H. R. 1204 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen 
An Act 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security (Transportation Security Administration) to establish an Aviation Security 
Advisory Committee, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Aviation Security Stakeholder 
Participation Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. AVIATION SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 449 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 44946. Aviation Security Advisory Committee 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Assistant Secretary shall establish 
within the Transportation Security Administration an aviation secu-
rity advisory committee. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall consult 
the Advisory Committee, as appropriate, on aviation security 
matters, including on the development, refinement, and 
implementation of policies, programs, rulemaking, and security 
directives pertaining to aviation security, while adhering to 
sensitive security guidelines. 
‘‘(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Committee shall 
develop, at the request of the Assistant Secretary, rec-
ommendations for improvements to aviation security. 
‘‘(B) RECOMMENDATIONS
OF
SUBCOMMITTEES.—Rec-
ommendations agreed upon by the subcommittees estab-
lished under this section shall be approved by the Advisory 
Committee before transmission to the Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(3) PERIODIC
REPORTS.—The Advisory Committee shall 
periodically submit to the Assistant Secretary— 
‘‘(A) reports on matters identified by the Assistant 
Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) reports on other matters identified by a majority 
of the members of the Advisory Committee. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Advisory Committee shall 
submit to the Assistant Secretary an annual report providing 
information on the activities, findings, and recommendations 
of the Advisory Committee, including its subcommittees, for 
the preceding year. Not later than 6 months after the date
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that the Secretary receives the annual report, the Secretary 
shall publish a public version describing the Advisory Commit-
tee’s activities and such related matters as would be informative 
to the public consistent with the policy of section 552(b) of 
title 5. 
‘‘(5) FEEDBACK.—Not later than 90 days after receiving 
recommendations transmitted by the Advisory Committee 
under paragraph (4), the Assistant Secretary shall respond 
in writing to the Advisory Committee with feedback on each 
of the recommendations, an action plan to implement any of 
the recommendations with which the Assistant Secretary con-
curs, and a justification for why any of the recommendations 
have been rejected. 
‘‘(6) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days 
after providing written feedback to the Advisory Committee 
under paragraph (5), the Assistant Secretary shall notify the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives on such feedback, and provide a briefing 
upon request. 
‘‘(7) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Prior to briefing the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives under paragraph (6), the Assistant Secretary shall 
submit to such committees a report containing information 
relating to the recommendations transmitted by the Advisory 
Committee in accordance with paragraph (4). 
‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of the Aviation Security Stakeholder 
Participation Act of 2014, the Assistant Secretary shall 
appoint the members of the Advisory Committee. 
‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The membership of the Advisory 
Committee shall consist of individuals representing not 
more than 34 member organizations. Each organization 
shall be represented by 1 individual (or the individual’s 
designee). 
‘‘(C) 
REPRESENTATION.—The 
membership 
of 
the 
Advisory Committee shall include representatives of air 
carriers, all-cargo air transportation, indirect air carriers, 
labor organizations representing air carrier employees, 
labor organizations representing transportation security 
officers, aircraft manufacturers, airport operators, airport 
construction and maintenance contractors, labor organiza-
tions representing employees of airport construction and 
maintenance 
contractors, 
general 
aviation, 
privacy 
organizations, the travel industry, airport-based businesses 
(including minority-owned small businesses), businesses 
that conduct security screening operations at airports, aero-
nautical repair stations, passenger advocacy groups, the 
aviation security technology industry (including screening 
technology and biometrics), victims of terrorist acts against 
aviation, and law enforcement and security experts. 
‘‘(2) TERM OF OFFICE.—
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‘‘(A) TERMS.—The term of each member of the Advisory 
Committee shall be 2 years. A member of the Advisory 
Committee may be reappointed. 
‘‘(B) REMOVAL.—The Assistant Secretary may review 
the participation of a member of the Advisory Committee 
and remove such member for cause at any time. 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION.—The members of the 
Advisory Committee shall not receive pay, allowances, or bene-
fits from the Government by reason of their service on the 
Advisory Committee. 
‘‘(4) MEETINGS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
require the Advisory Committee to meet at least semiannu-
ally and may convene additional meetings as necessary. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC
MEETINGS.—At least 1 of the meetings 
described in subparagraph (A) shall be open to the public. 
‘‘(C) ATTENDANCE.—The Advisory Committee shall 
maintain a record of the persons present at each meeting. 
‘‘(5) MEMBER
ACCESS
TO
SENSITIVE
SECURITY
INFORMA-
TION.—Not later than 60 days after the date of a member’s 
appointment, the Assistant Secretary shall determine if there 
is cause for the member to be restricted from possessing sen-
sitive security information. Without such cause, and upon the 
member voluntarily signing a non-disclosure agreement, the 
member may be granted access to sensitive security information 
that is relevant to the member’s advisory duties. The member 
shall protect the sensitive security information in accordance 
with part 1520 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(6) CHAIRPERSON.—A stakeholder representative on the 
Advisory Committee who is elected by the appointed member-
ship of the Advisory Committee shall chair the Advisory Com-
mittee. 
‘‘(d) SUBCOMMITTEES.— 
‘‘(1) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee chairperson, 
in coordination with the Assistant Secretary, may establish 
within the Advisory Committee any subcommittee that the 
Assistant Secretary and Advisory Committee determine to be 
necessary. The Assistant Secretary and the Advisory Committee 
shall create subcommittees to address aviation security issues, 
including the following: 
‘‘(A) AIR CARGO SECURITY.—The implementation of the 
air cargo security programs established by the Transpor-
tation Security Administration to screen air cargo on pas-
senger aircraft and all-cargo aircraft in accordance with 
established cargo screening mandates. 
‘‘(B) GENERAL
AVIATION.—General aviation facilities, 
general aviation aircraft, and helicopter operations at gen-
eral aviation and commercial service airports. 
‘‘(C) PERIMETER AND ACCESS CONTROL.—Recommenda-
tions on airport perimeter security, exit lane security and 
technology at commercial service airports, and access con-
trol issues. 
‘‘(D) 
SECURITY
TECHNOLOGY.—Security 
technology 
standards and requirements, including their harmonization 
internationally, technology to screen passengers, passenger 
baggage, carry-on baggage, and cargo, and biometric tech-
nology.
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‘‘(2) RISK-BASED SECURITY.—All subcommittees established 
by the Advisory Committee chairperson in coordination with 
the Assistant Secretary shall consider risk-based security 
approaches in the performance of their functions that weigh 
the optimum balance of costs and benefits in transportation 
security, including for passenger screening, baggage screening, 
air cargo security policies, and general aviation security mat-
ters. 
‘‘(3) MEETINGS AND REPORTING.—Each subcommittee shall 
meet at least quarterly and submit to the Advisory Committee 
for inclusion in the annual report required under subsection 
(b)(4) information, including recommendations, regarding issues 
within the subcommittee. 
‘‘(4) SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS.—Each subcommittee shall be 
co-chaired by a Government official and an industry official. 
‘‘(e) SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.—Each subcommittee under this 
section shall include subject matter experts with relevant expertise 
who are appointed by the respective subcommittee chairpersons. 
‘‘(f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Advisory Com-
mittee and its subcommittees. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘Advisory Committee’ 
means the aviation security advisory committee established 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘Assistant Secretary’ 
means the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transpor-
tation Security Administration). 
‘‘(3) PERIMETER SECURITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘perimeter security’ means 
procedures or systems to monitor, secure, and prevent 
unauthorized access to an airport, including its airfield 
and terminal. 
‘‘(B) 
INCLUSIONS.—The 
term 
‘perimeter 
security’ 
includes the fence area surrounding an airport, access 
gates, and access controls.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for subchapter II of 
chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘44946. Aviation Security Advisory Committee.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.