A BILL 
To strengthen air cargo security, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Strengthening Aviation 
Security Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF RISK-BASED STRATEGIES BY FEDERAL AIR 
MARSHAL SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 44917 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(9) shall require the Federal Air Marshal Serv-
ice to utilize a risk-based strategy when allocating re-
sources between international and domestic flight cov-
erage, including when initially setting its annual tar-
get numbers of average daily international and do-
mestic flights to cover; 
‘‘(10) shall require the Federal Air Marshal 
Service to utilize a risk-based strategy to support do-
mestic allocation decisions; 
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‘‘(11) shall require the Federal Air Marshal 
Service to utilize a risk-based strategy to support 
international allocation decisions; and 
‘‘(12) shall ensure that the seating arrangements 
of Federal air marshals on aircraft are determined in 
a manner that is risk-based and most capable of re-
sponding to current threats to aviation security.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days 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 of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that de-
scribes the compliance of the Federal Air Marshal Service 
with the requirements specified in paragraphs (9) through 
(12) of subsection (a) of section 44917 of title 49, United 
States Code, as added by this Act, and the documented 
methodology used by the Federal Air Marshal Service to 
conduct risk assessments in accordance with such para-
graphs. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Transportation Security 
Administration shall begin carrying out the requirements 
specified in paragraphs (9) through (12) of subsection (a) 
of section 44917, United States Code, added by this Act, 
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by not later than the date that is 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 461 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4176 
[Report No. 115–605] 
A BILL 
To strengthen air cargo security, and for other 
purposes. 
MARCH 19, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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