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(1) in subparagraph (C) of section 70102(b)(1), 
by inserting ‘‘cybersecurity,’’ after ‘‘physical secu-
rity,’’; and 
(2) 
in 
subparagraph 
(C) 
of 
section 
70103(c)(3)— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘cybersecu-
rity,’’ after ‘‘physical security,’’; 
(B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(C) by redesignating clause (v) as clause 
(vi); and 
(D) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(v) prevention, management, and response to cyber-
security risks and incidents (as such terms are defined in 
section 227 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 148)); and’’. 
SEC. 1404. FACILITY INSPECTION INTERVALS. 
Subparagraph (D) of section 70103(c)(4) of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(D) subject to the availability of appro-
priations, verify the effectiveness of each such 
facility security plan periodically, but not less 
than one time per year without notice, and 
more frequently as determined necessary, in a
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risk based manner, with or without notice to 
the facility.’’. 
SEC. 1405. UPDATES OF MARITIME OPERATIONS COORDI-
NATION PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 434. UPDATES OF MARITIME OPERATIONS COORDI-
NATION PLAN. 
‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section and biennially thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a maritime operations coordination plan for the co-
ordination and cooperation of maritime operations under-
taken by components and offices of the Department with 
responsibility for maritime security missions. Such plan 
shall update the maritime operations coordination plan re-
leased by the Department in July 2011, and shall address 
the following: 
‘‘(1) Coordination of planning, integration of 
maritime operations, and development of joint mari-
time domain awareness efforts of any component or
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office of the Department with responsibility for mar-
itime homeland security missions. 
‘‘(2) Maintaining effective information sharing 
and, as appropriate, intelligence integration, with 
Federal, State, and local officials and the private 
sector, regarding threats to maritime security. 
‘‘(3) Cooperation and coordination with other 
departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment, and State and local agencies, in the maritime 
environment, in support of maritime homeland secu-
rity missions. 
‘‘(4) Work conducted within the context of 
other national and Department maritime security 
strategic guidance.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 433 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 434. Updates of maritime operations coordination plan.’’. 
SEC. 1406. EVALUATION OF COAST GUARD DEPLOYABLE 
SPECIALIZED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and
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the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a report that describes and 
assesses the state of the Coast Guard’s Deployable Spe-
cialized Forces (in this section referred to as the ‘‘DSF’’). 
Such report shall include, at a minimum, the following ele-
ments: 
(1) For each of the past three fiscal years, and 
for each type of DSF, the following: 
(A) A cost analysis, including training, op-
erating, and travel costs. 
(B) The number of personnel assigned. 
(C) The total number of units. 
(D) The total number of operations con-
ducted. 
(E) The number of operations requested by 
each of the following: 
(i) The Coast Guard. 
(ii) Other components or offices of the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
(iii) Other Federal departments or 
agencies. 
(iv) State agencies. 
(v) Local agencies.
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(F) The number of operations fulfilled by 
the entities specified in subparagraph (E). 
(2) An examination of alternative distributions 
of DSFs, including the feasibility, cost (including 
cost savings), and impact on mission capability of 
such distributions, including at a minimum the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Combining DSFs, primarily focused on 
counterdrug operations, under one centralized 
command. 
(B) Distributing counter-terrorism and 
anti-terrorism capabilities to DSFs in each 
major United States port. 
(b) DEPLOYABLE SPECIALIZED FORCE DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘Deployable Specialized Force’’ 
means a unit of the Coast Guard that serves as a quick 
reaction force designed to be deployed to handle counter- 
drug, counter-terrorism, and anti-terrorism operations or 
other maritime threats to the United States. 
SEC. 1407. COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF CO-LOCATING DHS 
ASSETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For any location in which U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and Marine 
Operations is based within 45 miles of locations where any 
other Department of Homeland Security agency also oper-
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ates air and marine assets, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall conduct a cost-benefit analysis to consider the 
potential cost of and savings derived from co-locating avia-
tion and maritime operational assets of the Office of Air 
and Marine Operations at facilities where other agencies 
of the Department operate such assets. In analyzing such 
potential cost savings achieved by sharing aviation and 
maritime facilities, such analysis shall consider, at a min-
imum, the following factors: 
(1) Potential enhanced cooperation derived 
from Department personnel being co-located. 
(2) Potential costs of, and savings derived 
through, shared maintenance and logistics facilities 
and activities. 
(3) Joint use of base and facility infrastructure, 
such as runways, hangars, control towers, operations 
centers, piers and docks, boathouses, and fuel de-
pots. 
(4) Potential operational costs of co-locating 
aviation and maritime assets and personnel. 
(5) Short term moving costs required in order 
to co-locate facilities. 
(6) Acquisition and infrastructure costs for en-
larging current facilities, as needed.
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate a report summarizing the results of the cost- 
benefit analysis required under subsection (a) and any 
planned actions based upon such results. 
SEC. 1408. REPEAL OF INTERAGENCY OPERATIONAL CEN-
TERS FOR PORT SECURITY AND SECURE SYS-
TEMS OF TRANSPORTATION. 
Sections 70107A and 70116 of title 46, United 
States Code, are repealed. 
SEC. 1409. MARITIME SECURITY CAPABILITIES ASSESS-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.), 
as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 435. MARITIME SECURITY CAPABILITIES ASSESS-
MENTS. 
‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of
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the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate an assessment of the number and type of maritime 
assets and the number of personnel required to increase 
the Department’s maritime response rate pursuant to sec-
tion 1092 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (6 U.S.C. 223; Public Law 114–328).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 434 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 435. Maritime security capabilities assessments.’’. 
SEC. 1410. CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) SECTIONS.—The following provisions of the Secu-
rity and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–347) are amended as follows: 
(1) By striking section 105. 
(2) By redesignating sections 106 and 107 as 
sections 105 and 106, respectively. 
(3) By striking section 108. 
(4) By redesignating sections 109 and 110 as 
sections 107 and 108, respectively. 
(5) In section 121 (6 U.S.C. 921)— 
(A) by striking subsections (c), (d), and 
(e); and
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(B) redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), 
and (i) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), re-
spectively. 
(6) By striking sections 122 and 127 (6 U.S.C. 
922 and ). 
(7) By redesignating sections 123, 124, 125, 
126, and 128 as sections 122, 123, 124, 125, and 
126, respectively. 
(8) In section 233 (6 U.S.C. 983), by striking 
subsection (c). 
(9) By striking section 235 (6 U.S.C. 984). 
(10) By redesignating section 236 as section 
235. 
(11) By striking sections 701 and 708 (and the 
item relating to such section in the table of contents 
of such Act). 
(12) By redesignating sections 702, 703, 704, 
705, 706, 707, and 709 as sections 701, 702, 703, 
704, 705, 706, and 707, respectively. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
(1) SECURITY
AND
ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR 
EVERY PORT ACT OF 2006.—The table of contents of 
the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–347) is amended as fol-
lows:
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(A) In the list of items relating to subtitle 
A of title I, by striking the items relating to 
sections 105 through 110 and inserting the fol-
lowing new items: 
‘‘Sec. 105. Prohibition of issuance of transportation security cards to persons 
convicted of certain felonies. 
‘‘Sec. 106. Long-range vessel tracking. 
‘‘Sec. 107. Notice of arrival for foreign vessels on the Outer Continental Shelf. 
‘‘Sec. 108. Enhanced crewmember identification.’’. 
(B) In the list of items relating to subtitle 
C of title I, by striking the items relating to 
sections 122 through 128 and inserting the fol-
lowing new items: 
‘‘Sec. 122. Random searches of containers. 
‘‘Sec. 123. Work stoppages and employee-employer disputes. 
‘‘Sec. 124. Threat assessment screening of port truck drivers. 
‘‘Sec. 125. Border Patrol unit for United States Virgin Islands. 
‘‘Sec. 126. Center of Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness.’’. 
(C) In the list of items relating to subtitle 
C of title II, by striking the items relating to 
sections 235 and 236 and inserting the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 235. Information sharing relating to supply chain security cooperation.’’. 
(D) In the list of items relating to title 
VII, by striking the items relating to sections 
701 through 709 and inserting the following 
new items: 
‘‘Sec. 701. Disclosures regarding homeland security grants. 
‘‘Sec. 702. Trucking security. 
‘‘Sec. 703. Air and Marine Operations of the Northern Border Air Wing. 
‘‘Sec. 704. Phaseout of vessels supporting oil and gas development. 
‘‘Sec. 705. Coast Guard property in Portland, Maine. 
‘‘Sec. 706. Methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursor chemicals. 
‘‘Sec. 707. Protection of health and safety during disasters.’’.
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(2) TITLE 46.—In the list of items relating to 
the analysis for chapter 701 of title 46, United 
States Code, by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 70107A and 70116. 
TITLE V—TRANSPORTATION 
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
Subtitle A—Administration 
SEC. 1501. 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, as amended by this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(K) 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.’’.
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SEC. 1502. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES 
CODE. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—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-
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 ‘‘Man-
agers’’ and inserting ‘‘Directors’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (14), by inserting ‘‘air 
carriers or’’ before ‘‘foreign air carriers’’; 
(7) in subsection (g)—
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(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’’; 
(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’’;
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(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’’; 
(13) in subsection (p)(4), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary 
of Homeland Security’’; 
(14) by redesignating subsections (u), (v), and 
(w) as subsections (t), (cc), and (dd), respectively; 
and 
(15) by inserting after subsection (t), as so re-
designated, the following new subsections: 
‘‘(u) DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR.—There is established 
in the Transportation Security Administration a Deputy 
Administrator, who shall assist the Administrator in the 
management of the Transportation Security Administra-
tion. 
‘‘(v) OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Transportation Security Administration an Of-
fice of Public Affairs (in this subsection referred to 
as the ‘Office’).
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‘‘(2) ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.—The head of 
the Office shall be the Assistant Administrator for 
Public Affairs, who shall report to the Administrator 
of the Transportation Security Administration or the 
Administrator’s designee. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall be respon-
sible for facilitating understanding of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration’s mission by commu-
nicating with internal and external audiences in a 
timely, accurate, and transparent manner. 
‘‘(w) OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES, OM-
BUDSMAN, AND TRAVELER ENGAGEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Transportation Security Administration an Of-
fice of Civil Rights and Liberties, Ombudsman, and 
Traveler Engagement (in this subsection referred to 
as the ‘Office’). 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.—The head of 
the Office shall be the Assistant Administrator for 
Civil Rights and Liberties, Ombudsman, and Trav-
eler Engagement, who shall report to the Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration 
or the Administrator’s designee. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall be respon-
sible for managing allegations of violations of civil
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rights and civil liberties from the public, carrying 
out the Administration’s equal employment oppor-
tunity and diversity policies and programs, including 
complaint management and adjudication, and help-
ing to ensure that employees and the traveling pub-
lic are treated in a fair and lawful manner. 
‘‘(x) OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Transportation Security Administration an Of-
fice of Legislative Affairs (in this subsection referred 
to as the ‘Office’). 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.—The head of 
the Office shall be the Assistant Administrator for 
Legislative Affairs, who shall report to the Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration 
or the Administrator’s designee. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall be respon-
sible for developing and implementing strategies 
within the Transportation Security Administration 
to achieve congressional approval or authorization of 
the Administration’s programs and policies. 
‘‘(y) OFFICE OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Transportation Security Administration an Of-
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fice of Finance and Administration (in this sub-
section referred to as the ‘Office’). 
‘‘(2) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—The head of 
the Office shall be the Chief Financial Officer, who 
shall report to the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration or the Administra-
tor’s designee. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall be respon-
sible for financial, budgetary, and administrative ac-
tivities that support the mission of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration. 
‘‘(z) OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Transportation Security Administration an Of-
fice of the Chief of Operations (in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘Office’). 
‘‘(2) CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.—The head of the 
Office shall be the Chief of Operations, who shall re-
port to the Administrator of the Transportation Se-
curity Administration or the Administrator’s des-
ignee. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall be respon-
sible for the following: 
‘‘(A) Conducting protection, response, de-
tection, assessment, and investigation activities
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in airports and other transportation facilities 
and deploying Federal Air Marshals on United 
States aircraft traveling domestically and inter-
nationally. 
‘‘(B) Identifying, analyzing, and mitigating 
risk by assessing vulnerabilities at international 
locations to determine risk, evaluating risk im-
pacts to determine mitigation activities, and 
executing mitigation activities to reduce risk to 
the United States. 
‘‘(C) Providing security and intelligence 
professionals with timely information in order 
to prevent a terrorist attack against the trans-
portation systems of the United States. 
‘‘(D) Developing security policies and plans 
that reduce the risk of catastrophic terrorist at-
tacks. 
‘‘(E) Providing risk-based, adaptive secu-
rity that includes airport checkpoint and bag-
gage screening operations, regulatory compli-
ance, cargo inspections, and other specialized 
programs designed to secure transportation. 
‘‘(F) Safeguarding the transportation sys-
tems of the United States through the qualifica-
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‘‘(D) Providing information technologies 
and services that enable global transportation 
security. 
‘‘(E) Ensuring the integrity, efficiency, 
and effectiveness of the Transportation Security 
Administration’s workforce, operations, and 
programs through objective audits, covert test-
ing, inspections, and criminal investigations. 
‘‘(F) Ensuring consistency in misconduct 
penalty determinations and an expeditious and 
fair adjudication process. 
‘‘(G) Building the Transportation Security 
Administration’s capabilities by managing the 
acquisition, 
testing, 
deployment, 
and 
sustainment of security technology and other 
acquisition programs. 
‘‘(bb) OFFICE OF THE CHIEF COUNSEL.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Transportation Security Administration an Of-
fice of the Chief Counsel (in this subsection referred 
to as the ‘Office’). 
‘‘(2) CHIEF COUNSEL.—The head of the Office 
shall be the Chief Counsel for the Transportation 
Security Administration, who shall report to the
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General Counsel of the Department of Homeland 
Security. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall be respon-
sible for providing legal advice and services across 
the Transportation Security Administration.’’. 
(b) SECTION 115.—Subsection (c) of section 115 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(c) SECTION 40119.—Section 40119 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(4)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘of the Federal Aviation 
Administration’’ after ‘‘Administrator’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘Federal Aviation’’ before 
‘‘Administration’’; and
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(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(d) SECTION 44901.—Section 44901 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Transpor-
tation for Security’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary (Transpor-
tation Security Administration)’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration’’; and 
(5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Senate Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
and the House of Representatives Committee on 
Transportation’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation and the Committee on Homeland Security
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and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives’’. 
(e) SECTION 44902.—Section 44902 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(f) SECTION 44903.—Section 44903 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security,’’ before ‘‘the Secretary 
of Transportation’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary 
of Homeland Security’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Secretary of Transpor-
tation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity’’;
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(4) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), in the heading, 
by striking ‘‘UNDER SECRETARY’’ and inserting 
‘‘ADMINISTRATOR’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Under 
Secretary’s’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Transportation Security Administration Ad-
ministrator’s’’; 
(5) in subsection (h)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘of 
Homeland Security’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6)(C), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘of Homeland 
Security’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(6) in subsection (i)(l), by striking ‘‘, after re-
ceiving the recommendations of the National Insti-
tute of Justice,’’; 
(7) in subsection (j)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘Under Secretary 
for Transportation Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Se-
curity Administration’’; and
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(ii) in the matter following subpara-
graph (E), by striking ‘‘Secretary of 
Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary 
of Homeland Security’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity’’; 
(8) in subsection (l)(1), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary for Border and Transportation Security of 
the Department of Homeland Security’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’; 
(9) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Transpor-
tation for Security’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’; 
(10) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration’’; 
(11) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary of Home-
land Security (Transportation Security Administra-
tion)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administra-
tion’’; and
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(12) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration’’. 
(g) SECTION 44904.—Section 44904 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘Assistant Sec-
retary of Homeland Security (Transportation Secu-
rity Administration)’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator 
of the Transportation Security Administration’’. 
(h) SECTION 44905.—Section 44905 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Secretary of 
Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Home-
land Security’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; and
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(3) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(i) SECTION 44906.—Section 44906 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Transpor-
tation for Security’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’. 
(j) SECTION 44908.—Section 44908 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of 
Transportation’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Homeland Security’’. 
(k) SECTION 44909.—Section 44909 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the Customs Service’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection’’. 
(l) SECTION 44911.—Section 44911 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) in paragraphs (1) through (10), by 
striking ‘‘the’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘The’’; and 
(B) by inserting the following at the end 
the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(11) The Coast Guard. 
‘‘(12) The Department of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(13) 
The 
National 
Geospatial-Intelligence 
Agency. 
‘‘(14) The National Reconnaissance Office.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Transpor-
tation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 
Security’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland 
Security’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Security’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator 
of the Transportation Security Administration’’. 
(m) SECTION 44912.—Section 44912 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Under 
Secretary of Transportation for Security’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Homeland Security’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(n) SECTION 44913.—Section 44913 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Under 
Secretary of Transportation for Security’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
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ture’’ and inserting ‘‘the Committee on Home-
land Security’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Secretary of 
Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Home-
land Security’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(o) SECTION 44914.—Section 44914 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Transpor-
tation for Security’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(p) SECTION 44915.—Section 44915 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting ‘‘Ad-
ministrator of the Transportation Security Administra-
tion’’. 
(q) SECTION 44916.—Section 44916 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting
230 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(r) SECTION 44917.—Section 44917 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Transportation 
for Security’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘of 
Homeland Security, utilizing a risk-based secu-
rity methodology,’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 
(3) redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(b); and 
(4) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary for Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration’’; 
and
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘Administrator’’. 
(s) SECTION 44918.—Section 44918 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking ‘‘the 
Under Secretary for Border and Transportation 
Security of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity’’ and inserting ‘‘the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration’’; and 
(B) in paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), by 
striking ‘‘the Administrator’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(t) SECTION 44919.—Section 44919 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration’’. 
(u) SECTION 44920.—Section 44920 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
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retary’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration’’. 
(v) SECTION 44921.—Section 44921 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(6)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘the Committee on Home-
land Security and’’ before ‘‘the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs’’ before 
‘‘the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘may,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘may’’; 
(4) in subsection (i)(2), by striking ‘‘the Under 
Secretary’’ before ‘‘may’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’; and
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(6) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’s’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Transportation Security 
Administration Administrator’s’’. 
(w) SECTION 44922.—Section 44922 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(x) SECTION 44923.—Section 44923 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Under Secretary for 
Border and Transportation Security of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security’’ and inserting ‘‘the Ad-
ministrator of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Secretary of 
Transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Home-
land Security’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)—
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(A) in paragraph (3), in the heading, by 
striking ‘‘UNDER
SECRETARY’’ and inserting 
‘‘ADMINISTRATOR’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, 
Homeland Security,’’ before ‘‘and Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(y) SECTION 44924.—Section 44924 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary for Bor-
der and Transportation for Security of the De-
partment of Homeland Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Administrator under’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration under’’; 
(2) in each of subsections (b) through (f), by 
inserting ‘‘of the Federal Aviation Administration’’ 
after ‘‘Administrator’’ each place it appears;
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(3) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and’’ before ‘‘the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(z) SECTION 44925.—Section 44925 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Assist-
ant Security of Homeland Security (Transpor-
tation Security Administration)’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘of 
Homeland Security’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Assistant 
Secretary’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Ad-
ministrator of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration’’. 
(aa) SECTION 44926.—Section 44926 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘United 
States’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(3)—
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘an’’ and inserting ‘‘a’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘United States’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S.’’. 
(bb) SECTION 44927.—Section 44927 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by 
striking ‘‘Veteran’’ and inserting ‘‘Veterans’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration’’. 
(cc) SECTION 44933.—Section 44933 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MANAGERS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘DIRECTORS’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Se-
curity Administration’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Manager’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Director’’; 
(B) in the second sentence—
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(i) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration’’; and 
(ii) by striking the term ‘‘Managers’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Direc-
tors’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Manager’’ and inserting ‘‘Direc-
tor’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Under 
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration’’. 
(dd) SECTION 44934.—Section 44934 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(ee) SECTION 44935.—Section 44935 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Transpor-
tation for Security’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(2)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 1101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 101(a)(22) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act’’; and 
(4) by redesignating the second subsection (i) 
(relating to accessibility of computer-based training 
facilities) as subsection (k). 
(ff) SECTION 44936.—Section 44936 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Se-
curity Administration’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Transportation Secu-
rity,,’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the
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Transportation Security Administration,’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraphs (B) and (C), by 
striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Transportation for 
Transportation Security’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Under 
Secretary’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Transportation Security 
Administration Administrator’s’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(gg) SECTION 44937.—Section 44937 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting ‘‘Ad-
ministrator of the Transportation Security Administra-
tion’’. 
(hh) SECTION 44938.—Section 44938 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Transpor-
tation’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 
Security’’;
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(B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary considers’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity considers’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 
and 
(D) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of 
Transportation Security’’ and inserting ‘‘Ad-
ministrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(ii) SECTION 44940.—Section 44940 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Transportation 
for Security’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (F) by striking ‘‘ 
Managers’’ and inserting ‘‘Directors’’;
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(2) in subsection (e)(1), in the heading, by 
striking ‘‘UNDER SECRETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘AD-
MINISTRATOR’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(jj) SECTION 44941.—Section 44941 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security,’’ before ‘‘the Department of 
Transportation’’. 
(kk) SECTION 44942.—Section 44942 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by redesignating paragraph (1) as 
subsection (c) and moving such subsection, 
as so redesignated, two ems to the left; 
and 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) as subsections (d) and (e), re-
spectively, and moving such subsections, as 
so redesignated, four ems to the left; 
(2) by striking subsections (a) and (b); 
(3) by striking subsection (c), as so redesig-
nated;
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(4) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e), as 
so redesignated, as subsections (a) and (b), respec-
tively; 
(5) by striking the term ‘‘the Secretary’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’; 
(6) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary for Transpor-
tation Security’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; and 
(7) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate’’. 
(ll) SECTION 44943.—Section 44943 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Under 
Secretary for Transportation Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘The Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Se-
curity Administration’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Under Secretary’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Admin-
istrator of the Transportation Security Admin-
istration’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the Under 
Secretary for Transportation Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’. 
(mm) SECTION 44944.—Section 44944 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Under 
Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Se-
curity’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’’. 
(nn) SECTION 44945.—Section 44945 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Assistant 
Secretary’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration’’.
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(oo) SECTION 44946.—Section 44946 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘, but a 
member may continue to serve until a successor is 
appointed’’ and inserting ‘‘but may continue until 
such time as a successor member begins serving on 
the Advisory Committee’’; 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2); and 
(3) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration’’. 
(pp) SECTION 45107.—Section 45107 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking the second 
sentence. 
(qq) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The analysis for 
chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amended
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by striking the item relating to section 44933 and insert-
ing the following new item: 
‘‘44933. Federal Security Directors.’’. 
SEC. 1503. AMENDMENTS TO THE AVIATION AND TRANS-
PORTATION SECURITY ACT. 
(a) SECTION 101.—Section 101 of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107–71) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c) (5 U.S.C. 5313 note)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraph (1) and (2), respectively; and 
(C) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘30 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘15 percent’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘the Secretary’s’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity’s’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’s’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Transportation Security 
Administration Administrator’s’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (g) (49 U.S.C. 44901 
note).
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(b) SECTION 106.—Section 106 of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 44903 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Under 
Secretary of Transportation for Security’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’. 
(c) SECTION 109.—Section 109 of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 114 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The 
Under Secretary of Transportation for Secu-
rity’’ and inserting ‘‘The Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by— 
(i) striking ‘‘medical product’’ and in-
serting ‘‘liquid or gel medical product or 
nourishment and nutrition for infants and 
toddlers, including formula, breast milk, 
and juice,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the product’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such product or nourishment or 
nutrition’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘voice 
stress analysis, biometric,’’ and inserting ‘‘bio-
metric’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
(d) SECTION 110.—Section 110 of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act is amended by striking sub-
sections (c) and (d). 
(e) SECTION 111.—Section 111 of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 44935 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator 
of the Transportation Security Administration’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Se-
curity Administration’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Ad-
ministrator’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Under 
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration’’. 
(f) SECTION 117.—Section 117 of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 44903 note) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity in consultation with’’ before ‘‘the Secretary of Trans-
portation’’.
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(g) SECTION 132.—Section 132 of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act is repealed. 
(h) SECTION 135.—Section 135 of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act is repealed. 
(i) SECTION 137.—Section 137 of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 44912 note) is re-
pealed. 
(j) REDESIGNATIONS.—Sections 133, 134, 136, 138, 
139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, and 147 of the 
Aviation and Transportation Security Act are amended by 
redesignating such sections as sections 132, 133, 134, 
135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, and 144, 
respectively. 
SEC. 1504. 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’’;
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(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; 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 
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
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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). 
(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. 
SEC. 1505. 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 new subtitle:
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‘‘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 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 by a contractor 
at airports, the process referred to in subsection (a) shall 
require the following: 
‘‘(1) Provision of monthly preventative mainte-
nance schedules to appropriate Administration per-
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sonnel at each airport that includes information on 
each action to be completed by 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) 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. 1506. TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
EFFICIENCY. 
(a) EFFICIENCY REVIEW.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration shall 
conduct and complete a comprehensive, agency-wide effi-
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ciency review of the Administration to identify and effec-
tuate spending reductions and administrative savings 
through the streamlining or restructuring of Administra-
tion 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 unnecessarily dupli-
cative or overlapping programs and initiatives that 
can be streamlined. 
(2) The elimination of any unnecessary or obso-
lete rules, regulations, directives, or procedures. 
(3) The reduction in overall operating expenses 
of the Administration, including costs associated 
with the number of personnel, as a direct result of 
efficiencies gained through the implementation of 
risk-based screening or through any other means as 
determined by the Administrator. 
(4) 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 of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration shall report to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
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Transportation of the Senate on the results and cost sav-
ings expected to be achieved through such efficiency re-
view. 
SEC. 1507. TRANSPORTATION SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE 
ACCOUNTABILITY. 
(a) REDUCTION PLAN.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, acting through the Administrator 
of the Transportation Security Administration, shall de-
velop a strategic plan, including a timeline, to reduce by 
20 percent by June 30, 2019, the number of positions at 
the Senior Executive Service level at the Administration. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.—Not later than 30 
days after the completion of the Senior Executive Service 
reduction plan required under subsection (a), the Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a copy 
of such plan.
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Subtitle B—Passenger Security and 
Screening 
SEC. 1511. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TRUST-
ED TRAVELER PROGRAM COLLABORATION. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall continue 
the review of all trusted traveler vetting programs carried 
out by the Department of Homeland Security using rep-
resentatives from such programs to make recommenda-
tions on possible efficiencies that could be gained by inte-
grating requirements and operations and increasing infor-
mation and data sharing across programs. 
SEC. 1512. PRECHECK BIOMETRIC PILOT PROJECT. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration (TSA) shall conduct a pilot 
project to test a secure, automated, and biometric-based 
system at airports to verify the identity of individuals who 
are members of TSA PreCheck or another Department of 
Homeland Security trusted traveler program that affords 
TSA expedited screening. Such system shall be designed 
to— 
(1) improve security while also reducing the 
need for security screening personnel to perform 
identity and travel document verification for such in-
dividuals;
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(2) reduce the average wait time of such indi-
viduals; 
(3) reduce overall operating expenses of the Ad-
ministration; 
(4) be integrated with the Department’s watch 
list and trusted traveler matching programs; and 
(5) be integrated with other technologies to fur-
ther facilitate risk-based passenger screening at 
checkpoints, to the extent practicable and consistent 
with security standards. 
SEC. 
1513. 
IDENTITY 
AND 
TRAVEL 
DOCUMENT 
VERIFICATION. 
Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(m) ESTABLISHMENT OF SCREENING SYSTEM FOR 
CERTAIN PERSONS.—Not later than December 31, 2018, 
the Administrator of the Transportation Security Admin-
istration shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, 
implement an identity and travel document verification 
system designed to establish a secure, automated system 
at all airports for verifying identity and travel documents 
of persons seeking entry into the sterile area of an airport. 
Such system shall—
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‘‘(1) assess the need for security screening per-
sonnel to perform identity and travel document 
verification for such passengers, thereby assessing 
the overall number of such screening personnel; 
‘‘(2) reduce the average wait time of such pas-
sengers; 
‘‘(3) reduce overall operating expenses of the 
Administration; 
‘‘(4) be integrated with the Administration’s 
watch list matching program; and 
‘‘(5) be integrated with other technologies to 
further facilitate risk-based passenger screening at 
checkpoints, to the extent practicable and consistent 
with security standards.’’. 
SEC. 1514. COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PILOT PROJECT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration shall conduct a pilot project to 
test the use of screening equipment using computed to-
mography technology to screen baggage at passenger 
checkpoints. 
SEC. 1515. EXPLOSIVES DETECTION CANINE TEAMS FOR 
AVIATION. 
(a) PASSENGER SCREENING TEAMS.—The Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration shall
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and other relevant partners relating to changing, updat-
ing, implementing, or suspending such rules as necessary. 
SEC. 1518. SCREENING IN AREAS OTHER THAN PASSENGER 
TERMINALS. 
The Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration is authorized to provide screening services 
to a commercial charter air carrier in areas other than 
primary passenger terminals upon the request of such car-
rier. A commercial charter air carrier shall direct any such 
request to the Federal Security Director for the airport 
where such services are requested. A Federal Security Di-
rector may elect to provide screening services if such serv-
ices are available. The Administrator shall enter into an 
agreement with a commercial charter air carrier for com-
pensation from such carrier requesting the use of screen-
ing services for all reasonable costs in addition to overtime 
costs that are incurred in the provision of screening serv-
ices under this section. 
SEC. 1519. FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS. 
(a) STANDARDIZATION.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration shall 
develop a standard working document that shall be the 
basis of all negotiations and agreements that begin after 
the date of the enactment of this Act between the United
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States and foreign governments or partners regarding 
Federal Air Marshal coverage of flights to and from the 
United States. 
(b) WRITTEN AGREEMENTS.—All agreements be-
tween the United States and foreign governments or part-
ners regarding the presence of Federal Air Marshals on 
flights to and from the United States must be written and 
signed by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Sec-
retary’s designee. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall transmit to the relevant Con-
gressional committees any agreements described in sub-
section (b) within 30 days of such agreement being signed. 
SEC. 1520. FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL MISSION SCHEDULING 
AUTOMATION. 
The Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration shall seek to acquire an automated soft-
ware capability for the scheduling of Federal Air Marshal 
Service missions based on current risk modeling. 
SEC. 1521. CANINE DETECTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall conduct an audit of all canine training programs 
of the Department of Homeland Security and convene a 
working group of representatives from all such programs
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(b) FINAL RULE.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall issue a final regulation to implement 
the ACAS Program under section 420 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (as added by subsection (a) of this 
section) to include the electronic transmission to U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection of data elements for targeting 
cargo, including appropriate security elements of shipment 
level data, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the commencement of the ACAS Program under section 
420 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by 
subsection (a) of this section), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity 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 a report detailing the operational implementa-
tion of providing advance information under the ACAS 
Program and the value of such information in targeting 
cargo. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
419 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 420. Air cargo advance screening program.’’.