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(i) A list of airports outside the United States from which 
a flight or flight segment traveled to the United States for 
which the Administrator determined, in accordance with the 
authority under subparagraph (B), that checked baggage was 
not required to be re-screened in the United States by an ex-
plosives detection system before the baggage continued on an 
additional flight or flight segment. 
(ii) The amount of Federal savings generated from the ex-
ercise of the authority. 
(e) CARGO DEADLINE.—A system must be in operation to screen, inspect, 
or otherwise ensure the security of all cargo that is to be transported in 
all-cargo aircraft in air transportation and intrastate air transportation as 
soon as practicable. 
(f) AIR CARGO ON PASSENGER AIRCRAFT.— 
(1) DEFINITION
OF
SCREENING.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘screening’’ means a physical examination or nonintrusive methods of 
assessing whether cargo poses a threat to transportation security, in-
cluding x-ray systems, explosives detection systems, explosives trace de-
tection, explosives detection canine teams certified by the Transpor-
tation Security Administration, or a physical search together with 
manifest verification. 
(2) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a system to screen 
100 percent of cargo transported on passenger aircraft operated by an 
air carrier or foreign air carrier in air transportation or intrastate air 
transportation to ensure the security of all passenger aircraft carrying 
cargo. 
(3) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—The system referred to in paragraph (2) 
shall require, at a minimum, that equipment, technology, procedures, 
personnel, or other methods approved by the Administrator, are used 
to screen cargo carried on passenger aircraft described in paragraph 
(2) to provide a level of security commensurate with the level of secu-
rity for the screening of passenger checked baggage. 
(4) ADDITIONAL CARGO SCREENING METHODS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may approve additional 
methods to ensure that the cargo does not pose a threat to trans-
portation security and to assist in meeting the requirements of 
this subsection. 
(B) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The additional cargo screening 
methods shall not include solely performing a review of informa-
tion about the contents of cargo or verifying the identity of a ship-
per of the cargo that is not performed in conjunction with other 
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security methods authorized under this subsection, including 
whether a known shipper is registered in the known shipper data-
base. 
(C) CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.—The additional cargo screening 
methods may include a program to certify the security methods 
used by shippers under paragraphs (2) and (3) and alternative 
screening methods pursuant to exemptions referred to in sub-
section (b) of section 1602 of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53, 121 
Stat. 479). 
(5) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall, by regulation, implement 
this subsection in accordance with the provisions of chapter 5 of title 
5. 
(g) DEPLOYMENT OF ARMED LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall order the deployment of 
law enforcement personnel authorized to carry firearms at each airport 
security screening location to ensure passenger safety and national se-
curity. 
(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—Except at airports required to enter 
into agreements under subsection (c), the Administrator shall order the 
deployment of at least one law enforcement officer at each airport secu-
rity screening location. At the 100 largest airports in the United 
States, in terms of annual passenger enplanements for the most recent 
calendar year for which data are available, the Secretary shall order 
the deployment of additional law enforcement personnel at airport secu-
rity screening locations if the Administrator determines that the addi-
tional deployment is necessary to ensure passenger safety and national 
security. 
(h) EXEMPTIONS AND ADVISING CONGRESS ON REGULATIONS.—The Ad-
ministrator— 
(1) may exempt from this section air transportation operations, ex-
cept scheduled passenger operations of an air carrier providing air 
transportation under a certificate issued under section 41102 of title 
49 or a permit issued under section 41302 of title 49; and 
(2) shall advise Congress of a regulation to be prescribed under this 
section at least 30 days before the effective date of the regulation, un-
less the Administrator decides an emergency exists requiring the regu-
lation to become effective in fewer than 30 days and notifies Congress 
of that decision. 
(i) BLAST-RESISTANT CARGO CONTAINERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall— 
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(A) evaluate the results of the blast-resistant cargo container 
pilot program that was initiated before August 3, 2007; and 
(B) prepare and distribute through the Aviation Security Advi-
sory Committee to the appropriate Committees of Congress and 
air carriers a report on that evaluation which may contain non-
classified and classified sections. 
(2) ACQUISITION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPLACEMENT.—On comple-
tion and consistent with the results of the evaluation that paragraph 
(1)(A) requires, the Administrator shall— 
(A) develop and implement a program, as the Administrator de-
termines appropriate, to acquire, maintain, and replace blast-re-
sistant cargo containers; 
(B) pay for the program; and 
(C) make available blast-resistant cargo containers to air car-
riers under paragraph (3). 
(3) DISTRIBUTION TO AIR CARRIERS.—The Administrator shall make 
available blast-resistant cargo containers to air carriers for use on a 
risk managed basis as determined by the Secretary. 
(j) GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT SECURITY PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall— 
(A) develop a standardized threat and vulnerability assessment 
program for general aviation airports (as defined in section 
47134(m) of title 49); and 
(B) implement a program to perform the assessments on a risk- 
managed basis at general aviation airports. 
(2) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall complete a study of 
the feasibility of a program, based on a risk-managed approach, to pro-
vide grants to operators of general aviation airports (as defined in sec-
tion 47134(m) of title 49) for projects to upgrade security at the air-
ports. If the Secretary determines that a program is feasible, the Sec-
retary shall establish a program. 
(3) REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS BY GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT.—The 
Administrator shall develop a risk-based system under which— 
(A) general aviation aircraft, as identified by the Administrator, 
in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, are required to submit passenger information and 
advance notification requirements for U. S. Customs and Border 
Protection before entering United States airspace; and 
(B) the information is checked against appropriate databases. 
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(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Administrator such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out paragraphs (2) and (3). 
(k) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY FOR 
SCREENING PASSENGERS.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘advanced 
imaging technology’’— 
(i) means a device used in the screening of passengers that 
creates a visual image of an individual showing the surface 
of the skin and revealing other objects on the body; and 
(ii) may include devices using backscatter x-rays or milli-
meter waves and devices referred to as ‘‘whole-body imaging 
technology’’ or ‘‘body scanning machines’’. 
(B) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(i) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(ii) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives. 
(C) AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION SOFTWARE.—The term 
‘‘automatic target recognition software’’ means software installed 
on an advanced imaging technology that produces a generic image 
of the individual being screened that is the same as the images 
produced for all other screened individuals. 
(2) USE OF ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY.—The Administrator 
shall ensure that an advanced imaging technology used for the screen-
ing of passengers under this section— 
(A) is equipped with and employs automatic target recognition 
software; and 
(B) complies with other requirements the Administrator deter-
mines necessary to address privacy considerations. 
(3) EXTENSION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may extend the deadline 
specified in paragraph (2), if the Administrator determines that— 
(i) an advanced imaging technology equipped with auto-
matic target recognition software is not substantially as effec-
tive at screening passengers as an advanced imaging tech-
nology without the software; or 
(ii) additional testing of the software is necessary. 
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