I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5720 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the deployment of law 
enforcement personnel at airport screening locations at very large air-
ports, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2016 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. KING of New 
York, Mr. LANCE, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of 
Georgia, and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the deploy-
ment of law enforcement personnel at airport screening 
locations at very large airports, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Checkpoint Safety Act 
of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEPLOYMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL 
AT 
AIRPORT 
SCREENING 
LOCATIONS 
AT 
VERY LARGE AIRPORTS. 
Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Transpor-
tation for Security’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 
(3) in subsection (h), by amending paragraph 
(2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except at airports re-
quired to enter into agreements under sub-
section (c), the Administrator shall order the 
deployment of at least one law enforcement offi-
cer authorized to carry firearms within 300 feet 
of each airport security screening location and 
within the terminal during operating hours at 
each airport at which the number of annual 
enplanements for the most recent calendar year 
for which data are available is 8 million or more 
or the number of international enplanements is 
1 million or more. The Administrator shall 
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order the deployment of additional law enforce-
ment officers authorized to carry firearms at 
such airports if the Administrator determines 
that such additional deployment is necessary to 
ensure airport security. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The Administrator may 
waive the application of all or part of the re-
quirements of subparagraph (A) only if the rel-
evant law enforcement agency with jurisdiction 
over an airport described in such subparagraph 
certifies in a written application to the Adminis-
trator that adherence to all or part of such re-
quirements would— 
‘‘(i) make provision of adequate secu-
rity for such airport impossible; and 
‘‘(ii) cause extreme hardship to such 
law enforcement agency that would se-
verely impair its ability to perform its du-
ties.’’. 
SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE IN FEDERAL AIR-
PORT SECURITY. 
Section 44903 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Transpor-
tation for Security’’ each place it appears and insert-
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ing ‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘passengers’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘persons’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) in the first sentence, as amended by 
paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(A) The Administrator’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘passengers’’ and in-
serting ‘‘all persons and property’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) Any air transportation security program estab-
lished pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be adequate to 
ensure— 
‘‘(i) close cooperation between all relevant par-
ties in ensuring airport security; 
‘‘(ii) high training standards for all security 
and law enforcement personnel; 
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‘‘(iii) prompt notification of and law enforce-
ment response to any security incidents which may 
arise at the airport, including detention of persons 
who may attempt to evade transportation security 
screening; and 
‘‘(iv) multiple means for Transportation Secu-
rity Officers or members of the public to request 
prompt law enforcement assistance in the airport.’’. 
SEC. 4. STATIONING OF DEPUTIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS. 
Section 44922 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Under Sec-
retary of Transportation for Security’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (f). 
Æ 
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