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(C) the potential savings from implementing the tech-
nologies at selected airport exits; 
(D) the types of configurations expected to be deployed 
at such airports; and 
(E) the expected financial contribution from each air-
port. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
technologies are deployed at the airports participating in the 
pilot program, the Administrator shall submit a final report 
to the congressional committees set forth in paragraph (3) 
that describes— 
(A) the changes in security procedures and technologies 
deployed; 
(B) the estimated cost savings at the airport or airports 
that participated in the pilot program; and 
(C) the efficacy and staffing benefits of the pilot pro-
gram and its applicability to other airports in the United 
States. 
(3) CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.—The reports required 
under this subsection shall be submitted to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(E) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
(d) USE OF EXISTING FUNDS.—This section shall be executed 
using existing funds. 
SEC. 1614. SECURITY CREDENTIALS FOR AIRLINE CREWS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration, after consultation with airline, airport, and flight 
crew representatives, shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives a report on the status of the Administra-
tion’s efforts to institute a sterile area access system or method 
that will enhance security by properly identifying authorized airline 
flight deck and cabin crew members at screening checkpoints and 
granting them expedited access through screening checkpoints. The 
Administrator shall include in the report recommendations on the 
feasibility of implementing the system for the domestic aviation 
industry beginning 1 year after the date on which the report is 
submitted. 
(b) BEGINNING
IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator shall 
begin implementation of the system or method referred to in sub-
section (a) not later than 1 year after the date on which the 
Administrator submits the report under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1615. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BIOMETRIC CREDENTIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44903(h)(6) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(6) USE
OF
BIOMETRIC
TECHNOLOGY
FOR
ARMED
LAW 
ENFORCEMENT TRAVEL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, 
shall— 
‘‘(i) implement this section by publication in the 
Federal Register; and 
‘‘(ii) establish a national registered armed law 
enforcement program, that shall be federally managed, 
for law enforcement officers needing to be armed when 
traveling by commercial aircraft. 
‘‘(B) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program shall— 
‘‘(i) establish a credential or a system that incor-
porates biometric technology and other applicable tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(ii) establish a system for law enforcement officers 
who need to be armed when traveling by commercial 
aircraft on a regular basis and for those who need 
to be armed during temporary travel assignments; 
‘‘(iii) comply with other uniform credentialing ini-
tiatives, including the Homeland Security Presidential 
Directive 12; 
‘‘(iv) apply to all Federal, State, local, tribal, and 
territorial government law enforcement agencies; and 
‘‘(v) establish a process by which the travel creden-
tial or system may be used to verify the identity, 
using biometric technology, of a Federal, State, local, 
tribal, or territorial law enforcement officer seeking 
to carry a weapon on board a commercial aircraft, 
without unnecessarily disclosing to the public that the 
individual is a law enforcement officer. 
‘‘(C) PROCEDURES.—In establishing the program, the 
Secretary shall develop procedures— 
‘‘(i) to ensure that a law enforcement officer of 
a Federal, State, local, tribal, or territorial government 
flying armed has a specific reason for flying armed 
and the reason is within the scope of the duties of 
such officer; 
‘‘(ii) to preserve the anonymity of the armed law 
enforcement officer; 
‘‘(iii) to resolve failures to enroll, false matches, 
and false nonmatches relating to the use of the law 
enforcement travel credential or system; 
‘‘(iv) to determine the method of issuance of the 
biometric credential to law enforcement officers 
needing to be armed when traveling by commercial 
aircraft; 
‘‘(v) to invalidate any law enforcement travel 
credential or system that is lost, stolen, or no longer 
authorized for use; 
‘‘(vi) to coordinate the program with the Federal 
Air Marshal Service, including the force multiplier pro-
gram of the Service; and 
‘‘(vii) to implement a phased approach to launching 
the program, addressing the immediate needs of the
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relevant Federal agent population before expanding 
to other law enforcement populations.’’. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after imple-
menting the national registered armed law enforcement pro-
gram required by section 44903(h)(6) of title 49, United States 
Code, the Secretary of Homeland Security 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. If the Secretary has not imple-
mented the program within 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
Committees within 180 days explaining the reasons for the 
failure to implement the program within the time required 
by that section and a further report within each successive 
90-day period until the program is implemented explaining 
the reasons for such further delays in implementation until 
the program is functioning. 
(2) CLASSIFIED FORMAT.—The Secretary may submit each 
report required by this subsection in classified format. 
SEC. 1616. REPAIR STATION SECURITY. 
(a) CERTIFICATION OF FOREIGN REPAIR STATIONS SUSPENSION.— 
If the regulations required by section 44924(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, are not issued within 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion may not certify any foreign repair station under part 145 
of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, after such date unless 
the station was previously certified, or is in the process of certifi-
cation by the Administration under that part. 
(b) 6-MONTH DEADLINE FOR SECURITY REVIEW AND AUDIT.— 
Subsections (a) and (d) of section 44924 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking ‘‘18 months’’ 
and inserting ‘‘6 months’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d) by inserting ‘‘(other than a station 
that was previously certified, or is in the process of certification, 
by the Administration under this part)’’ before ‘‘until’’. 
SEC. 1617. GENERAL AVIATION SECURITY. 
Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, as amended 
by sections 1602 and 1609, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(k) GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT SECURITY PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration shall— 
‘‘(A) develop a standardized threat and vulnerability 
assessment program for general aviation airports (as 
defined in section 47134(m)); and 
‘‘(B) implement a program to perform such assessments 
on a risk-managed basis at general aviation airports. 
‘‘(2) GRANT PROGRAM.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall 
initiate and complete a study of the feasibility of a program, 
based on a risk-managed approach, to provide grants to opera-
tors of general aviation airports (as defined in section 47134(m))
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for projects to upgrade security at such airports. If the Adminis-
trator determines that such a program is feasible, the Adminis-
trator shall establish such a program. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
TO
GENERAL
AVIATION
AIRCRAFT.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this sub-
section, 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 Administration, are required to 
submit passenger information and advance notification 
requirements for United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion before entering United States airspace; and 
‘‘(B) such information is checked against appropriate 
databases. 
‘‘(4) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out paragraphs (2) and (3).’’. 
SEC. 1618. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF AVIATION SECURITY 
FUNDING. 
Section 48301(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘and 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 
and 2011’’. 
TITLE XVII—MARITIME CARGO 
SEC. 1701. CONTAINER SCANNING AND SEALS. 
(a) CONTAINER SCANNING.—Section 232(b) of the SAFE Ports 
Act (6 U.S.C. 982(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) FULL-SCALE IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A container that was loaded on a vessel 
in a foreign port shall not enter the United States (either 
directly or via a foreign port) unless the container was scanned 
by nonintrusive imaging equipment and radiation detection 
equipment at a foreign port before it was loaded on a vessel. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—Paragraph (1) shall apply with respect 
to containers loaded on a vessel in a foreign country on or 
after the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) July 1, 2012; or 
‘‘(B) such other date as may be established by the 
Secretary under paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) ESTABLISHMENT OF EARLIER DEADLINE.—The Secretary 
shall establish a date under (2)(B) pursuant to the lessons 
learned through the pilot integrated scanning systems estab-
lished under section 231. 
‘‘(4) EXTENSIONS.—The Secretary may extend the date 
specified in paragraph (2)(A) or (2)(B) for 2 years, and may 
renew the extension in additional 2-year increments, for con-
tainers loaded in a port or ports, if the Secretary certifies 
to Congress that at least two of the following conditions exist: 
‘‘(A) Systems to scan containers in accordance with 
paragraph (1) are not available for purchase and installa-
tion.