I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2770 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain maintenance 
of security-related technology at airports, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2015 
Miss RICE of New York (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
KATKO, and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 
certain maintenance of security-related technology at air-
ports, 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 ‘‘Keeping our Travelers 
Safe and Secure Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration has stated that the mainte-
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nance of security-related technology such as x-rays, 
explosive trace detection systems, explosive detection 
systems, liquid scanners, and enhanced walk-through 
metal detectors, is central to the execution of Trans-
portation Security Administration’s mission to pro-
tect United States transportation systems. 
(2) Preventive and corrective maintenance is es-
sential to ensuring and extending the service lives of 
security-related technology. 
(3) In May 2015, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Homeland Security, reporting on the 
results of a performance audit conducted between 
December 2013 and November 2014, concluded that 
because the Transportation Security Administration 
did not properly manage the maintenance of its se-
curity-related technology deployed to airports, it can-
not be assured that routine preventive maintenance 
is performed or that equipment is repaired and 
ready for operational use. 
(4) Specifically, the Inspector General found 
that the Transportation Security Administration did 
not issue adequate policies and procedures to docu-
ment, track, and maintain preventive maintenance 
actions at the airport level and oversight of con-
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tractor-performed 
maintenance 
needed 
to 
be 
strengthened. 
(5) According to the Inspector General, if the 
equipment is not fully operational, the Transpor-
tation Security Administration may have to use 
other screening measures that may be less effective 
at detecting dangerous items, thereby potentially 
jeopardizing passenger safety and security. 
SEC. 3. MAINTENANCE OF SECURITY-RELATED TECH-
NOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XVI of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 561 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Subtitle C—Maintenance of 
Security-Related Technology 
‘‘SEC. 1621. MAINTENANCE VALIDATION AND OVERSIGHT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this subtitle, the Adminis-
trator shall develop and implement a preventive mainte-
nance validation process for security-related technology 
deployed to airports. 
‘‘(b) MAINTENANCE
BY
ADMINISTRATION
PER-
SONNEL AT AIRPORTS.—For maintenance to be carried 
out by Administration personnel at airports, the process 
referred to in subsection (a) shall include the following: 
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‘‘(1) Guidance to Administration personnel at 
airports specifying how to conduct and document 
preventive maintenance actions. 
‘‘(2) Mechanisms for the Administrator to 
verify compliance with the guidance issued pursuant 
to paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE
BY
CONTRACTORS
AT
AIR-
PORTS.—For maintenance to be carried out by a con-
tractor at airports, the process referred to in subsection 
(a) shall require the following: 
‘‘(1) Provision of monthly preventive mainte-
nance schedules to appropriate Administration per-
sonnel at each airport that includes information on 
each action to be completed by a contractor. 
‘‘(2) Notification to appropriate Administration 
personnel at each airport when maintenance action 
is completed by a contractor. 
‘‘(3) A process for independent validation by a 
third party of contractor maintenance. 
‘‘(d) PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—The Ad-
ministrator shall require maintenance contracts for secu-
rity-related technology deployed to airports to include pen-
alties for noncompliance when it is determined that either 
preventive or corrective maintenance has not been com-
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pleted according to contractual requirements and manu-
facturers’ specifications.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 1616 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Subtitle C—Maintenance of Security-Related Technology 
‘‘Sec. 1621. Maintenance validation and oversight.’’. 
Æ 
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