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capability for the scheduling of Federal Air Marshal Service 
missions based on current risk modeling. 
SEC. 521. 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 
to make recommendations on possible efficiencies that could 
be gained by integrating training standards and facilities. 
(b) CANINE STAFFING ALLOCATION MODEL.—The Ad-
ministrator of the Transportation Security Administration 
shall develop a staffing allocation model for canines to de-
termine the optimal number of passenger screening canines 
at airports in the United States. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate a report on the recommendations required by 
subsection (a). 
(d) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
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trator of the Transportation Security Administration 
shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate on the state of explosives detec-
tion canine production and training in the United 
States. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The briefing required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An analysis of the steps the Transpor-
tation Security Administration may take to fos-
ter additional production of explosives detection 
canines in the United States by the private sec-
tor. 
(B) Perspectives from current explosives de-
tection canine industry stakeholders regarding 
the impact of the Administration’s procurement 
model on business considerations. 
(C) An analysis regarding whether the Ad-
ministration effectively communicates canine 
training guidelines and testing methodology to 
the private sector. 
(D) The extent to which physical capacity 
limitations at current Administration-operated 
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sites hinder the operations of either the Adminis-
tration or industry. 
SEC. 522. INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the United States Ambas-
sador or the Charge´ d’Affaires to the United States Mission 
to the International Civil Aviation Organization shall pur-
sue improvements to airport security, including if prac-
ticable, introducing a resolution to raise minimum stand-
ards for airport security. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States 
Ambassador or the Charge´ d’Affaires to the United States 
Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization 
shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate on the implementation of subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 523. PASSENGER SECURITY FEE. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security is prohibited 
from incorporating an increase in the passenger security 
fee under section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, be-
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yond what is authorized at the time the annual budget pro-
posal for the Department of Homeland Security is trans-
mitted to Congress. 
SEC. 524. LAST POINT OF DEPARTURE AIRPORT CERTIFI-
CATION. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 44907(a)(2) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including 
the screening and vetting of airport workers’’ before the 
semicolon at the end. 
SEC. 525. SECURITY STANDARDS AT FOREIGN AIRPORTS. 
Section 44907 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsections (a) through (d), by striking 
‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and 40106(b) of this title, 
the Secretary of Transportation, with the ap-
proval of the Secretary of State and without no-
tice 
or 
a 
hearing, 
shall’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘40106(b), and 41307 of this title, at the request 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security and with 
the approval of the Secretary of State and with-
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out notice or a hearing, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘when the Secretary of 
Transportation decides’’ and inserting ‘‘when the 
Secretary of Homeland Security decides’’. 
SEC. 526. SECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE AT AIRPORTS 
AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION HUBS. 
The Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2015 
(Public Law 114–50; 49 U.S.C. 44903 note) is amended— 
(1) in section 3— 
(A) in subsection (b), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(C) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) REVIEW.—The Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration shall review the active 
shooter response guidelines specified for Department of 
Homeland Security personnel under this section and make 
a recommendation to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
to modify such guidelines for personnel who are certified 
Federal law enforcement officials and for personnel who are 
uniformed but unarmed security officials.’’; and 
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(2) in section 7— 
(A) in subsection (b), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 
(B) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) 
as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 
(C) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) REVIEW.—The Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration shall review the active 
shooter response guidelines specified for Department of 
Homeland Security personnel under this section and make 
a recommendation to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
to modify such guidelines for personnel who are certified 
Federal law enforcement officials and for personnel who are 
uniformed but unarmed security officials.’’. 
SEC. 527. AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENING OPT-OUT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 44920 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘120’’ 
and inserting ‘‘90’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); 
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) ENTRANCE INTO CONTRACT.—The Ad-
ministrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration shall make best efforts to enter into 
a contract with a private screening company to 
provide screening services at an airport not later 
than 180 days after the date of approval of an 
application submitted by the operator of such 
airport under subsection (a).’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4), 
as so redesignated, in the matter preceding 
clause (i), by striking ‘‘not later than 60 days 
following the date of the denial’’ and inserting 
‘‘immediately upon issuing the denial’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(h) EVALUATION
OF SCREENING COMPANY PRO-
POSALS FOR AWARD.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including title 48 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.), an airport operator that has applied and been ap-
proved to have security screening services carried out by 
a qualified private screening company under contract with 
the Administrator of the Transportation Security Adminis-
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tration may nominate to the head of the contracting activ-
ity an individual to participate in the evaluation of pro-
posals for the award of such contract. Any such participa-
tion on a proposal evaluation committee shall be conducted 
in accordance with the provisions and restrictions of chap-
ter 21 of title 41, United States Code. 
‘‘(i) INNOVATIVE SCREENING APPROACHES AND TECH-
NOLOGIES.—The operator of an airport at which screening 
services are provided under this section is encouraged to 
recommend to the Administrator of the Transportation Se-
curity Administration innovative screening approaches and 
technologies. Upon receipt of any such recommendations, 
the Administrator, shall review and, if appropriate, test, 
conduct a pilot project, and, if appropriate, deploy such 
approaches and technologies.’’. 
SEC. 528. PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection (d) of 
section 111 of the Aviation and Transportation Security 
Act (49 U.S.C. 44935 note), not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration shall convene 
a working group consisting of representatives of the Admin-
istration and representatives of the labor organization rep-
resenting security screening personnel to negotiate reforms 
to the Administration’s personnel management system, in-
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cluding appeals to the Merit Systems Protection Board and 
grievance procedures. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the working group convened 
under subsection (a) shall submit to the Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate a report containing agreed-upon re-
forms to the Administration’s personnel management sys-
tem. The Administrator may implement associated rec-
ommendations mutually agreed to by the parties to such 
working group before the end of such one year period. 
SEC. 529. INNOVATION TASK FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration may establish a task 
force to collaborate with air carriers, airport operators, and 
other aviation security stakeholders to foster the pursuit of 
innovations in aviation security prior to the acquisition 
process. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The task force authorized under sub-
section (a) may conduct activities designed to identify and 
develop an innovative technology or capability with the po-
tential of enhancing aviation security, including— 
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(1) conducting a field demonstration of such a 
technology or capability in the airport environment; 
(2) gathering performance data from such a 
demonstration to inform the acquisition process; and 
(3) providing funding and promoting efforts to 
enable participation in a demonstration by a small 
business that has an innovative technology but does 
not have adequate resources to participate. 
(c) COMPOSITION.—The task force authorized under 
subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) chaired by the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration’s designee; and 
(2) comprised of representatives appointed by the 
Administrator, in consultation with the Chairperson 
of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (estab-
lished pursuant to section 44936 of title 49, United 
States Code), from appropriate stakeholders from— 
(A) within the Administration; 
(B) air carriers; 
(C) airport operators; 
(D) other aviation security stakeholders; 
and 
(E) as appropriate, the Science and Tech-
nology Directorate of the Department of Home-
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land Security and any other appropriate compo-
nent of the Department. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall require the Administrator of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration to acquire an innovative technology or 
emerging security capability. 
(e) NON-APPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the 
task force authorized under subsection (a). 
SEC. 530. AIRPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT REIMBURSEMENT. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate a report on the Transportation Security Admin-
istration’s law enforcement officer reimbursement program, 
which shall include information relating to the following: 
(1) The current structure of the program, includ-
ing how funding disbursement decisions are made. 
(2) An assessment of threats requiring law en-
forcement officer response at airports. 
(3) The scope of current law enforcement activi-
ties covered under the program, and an assessment of 
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whether such covered activities should be expanded to 
reflect emerging threats. 
(4) The annual costs to airport authorities for 
providing law enforcement for such covered activities 
at security checkpoints. 
(5) Proposed methodology for funding alloca-
tions. 
Subtitle C—Transportation Secu-
rity Screening Personnel Train-
ing and Accountability 
SEC. 531. TRANSPORTATION SECURITY TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44935 of title 49, United 
States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) INITIAL AND RECURRING TRAINING.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration shall estab-
lish a training program for new security screening 
personnel located at the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center in Glynco, Georgia. 
‘‘(2) RECURRING TRAINING.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration shall establish recurring training of se-
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curity screening personnel regarding updates to 
screening procedures and technologies, including 
methods to identify the verification of false or fraudu-
lent travel documents, as well as training on emerg-
ing threats, in response to weaknesses identified in 
covert tests at airports. The training shall include— 
‘‘(A) internal controls for monitoring and 
documenting compliance of transportation secu-
rity officers with such training requirements; 
and 
‘‘(B) such other matters as identified by the 
Administrator with regard to such training.’’. 
(b) GAO STUDY.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall report to Congress on the effective-
ness of the new security screening personnel training at 
Glynco, Georgia, required under subsection (l) of section 
44935 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this 
section. 
SEC. 532. ALTERNATE NEW SECURITY SCREENING PER-
SONNEL TRAINING PROGRAM COST AND FEA-
SIBILITY STUDY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration shall conduct a cost and feasibility 
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study of developing a training program for security screen-
ing personnel that will provide such personnel with an 
equal level of training as is provided in the training pro-
gram for new security screening personnel located at the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, 
Georgia, that could be conducted at or within 50 miles of 
such security screening personnel’s duty station. Such study 
should examine the use of online seminar and training plat-
forms for portions of the training curriculum that are con-
ducive to such an outcome. 
SEC. 533. PROHIBITION OF ADVANCE NOTICE OF COVERT 
TESTING TO SECURITY SCREENERS. 
Section 44935 of title 49, United States Code, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(m) PROHIBITION OF ADVANCE NOTICE TO SECURITY 
SCREENERS OF COVERT TESTING AND EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration shall ensure, 
to the greatest extent practicable, that information 
concerning a covert test of a transportation security 
system to be conducted by a covert testing office, the 
Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, or the Government Accountability Office is not 
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provided to any individual involved in such test prior 
to the completion of such test. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1)— 
‘‘(A) an authorized individual involved in a 
covert test of a transportation security system 
may provide information concerning such covert 
test to— 
‘‘(i) employees, officers, and contractors 
of the Federal Government (including mili-
tary personnel); 
‘‘(ii) employees and officers of State 
and local governments; and 
‘‘(iii) law enforcement officials who are 
authorized to receive or directed to be pro-
vided such information by the Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Homeland Security, or the 
Comptroller General of the United States, 
as the case may be; and 
‘‘(B) for the purpose of ensuring the secu-
rity of any individual in the vicinity of a site 
at which a covert test of a transportation secu-
rity system is being conducted, an individual 
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conducting such test may disclose his or her sta-
tus as an individual conducting such test to any 
appropriate individual if a security screener or 
other individual who is not a covered employee 
identifies the individual conducting such test as 
a potential threat. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES FOR TSA.— 
‘‘(A) MONITORING AND SECURITY OF TEST-
ING PERSONNEL.—The head of each covert test-
ing office shall ensure that a person or group of 
persons conducting a covert test of a transpor-
tation security system for a covert testing office 
is accompanied at the site of such test by a cover 
team composed of one or more employees of such 
covert testing office for the purpose of monitoring 
such test and confirming the identity of per-
sonnel involved in such test under subparagraph 
(B). 
‘‘(B) RESPONSIBILITY OF COVER TEAM.— 
Under this paragraph, a cover team for a covert 
test of a transportation security system shall— 
‘‘(i) monitor such test; and 
‘‘(ii) for the purpose of ensuring the se-
curity of any individual in the vicinity of 
a site at which such test is being conducted, 
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confirm, notwithstanding paragraph (1), 
the identity of any individual conducting 
such test to any appropriate individual if a 
security screener or other individual who is 
not a covered employee identifies the indi-
vidual conducting such test as a potential 
threat. 
‘‘(C) 
AVIATION
SCREENING.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (A), the Transportation 
Security Administration is not required to have 
a cover team present during a test of the screen-
ing of persons, carry-on items, or checked bag-
gage at an aviation security checkpoint at or 
serving an airport if such test— 
‘‘(i) is approved, in coordination with 
the designated security official for the air-
port operator by the Federal Security Di-
rector for such airport; and 
‘‘(ii) is carried out under an aviation 
screening assessment program of the De-
partment of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(D) USE
OF
OTHER
PERSONNEL.—The 
Transportation Security Administration may 
use employees, officers, and contractors of the 
Federal Government (including military per-
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sonnel) and employees and officers of State and 
local governments or any personnel authorized 
by the Federal Security Director to conduct cov-
ert tests. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions apply: 
‘‘(A) APPROPRIATE INDIVIDUAL.—The term 
‘appropriate individual’, as used with respect 
to— 
‘‘(i) a covert test under paragraph 
(2)(B) of a transportation security system, 
means any individual who the individual 
conducting such test determines needs to 
know his or her status as an individual 
conducting such test; or 
‘‘(ii) a covert test under paragraph 
(3)(B)(i), means any individual who the 
cover team monitoring such test determines 
needs to know the identity of such cover 
team. 
‘‘(B) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘cov-
ered employee’ means any individual who re-
ceives notice of a covert test before the completion 
of a test under paragraph (2)(B). 
‘‘(C) COVERT TEST.— 
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘covert 
test’ means an exercise or activity conducted 
by a covert testing office, the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, or the Government Accountability Of-
fice to intentionally test, compromise, or 
circumvent transportation security systems 
to identify vulnerabilities in such systems. 
‘‘(ii) 
LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 
clause (i), the term ‘covert test’ does not 
mean an exercise or activity by an em-
ployee or contractor of the Transportation 
Security Administration to test or assess 
compliance with relevant regulations. 
‘‘(D) COVERT TESTING OFFICE.—The term 
‘covert testing office’ means any office of the 
Transportation Security Administration des-
ignated by the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration to conduct covert 
tests of transportation security systems. 
‘‘(E) EMPLOYEE OF A COVERT TESTING OF-
FICE.—The term ‘employee of a covert testing of-
fice’ means an individual who is an employee of 
a covert testing office or a contractor or an em-
ployee of a contractor of a covert testing office.’’. 
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Subtitle D—Airport Access Controls 
and Perimeter Security 
SEC. 541. REFORMATION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS OF THE 
TRANSPORTATION 
SECURITY 
ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this subtitle: 
(1) AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘‘air carrier’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 
49, United States Code. 
(2) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate. 
(3) FOREIGN AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘‘foreign 
air carrier’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 40102 of title 49, United States Code. 
(4) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘in-
telligence community’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
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(5) SECURED AREA.—The term ‘‘secured area’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(6) SECURITY IDENTIFICATION DISPLAY AREA.— 
The term ‘‘Security Identification Display Area’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(7) STERILE AREA.—The term ‘‘sterile area’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) COST AND FEASIBILITY STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration, 
in consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory 
Committee (established under section 44946 of title 
49, United States Code), shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees and the Comptroller 
General of the United States a cost and feasibility 
study of a statistically significant number of Cat-
egory I, II, III, IV, and X airports assessing the im-
pact if all employee access points from non-secured 
areas to secured areas of such airports are comprised 
of the following: 
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(A) A secure door utilizing card and pin 
entry or biometric technology. 
(B) Surveillance video recording, capable of 
storing video data for at least 30 days. 
(C) Advanced screening technologies, includ-
ing at least one of the following: 
(i) Magnetometer (walk-through or 
hand-held). 
(ii) Explosives detection canines. 
(iii) Explosives trace detection. 
(iv) Advanced imaging technology. 
(v) X-ray bag screening technology. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The study required under para-
graph (1) shall include information related to the em-
ployee screening costs of those category I, II, III, IV, 
and X airports which have already implemented 
practices of screening 100 percent of employees access-
ing secured areas of airports, including the following: 
(A) Costs associated with establishing an 
operational minimum number of employee entry 
and exit points. 
(B) A comparison of estimated costs and ef-
fectiveness associated with implementing the se-
curity features specified in paragraph (1) to— 
(i) the Federal Government; and 
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(ii) airports and the aviation commu-
nity. 
(3) COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon completion of the 
study required under paragraph (1), the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall review 
such study to assess the quality and reliability of 
such study. 
(B) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the receipt of the study required under 
paragraph (1), the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall report to the appropriate 
congressional committees on the results of the re-
view required under subparagraph (A). 
(c) AIRPORT WORKER EDUCATION
AND SECURITY 
AWARENESS.— 
(1) COOPERATIVE
EFFORTS
TO
ENHANCE
AIR-
PORT
SECURITY
AWARENESS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Admin-
istration shall work with air carriers, foreign air car-
riers, airport operators, labor unions representing 
credentialed employees, and the Aviation Security 
Advisory Committee to enhance security awareness of 
credentialed airport populations regarding insider 
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threats to aviation security and recognized practices 
related to airport access controls. 
(2) CREDENTIALING STANDARDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration shall, in consultation with air 
carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, 
labor unions representing credentialed employees, 
and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, 
assess credentialing standards, policies, and 
practices to ensure that insider threats to avia-
tion security are adequately addressed. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 
completion of the assessment required under sub-
paragraph (A), the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration shall report 
to the appropriate congressional committees on 
the results of such assessment. 
(3) SIDA, STERILE AREA, AND AOA APPLICA-
TIONS.— 
(A) 
SOCIAL
SECURITY
NUMBERS
RE-
QUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the Transportation Security Administration 
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shall require the submission of a social security 
number for each individual applying for a Secu-
rity Identification Display Area, Sterile Area, or 
Air Operations Area airport credential to 
strengthen security vetting effectiveness. An ap-
plicant who does not provide such applicant’s so-
cial security number may be denied such a cre-
dential. 
(B) SCREENING
NOTICE.—The Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration shall issue requirements for airport oper-
ators to include in applications for access to a 
Security Identification Display Area, Sterile 
Area, or Air Operations Area a notice informing 
applicants that an employee holding a credential 
granting access to such an area may be screened 
at any time while gaining access to, working in, 
or leaving such an area. 
(d) SECURING AIRPORT WORKER ACCESS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration shall work 
with airport operators and the Aviation Security Ad-
visory Committee to identify advanced technologies, 
including biometric identification technologies, for se-
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curing employee access to the secured areas and sterile 
areas of airports. 
(2) RAP
BACK
VETTING.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Admin-
istration shall ensure that all credentialed aviation 
worker populations currently requiring a fingerprint- 
based criminal record history check are continuously 
vetted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 
Rap Back Service, in order to more rapidly detect 
and mitigate insider threats to aviation security. 
(3) INSIDER THREAT EDUCATION AND MITIGA-
TION.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration shall identify 
means of enhancing the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’s ability to leverage the resources of the 
Department of Homeland Security and the intel-
ligence community to educate Administration per-
sonnel on insider threats to aviation security and how 
the Administration can better mitigate such insider 
threats. 
(4) PLAYBOOK OPERATIONS.—The Administrator 
of the Transportation Security Administration shall 
ensure that Transportation Security Administration- 
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led employee physical inspection efforts of aviation 
workers, known as Playbook operations, are targeted, 
strategic, and focused on providing the greatest level 
of security effectiveness. 
(5) COVERT TESTING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
conduct covert testing of Transportation Security 
Administration-led employee inspection oper-
ations at airports and measure existing levels of 
security effectiveness. The Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration shall 
provide— 
(i) the results of such testing to the air-
port operator for the airport that is the sub-
ject of any such testing, and, as appro-
priate, to air carriers and foreign air car-
riers that operate at the airport that is the 
subject of such testing; and 
(ii) recommendations and technical as-
sistance for air carriers, foreign air car-
riers, and airport operators to conduct their 
own employee inspections, as needed. 
(B) ANNUAL
REPORTING.—The Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration shall annually, for each of fiscal years 
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2018 through 2022, submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees report on the frequency, 
methodology, strategy, and effectiveness of em-
ployee inspection operations at airports. 
(6) CENTRALIZED
DATABASE.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration, in consultation with the Aviation Secu-
rity Advisory Committee, shall— 
(A) establish a national database of indi-
viduals who have had either their airport or air-
port operator-issued badge revoked for failure to 
comply with aviation security requirements; 
(B) determine the appropriate reporting 
mechanisms for air carriers, foreign air carriers, 
and airport operators to— 
(i) submit to the Administrator data 
regarding individuals described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
(ii) access the database established pur-
suant to such subparagraph; and 
(C) establish a process to allow individuals 
whose names were mistakenly entered into such 
database to correct the record and have their 
names removed from such database. 
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(2) subject to availability of appropriations, pro-
vide such technical assistance, upon request, to such 
a stakeholder. 
(b) BEST PRACTICES.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall publish and widely disseminate best 
practices for protecting and enhancing the resilience of pub-
lic areas of transportation facilities, including associated 
frameworks or templates for implementation. As appro-
priate, such best practices shall be updated periodically. 
SEC. 593. OPERATIONS CENTERS. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration, in consultation with the heads of other 
appropriate offices or components of the Department of 
Homeland Security, shall make available to public and pri-
vate stakeholders a framework for establishing an oper-
ations center within a transportation facility to promote 
interagency response and coordination. 
SEC. 594. REVIEW OF REGULATIONS. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
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