF
GSA.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (1), the Under Secretary may not under-