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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1353 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain additional 
information to be submitted to Congress regarding the strategic 5-year 
technology investment plan of the Transportation Security Administra-
tion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2017 
Miss RICE of New York (for herself, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. KEATING, 
and Mr. KATKO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 
certain additional information to be submitted to Con-
gress regarding the strategic 5-year technology invest-
ment plan of the Transportation Security Administration. 
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 ‘‘Transparency in Tech-
nological Acquisitions Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO 
CONGRESS UNDER THE STRATEGIC 5-YEAR 
TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT PLAN OF THE 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
(a) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED.—Section 
1611 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
563) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘biennially’’ and inserting ‘‘annu-
ally’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) information about acquisitions completed 
during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year dur-
ing which the report is submitted.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(h) NOTICE OF COVERED CHANGES TO PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) NOTICE
REQUIRED.—The Administrator 
shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
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Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives notice of any covered change to the 
Plan by not later than 90 days after the date on 
which the change is made. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION
OF
CHANGE.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘covered change’ means an increase 
or decrease in the dollar amount allocated to the 
procurement of a technology or an increase or de-
crease in the number of a technology.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON EQUIPMENT IN OPERATION POST- 
LIFE-CYCLE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration shall submit to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives a report describing any 
equipment of the Transportation Security Administration 
that is in operation after— 
(1) the end of the life-cycle of the equipment 
specified by the manufacturer of the equipment; or 
(2) the end of the useful life projection for the 
equipment under the strategic 5-year technology in-
vestment plan of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration, as required by section 1611 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 563). 
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(c) NOTICE TO AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES.—Upon the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration shall notify airports and 
airlines of any changes to the 5-year technology invest-
ment plan of the Transportation Security Administration. 
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