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Union Calendar No. 164 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2770 
[Report No. 114–218] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain maintenance 
of security-related technology at airports, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2015 
Miss RICE of New York (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
KATKO, and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Homeland Security 
JULY 22, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Mr. KEATING, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. RICHMOND, 
Mr. HIGGINS, and Mr. DONOVAN 
JULY 22, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 15, 2015] 
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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 ‘‘Keeping our Travelers 
Safe and Secure Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Administrator of the Transportation Se-
curity Administration has stated that the mainte-
nance of security-related technology such as x-rays, 
explosive trace detection systems, explosive detection 
systems, liquid scanners, and enhanced walk-through 
metal detectors, is central to the execution of Trans-
portation Security Administration’s mission to pro-
tect United States transportation systems. 
(2) Preventive and corrective maintenance is es-
sential to ensuring and extending the service lives of 
security-related technology. 
(3) In May 2015, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Homeland Security, reporting on the 
results of a performance audit conducted between De-
cember 2013 and November 2014, concluded that be-
cause the Transportation Security Administration 
did not properly manage the maintenance of its secu-
rity-related technology deployed to airports, it cannot 
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be assured that routine preventive maintenance is 
performed or that equipment is repaired and ready 
for operational use. 
(4) Specifically, the Inspector General found that 
the Transportation Security Administration did not 
issue adequate policies and procedures to document, 
track, and maintain preventive maintenance actions 
at the airport level and oversight of contractor-per-
formed maintenance needed to be strengthened. 
(5) According to the Inspector General, if the 
equipment is not fully operational, the Transpor-
tation Security Administration may have to use other 
screening measures that may be less effective at detect-
ing dangerous items, thereby potentially jeopardizing 
passenger safety and security. 
SEC. 
3. 
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 add-
ing 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 Administrator 
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shall develop and implement a preventive maintenance val-
idation process for security-related technology deployed to 
airports. 
‘‘(b) MAINTENANCE BY ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL 
AT AIRPORTS.—For maintenance to be carried out by Ad-
ministration 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 doc-
ument preventive maintenance actions. 
‘‘(2) Mechanisms for the Administrator to verify 
compliance with the guidance issued pursuant to 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE BY CONTRACTORS AT AIRPORTS.— 
For maintenance to be carried out by a contractor at air-
ports, 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. 
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‘‘(3) A process for independent validation by a 
third party of contractor maintenance. 
‘‘(d) PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—The Admin-
istrator shall require maintenance contracts for security-re-
lated technology deployed to airports to include penalties 
for noncompliance when it is determined that either preven-
tive or corrective maintenance has not been completed ac-
cording to contractual requirements and manufacturers’ 
specifications.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1616 the following: 
‘‘Subtitle C—Maintenance of Security-Related Technology 
‘‘Sec. 1621. Maintenance validation and oversight.’’. 
SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL ASSESSMENT. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security shall assess implementation of the re-
quirements under this Act and the amendments made by 
this Act, and provide findings and recommendations with 
respect to the provision of training to Administration per-
sonnel, equipment maintenance technicians, and other per-
sonnel under section 1621 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (as added by section 3 of this Act) and the avail-
ability and utilization of equipment maintenance techni-
cians employed by the Administration. 
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Union Calendar No. 164 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2770 
[Report No. 114–218] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
require certain maintenance of security-related 
technology at airports, and for other purposes. 
JULY 22, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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