I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1309 
To streamline the office and term of the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2017 
Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KEATING, and Mr. KING of New 
York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To streamline the office and term of the Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘TSA Administrator 
Modernization Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT 
OF 2002 AND TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 
(a) HOMELAND SECURITY ACT
OF 2002.—Para-
graph (1) of section 103(a) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘12’’ and 
inserting ‘‘11’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(L) An Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration, in accordance 
with section 114 of title 49, United States 
Code.’’. 
(b) INCLUSION IN EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE.—Section 
5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration, Department of Homeland Security.’’. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE. 
Section 114 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Department 
of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Under 
Secretary of Transportation for Security’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 
(4) in subsection (b), in the heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘UNDER SECRETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘ADMINIS-
TRATOR’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)(4), by striking ‘‘Secretary 
of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’; 
(6) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Federal 
Security Managers’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal Se-
curity Directors’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (14), by inserting ‘‘air 
carriers or’’ before ‘‘foreign air carriers’’; 
(7) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’; 
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(8) in subsection (j)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘the 
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Home-
land Security’’; 
(9) in subsection (l)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘the 
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘the 
Administrator under subparagraph (A)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration under subparagraph (A)’’; 
(10) in subsection (m)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘UNDER 
SECRETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘ADMINISTRATOR’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (1), in the heading, by 
striking ‘‘UNDER
SECRETARY’’ and inserting 
‘‘ADMINISTRATOR’’; 
(11) in subsection (n), by striking ‘‘Department 
of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security’’; 
(12) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘Department 
of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security’’; and 
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(13) in subsection (p)(4), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary 
of Homeland Security’’. 
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