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(4) inspect security systems;
(5) report information to the Director of Intelligence and Security
that may be necessary to allow the Director to carry out assigned du-
ties and powers;
(6) assess threats to civil aviation; and
(7) carry out other duties and powers the Administrator considers
appropriate.
(c) REVIEW
AND DEVELOPMENT
OF WAYS TO STRENGTHEN SECU-
RITY.—The Assistant Administrator shall review and, as necessary, develop
ways to strengthen air transportation security, including ways—
(1) to strengthen controls over checked baggage in air transpor-
tation, including ways to ensure baggage reconciliation and inspection
of items in passenger baggage that could potentially contain explosive
devices;
(2) to strengthen control over individuals having access to aircraft;
(3) to improve testing of security systems;
(4) to ensure the use of the best available x-ray equipment for air
transportation security purposes; and
(5) to strengthen preflight screening of passengers.
§ 44933. Federal Security Managers
(a) ESTABLISHMENT, DESIGNATION, AND STATIONING.—The Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish the position of
Federal Security Manager at each airport in the United States at which the
Administrator decides a Manager is necessary for air transportation secu-
rity. The Administrator shall designate individuals as Managers for, and
station those Managers at, those airports. The Administrator may designate
a current field employee of the Administration as a Manager. A Manager
reports directly to the Assistant Administrator for Civil Aviation Security.
The Administrator shall station an individual as Manager at each airport
in the United States that the Secretary of Transportation designates as a
category X airport.
(b) DUTIES AND POWERS.—The Manager at each airport shall—
(1) receive intelligence information related to aviation security;
(2) ensure, and assist in, the development of a comprehensive secu-
rity plan for the airport that—
(A) establishes the responsibilities of each air carrier and air-
port operator for air transportation security at the airport; and
(B) includes measures to be taken during periods of normal air-
port operations and during periods when the Manager decides that
there is a need for additional airport security, and identifies the
individuals responsible for carrying out those measures;
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(3) oversee and enforce the carrying out by air carriers and airport
operators of United States Government security requirements, includ-
ing the security plan under clause (2) of this subsection;
(4) serve as the on-site coordinator of the Administrator’s response
to terrorist incidents and threats at the airport;
(5) coordinate the day-to-day Government aviation security activities
at the airport;
(6) coordinate efforts related to aviation security with local law en-
forcement; and
(7) coordinate activities with other Managers.
(c) LIMITATION.—A Civil Aviation Security Field Officer may not be as-
signed security duties and powers at an airport having a Manager.
§ 44934. Foreign Security Liaison Officers
(a) ESTABLISHMENT, DESIGNATION, AND STATIONING.—The Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish the position of
Foreign Security Liaison Officer for each airport outside the United States
at which the Administrator decides an Officer is necessary for air transpor-
tation security. In coordination with the Secretary of State, the Adminis-
trator shall designate an Officer for each of those airports. In coordination
with the Secretary, the Administrator shall designate an Officer for each of
those airports where extraordinary security measures are in place. The Sec-
retary shall give high priority to stationing those Officers.
(b) DUTIES AND POWERS.—An Officer reports directly to the Assistant
Administrator for Civil Aviation Security. The Officer at each airport
shall—
(1) serve as the liaison of the Assistant Administrator to foreign se-
curity authorities (including governments of foreign countries and for-
eign airport authorities) in carrying out United States Government se-
curity requirements at that airport; and
(2) to the extent practicable, carry out duties and powers referred
to in section 44933(b) of this title.
(c) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The activities of each Officer shall
be coordinated with the chief of the diplomatic mission of the United States
to which the Officer is assigned. Activities of an Officer under this section
shall be consistent with the duties and powers of the Secretary and the chief
of mission to a foreign country under section 103 of the Omnibus Diplo-
matic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4802) and section
207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927).
§ 44935. Employment standards and training
(a) EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS.—The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration shall prescribe standards for the employment and con-