(3) address known and evolving security risks 
to the United States aviation system. 
(e) INFORMATION
SHARING.—The Administrator 
shall provide to the entity conducting the independent as-
sessment under subsection (d) effectiveness testing results 
that are consistent with established evaluation design 
practices, as identified by the Comptroller General of the 
United States. 
(f) REPORTING.—Not later than 3 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 
the Administrator shall report to the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate on the percentage of all passengers who are 
provided expedited security screening, and of such pas-
sengers so provided, the percentage who are participants 
in the PreCheck program (who have voluntarily submitted 
biographic and biometric information for security risk as-
sessments), the percentage who are participants in an-
other trusted traveler program of the Department, the 
percentage who are participants in the PreCheck program 
due to the Administrator’s issuance of known traveler 
numbers, and for the remaining percentage of passengers 
granted access to expedited security screening in 
PreCheck security lanes, information on the percentages
attributable to each alternative method utilized by the Ad-
ministration to direct passengers to expedited airport se-
curity screening at PreCheck security lanes. 
(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to— 
(1) authorize or direct the Administrator to re-
duce or limit the availability of expedited security 
screening at an airport; or 
(2) limit the authority of the Administrator to 
use technologies and systems, including passenger 
screening canines and explosives trace detection, as 
a part of security screening operations. 
SEC. 104. SECURE FLIGHT PROGRAM. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator shall— 
(1) develop a process for regularly evaluating 
the root causes of screening errors at checkpoints 
across airports so that corrective measures are able 
to be identified; 
(2) implement such corrective measures to ad-
dress the root causes of such screening errors occur-
ring at the checkpoint; 
(3) develop additional measures to address key 
performance aspects related to the Secure Flight 
program goals and ensure that such measures clear-
ly identify activities necessary to achieve progress to-
wards such goals; 
(4) develop a mechanism to systematically docu-
ment the number and causes of Secure Flight pro-
gram matching errors for the purpose of improving 
program performance and provide program man-
agers with timely and reliable information; 
(5) provide job-specific privacy refresher train-
ing for Secure Flight program staff to further pro-
tect personally identifiable information in the Secure 
Flight system program; and 
(6) develop a mechanism to comprehensively 
document and track key Secure Flight program pri-
vacy issues and decisions to ensure the Secure 
Flight program has complete information for effec-
tive oversight of its privacy controls. 
SEC. 105. EFFICIENCY REVIEW BY TSA. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall conduct and complete a comprehensive, agen-
cy-wide efficiency review of the Administration to identify 
spending reductions and administrative savings through 
the streamlining and any necessary restructuring of agen-
cy divisions to make the Administration more efficient. In
carrying out the review under this section, the Adminis-
trator shall consider each of the following: 
(1) The elimination of any duplicative or over-
lapping programs and initiatives that can be stream-
lined. 
(2) The elimination of any unnecessary or obso-
lete rules, regulations, directives, or procedures. 
(3) Any other matters the Administrator deter-
mines are appropriate. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the completion of the efficiency review required 
under subsection (a), the Administrator shall submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
that specifies the results and cost savings expected to be 
achieved through such efficiency review. Such report shall 
also include information relating to how the Administra-
tion may use efficiencies identified through such efficiency 
review to provide funding to reimburse airports that in-
curred eligible costs for in-line baggage screening systems.
SEC. 106. DONATION OF SCREENING EQUIPMENT TO PRO-
TECT THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator is authorized 
to donate security screening equipment to a foreign last- 
point-of-departure airport operator if such equipment can 
be reasonably expected to mitigate a specific vulnerability 
to the security of the United States or United States citi-
zens. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days 
before any donation of equipment under this section, the 
Administrator shall provide to the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a detailed written expla-
nation of— 
(1) the specific vulnerability to the United 
States that will be mitigated with such donation; 
(2) an explanation as to why the recipient is 
unable or unwilling to purchase equipment to miti-
gate such threat; 
(3) an evacuation plan for sensitive technologies 
in case of emergency or instability in the country to 
which such donation is being made; 
(4) how the Administration will ensure the 
equipment that is being donated is used and main-
tained over the course of its life by the recipient; 
and 
(5) the total dollar value of such donation. 
SEC. 107. REVIEW OF SUSTAINED SECURITY DIRECTIVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 
for any security directive that has been in effect for longer 
than 1 year, the Administrator shall review the necessity 
of such directives, from a risk-based perspective. 
(b) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.—Upon completion of 
each review pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator 
shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate on— 
(1) any changes being made to existing security 
directives as a result of each such review; 
(2) the specific threat that is being mitigated 
by any such directive that will remain in effect; and 
(3) the planned disposition of any such direc-
tive.
SEC. 108. MAINTENANCE OF SECURITY-RELATED TECH-
NOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XVI of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 561 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Subtitle C—Maintenance of 
Security-Related Technology 
‘‘SEC. 1621. MAINTENANCE VALIDATION AND OVERSIGHT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this subtitle, the Adminis-
trator shall develop and implement a preventive mainte-
nance validation process for security-related technology 
deployed to airports. 
‘‘(b) MAINTENANCE
BY
ADMINISTRATION
PER-
SONNEL AT AIRPORTS.—For maintenance to be carried 
out by Administration personnel at airports, the process 
referred to in subsection (a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) Guidance to Administration personnel, 
equipment maintenance technicians, and other per-
sonnel at airports specifying how to conduct and 
document preventive maintenance actions. 
‘‘(2) Mechanisms for the Administrator to 
verify compliance with the guidance issued pursuant 
to paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE
BY
CONTRACTORS
AT
AIR-
PORTS.—For maintenance to be carried out by a con-
tractor at airports, the process referred to in subsection 
(a) shall require the following: 
‘‘(1) Provision of monthly preventive mainte-
nance schedules to appropriate Administration per-
sonnel at each airport that includes information on 
each action to be completed by a contractor. 
‘‘(2) Notification to appropriate Administration 
personnel at each airport when maintenance action 
is completed by a contractor. 
‘‘(3) A process for independent validation by a 
third party of contractor maintenance. 
‘‘(d) PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—The Ad-
ministrator shall require maintenance contracts for secu-
rity-related technology deployed to airports to include pen-
alties for noncompliance when it is determined that either 
preventive or corrective maintenance has not been com-
pleted according to contractual requirements and manu-
facturers’ specifications.’’. 
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL ASSESSMENT.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity shall assess implementation of the requirements 
under section 1621 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(as added by subsection (a) of this section), and provide 
findings and recommendations with respect to the provi-
sion of training to Administration personnel, equipment 
maintenance technicians, and other personnel under such 
section 1621 and the availability and utilization of equip-
ment maintenance technicians employed by the Adminis-
tration. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 1616 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Subtitle C—Maintenance of Security-Related Technology 
‘‘Sec. 1621. Maintenance validation and oversight.’’. 
SEC. 109. VETTING OF AVIATION WORKERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XVI of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 561 et seq.) 
is amended by adding after section 1601 the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 1602. VETTING OF AVIATION WORKERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—By not later than December 31, 
2015, the Administrator, in coordination with the Assist-
ant Secretary for Policy of the Department, shall request 
from the Director of National Intelligence access to addi-
tional data from the Terrorist Identities Datamart Envi-
ronment (TIDE) data and any or other terrorism-related 
information to improve the effectiveness of the Adminis-
tration’s credential vetting program for individuals with 
unescorted access to sensitive areas of airports.
‘‘(b) SECURITY INSPECTION.—By not later than De-
cember 31, 2015, the Administrator shall issue guidance 
for Transportation Security Inspectors to annually review 
airport badging office procedures for applicants seeking 
access to sensitive areas of airports. Such guidance shall 
include a comprehensive review of applicants’ Criminal 
History Records Check (CHRC) and work authorization 
documentation during the course of an inspection. 
‘‘(c) INFORMATION SHARING.—By not later than De-
cember 31, 2015, the Administrator may conduct a pilot 
program of the Rap Back Service, in coordination with 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to 
determine the feasibility of full implementation of a service 
through which the Administrator would be notified of a 
change in status of an individual holding a valid credential 
granting unescorted access to sensitive areas of airports 
across eligible Administration-regulated populations. 
‘‘(d) PROCEDURES.—The pilot program under sub-
section (c) shall evaluate whether information can be nar-
rowly tailored to ensure that the Administrator only re-
ceives notification of a change with respect to a disquali-
fying offense under the credential vetting program under 
subsection (a), as specified in 49 CFR 1542.209, and in 
a manner that complies with current regulations for fin-
gerprint-based criminal history records checks. The pilot
program shall be carried out in a manner so as to ensure 
that, in the event that notification is made through the 
Rap Back Service of a change but a determination of ar-
rest status or conviction is in question, the matter will be 
handled in a manner that is consistent with current regu-
lations. The pilot program shall also be carried out in a 
manner that is consistent with current regulations gov-
erning an investigation of arrest status, correction of Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation records and notification of 
disqualification, and corrective action by the individual 
who is the subject of an inquiry. 
‘‘(e) DETERMINATION AND SUBMISSION.—If the Ad-
ministrator determines that full implementation of the 
Rap Back Service is feasible and can be carried out in 
a manner that is consistent with current regulations for 
fingerprint-based criminal history checks, including the 
rights of individuals seeking credentials, the Administrator 
shall submit such determination, in writing, 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, together with 
information on the costs associated with such implementa-
tion, including the costs incurred by the private sector. 
In preparing this determination, the Administrator shall
consult with the Chief Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Of-
ficer of the Department to ensure that protocols are in 
place to align the period of retention of personally identifi-
able information and biometric information, including fin-
gerprints, in the Rap Back Service with the period in 
which the individual who is the subject of an inquiry has 
a valid credential. 
‘‘(f) CREDENTIAL SECURITY.—By not later than 
September 30, 2015, the Administrator shall issue guid-
ance to airports mandating that all federalized airport 
badging authorities place an expiration date on airport 
credentials commensurate with the period of time during 
which an individual is lawfully authorized to work in the 
United States. 
‘‘(g) AVIATION WORKER LAWFUL STATUS.—By not 
later than December 31, 2015, the Administrator shall re-
view the denial of credentials due to issues associated with 
determining an applicant’s lawful status in order to iden-
tify airports with specific weaknesses and shall coordinate 
with such airports to mutually address such weaknesses, 
as appropriate. 
‘‘(h) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Upon completion of 
the determinations and reviews required under this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall brief the Committee on 
Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate on the results of such deter-
minations and reviews.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 1601 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1602. Vetting of aviation workers.’’. 
(c) STATUS UPDATE ON RAP BACK SERVICE PILOT 
PROGRAM.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration shall submit 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 a report on the 
status of plans to conduct a pilot program in coordination 
with the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Rap Back 
Service in accordance with subsection (c) of section 1602 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by sub-
section (a) of this section. The report shall include details 
on the business, technical, and resource requirements for 
the Transportation Security Administration and pilot pro-
gram participants, and provide a timeline and goals for 
the pilot program. 
SEC. 110. AVIATION SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CON-
SULTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall consult, 
to the extent practicable, with the Aviation Security Advi-
sory Committee (established pursuant to section 44946 of 
title 49 of the United States Code) regarding any modi-
fication to the prohibited item list prior to issuing a deter-
mination about any such modification. 
(b) REPORT ON THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
OVERSIGHT BOARD.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall submit to the Transportation Security 
Oversight Board (established pursuant to section 115 of 
title 49, United States Code), the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a report that includes gen-
eral information on how often the Board has met, the cur-
rent composition of the Board, and what activities the 
Board has undertaken, consistent with the duties specified 
in subsection (c) of such section. The Secretary may in-
clude in such report recommendations for changes to such
section in consideration of the provisions of section 44946 
of title 49, United States Code. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 44946(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) TERMS.—The term of each member 
of the Advisory Committee shall be 2 years but 
may continue until such time as a successor 
member begins serving on the Advisory Com-
mittee. A member of the Advisory Committee 
may be reappointed.’’. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘prohib-
ited item list’’ means the list of items passengers are pro-
hibited from carrying as accessible property or on their 
persons through passenger screening checkpoints at air-
ports, into sterile areas at airports, and on board pas-
senger aircraft, pursuant to section 1540.111 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 
2015). 
SEC. 111. PRIVATE CONTRACTOR CANINE EVALUATION 
AND INTEGRATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
establish a pilot program to evaluate the use, effectiveness, 
and integration of privately-operated explosives detection
canine teams using both the passenger screening canine 
and traditional explosives detection canine methods. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The pilot program under subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) A full-time presence in three Category X, 
two Category I, and one Category II airports. 
(2) A duration of at least 12 months from the 
time private contractor teams are operating at full 
capacity. 
(3) A methodology for evaluating how to inte-
grate private contractor teams into the checkpoint 
area to detect explosive devices missed by mechan-
ical or human error at other points in the screening 
process. 
(4) Covert testing with inert improvised explo-
sive devices and accurately recreated explosives odor 
traces to determine the relative effectiveness of a 
full-time canine team in strengthening checkpoint 
security. 
(c) QUARTERLY UPDATES.—The Administrator shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
written updates on the procurement, deployment, and 
evaluation process related to the implementation of the
pilot program under subsection (a) for every calendar 
quarter after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the completion of the pilot program under subsection (a), 
the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate a final report on such pilot program. 
(e) FUNDING.—Out of funds made available to the 
Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security, $6,000,000 
is authorized to be used to carry out this section. 
SEC. 112. COVERT TESTING AT AIRPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter 
through 2020, the Administrator shall conduct covert test-
ing on an ongoing basis to test vulnerabilities and identify 
weaknesses in the measures used to secure the aviation 
system of the United States. The Administrator shall, on 
a quarterly basis if practicable, provide to the Inspector 
General of the Department such testing results, method-
ology, and data. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out the covert testing 
required under subsection (a), the Administrator shall— 
(1) consider security screening and procedures 
conducted by TSA;
(2) use available threat information and intel-
ligence to determine the types and sizes of simulated 
threat items and threat item-body location configu-
rations for such covert testing; 
(3) use a risk-based approach to determine the 
location and number of such covert testing; 
(4) conduct such covert testing without noti-
fying personnel at airports prior to such covert test-
ing; and 
(5) identify reasons for failure when TSA per-
sonnel or the screening equipment used do not iden-
tify and resolve any threat item used during such a 
covert test. 
(c) INDEPENDENT REVIEW.—The Inspector General 
of the Department shall conduct covert testing of the avia-
tion system of the United States in addition to the covert 
testing conducted by the Administrator under subsection 
(a), as appropriate, and analyze TSA covert testing re-
sults, methodology, and data provided pursuant to such 
subsection to determine the sufficiency of TSA covert test-
ing protocols. The Inspector General shall, as appropriate, 
compare testing results of any additional covert testing 
conducted pursuant to this subsection with the results of 
TSA covert testing under subsection (a) to determine sys-
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate annually on the requirements specified in 
this section. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to prohibit the Administrator or 
the Inspector General of the Department from conducting 
covert testing of the aviation system of the United States 
with greater frequency than required under this section. 
SEC. 113. TRAINING FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OF-
FICERS. 
The Administrator shall, on a periodic basis, brief the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the 
status of efforts to enhance initial and recurrent training 
of Transportation Security Officers.
TITLE II—SURFACE TRANSPOR-
TATION 
SECURITY 
AND 
OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 201. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INSPECTORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1304(d) of the Imple-
menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
2007 (6 U.S.C. 1113; Public Law 110–53) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘surface’’ after ‘‘relevant’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘, as determined appropriate’’. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on the efficiency and effectiveness of the Administration’s 
Surface Transportation Security Inspectors Program 
under subsection (d) of section 1304 of the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 
U.S.C. 1113; Public Law 110–53). 
(c) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (b) shall include a review of the following: 
(1) The roles and responsibilities of surface 
transportation security inspectors.
(2) The extent to which the TSA has used a 
risk-based, strategic approach to determine the ap-
propriate number of surface transportation security 
inspectors and resource allocation across field of-
fices. 
(3) Whether TSA’s surface transportation regu-
lations are risk-based and whether surface transpor-
tation security inspectors have adequate experience 
and training to perform their day-to-day responsibil-
ities. 
(4) Feedback from regulated surface transpor-
tation industry stakeholders on the benefit of surface 
transportation security inspectors to the overall se-
curity of the surface transportation systems of such 
stakeholders and the consistency of regulatory en-
forcement. 
(5) Whether surface transportation security in-
spectors have appropriate qualifications to help se-
cure and inspect surface transportation systems. 
(6) Whether TSA measures the effectiveness of 
surface transportation security inspectors. 
(7) Any overlap between the TSA and the De-
partment of Transportation as such relates to sur-
face transportation security inspectors in accordance 
with section 1310 of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 
(6 U.S.C. 1117; Public Law 110–53). 
(8) The extent to which surface transportation 
security inspectors review and enhance information 
security practices and enforce applicable information 
security regulations and directives. 
(9) Any recommendations relating to the effi-
ciency and effectiveness of the TSA’s surface trans-
portation security inspectors program. 
SEC. 202. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT; TSA OFFICE OF IN-
SPECTION WORKFORCE CERTIFICATION. 
(a) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector 
General of the Department shall analyze the data 
and methods that the Administrator uses to identify 
Office of Inspection employees of the Administration 
who meet the requirements of sections 8331(20), 
8401(17), and 5545a of title 5, United States Code, 
and provide the relevant findings to the Adminis-
trator, including a finding on whether such data and 
methods are adequate and valid. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON HIRING.—If the Inspector 
General of the Department finds that the data and 
methods referred to in paragraph (1) are inadequate
or invalid, the Administrator may not hire any new 
employee to work in the Office of Inspection of the 
Administration until— 
(A) the Administrator makes a certifi-
cation described in subsection (b)(1) to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; and 
(B) the Inspector General submits to such 
Committees a finding, not later than 30 days 
after the Administrator makes such certifi-
cation, that the Administrator utilized adequate 
and valid data and methods to make such cer-
tification. 
(b) TSA OFFICE OF INSPECTION WORKFORCE CER-
TIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall, by 
not later than 90 days after the date the Inspector 
General of the Department provides its findings to 
the Assistant Secretary under subsection (a)(1), doc-
ument and certify in writing to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-