of the item of apparel is acting pursuant to the legal 
authority of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration or Federal Air Marshal Service, or to convey 
the impression that such advertisement, circular, 
book, pamphlet, software, or other publication, or 
such play, motion picture, broadcast, telecast, or 
other production, is approved, endorsed, or author-
ized by the Transportation Security Administration 
or Federal Air Marshal Service;’’. 
SEC. 296. ALLOWABLE COSTS ON AIRPORT SECURITY IM-
PROVEMENT PROJECTS. 
Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 44923 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) for projects to reconfigure or construct 
new terminal baggage areas, if new construction is 
more cost effective and meets pertinent security re-
quirements, as determined by the Assistant Sec-
retary of Homeland Security (Transportation Secu-
rity Administration), as needed to install explosive 
detection systems;’’. 
SEC. 297. REPORT ON DIVERSITY EFFORTS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall provide 
data to the appropriate congressional committees, includ-
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ing the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives, on the diversity of the Administration 
workforce. Such data shall include data on each of the 
following: 
(1) The number of individuals serving at all 
management levels, including data on representation 
in each pertinent pay band and the Senior Executive 
Service within each of the following categories: 
(A) Veterans. 
(B) Race. 
(C) Gender. 
(D) Ethnicity. 
(E) Disabled. 
(2) The retention rate of managers at all levels 
of the Administration. 
(3) The number of individuals employed by the 
Administration who were promoted to managerial 
positions. 
SEC. 298. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TIME AND ATTEND-
ANCE PROGRAMS FOR TRANSPORTATION SE-
CURITY OFFICERS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
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Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
time and attendance programs in use for transportation 
security officers, as well as recommendations for achieving 
cost savings through more efficient management of exist-
ing resources and reduction in overtime costs. 
TITLE III—SURFACE 
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
Subtitle A—Streamlining Threat 
Assessments for Credentials 
SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Part, the following definitions apply: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and any com-
mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate 
having legislative jurisdiction under the rules of the 
House of Representatives or Senate, respectively, 
over the matter concerned. 
(2) SECURITY
THREAT
ASSESSMENT.—The 
term ‘‘security threat assessment’’ means an assess-
ment conducted by a government agency that in-
cludes a check against a terrorist watch list or ter-
rorism database, and may also include a legal pres-
ence check and a criminal history records check. 
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SEC. 302. TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a task 
force, with an official designated by the Secretary to be 
the Chair of the task force. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the task force estab-
lished shall be to— 
(1) review the lists of crimes that disqualify in-
dividuals from transportation-related employment 
under current regulations of the Administration, to 
include at a minimum crimes listed under section 
70105 of title 46, United States Code, and section 
44936 of title 49, United States Code, and the ap-
plicable periods of disqualification for such crimes; 
(2) assess whether such lists of crimes reviewed 
under paragraph (1) are accurate indicators of a ter-
rorism security risk; 
(3) assess which other transportation security 
credential programs for transportation-related em-
ployment should be modernized to include a waiver 
process as is available under section 70105 of title 
46, United States Code; 
(4) assess if any cost savings, efficiencies, or 
elimination of redundancies, to be passed on to 
transportation security credential applicants in the 
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form of lower fees, can be realized through harmoni-
zation of the Federal security threat assessment 
process, creation of a common list of crimes, and in-
clusion of a waiver process; 
(5) assess any benefits to homeland security 
achieved through harmonization of the Federal secu-
rity threat assessment process, creation of a common 
list of crimes, and inclusion of a waiver process; 
(6) assess any potential increases in costs or 
time delays in transportation security credential pro-
grams as a result of harmonization of the Federal 
security threat assessment process, creation of a 
common list of crimes, and inclusion of a waiver 
process; and 
(7) assess other potential effects of creation of 
a common list of crimes for some or all transpor-
tation security credential programs for transpor-
tation-related employment, to include the extent to 
which a common list of disqualifying crimes would 
result in a greater number of persons being disquali-
fied from obtaining a credential required for trans-
portation-related employment. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The task force shall be composed 
of representatives of appropriate transportation indus-
tries, including labor unions representing employees of 
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