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(c) REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT OF WAYS TO STRENGTHEN SECU-
RITY.—The Assistant Administrator shall review and, as necessary,
develop ways to strengthen air transportation security, including
ways—
(1) to strengthen controls over checked baggage in air
transportation, including ways to ensure baggage reconciliation
and inspection of items in passenger baggage that could poten-
tially contain explosive devices;
(2) to strengthen control over individuals having access
to aircraft;
(3) to improve testing of security systems;
(4) to ensure the use of the best available x-ray equipment
for air transportation security purposes; and
(5) to strengthen preflight screening of passengers.
§ 44933. Federal Security Managers
(a) ESTABLISHMENT, DESIGNATION, 
AND
STATIONING.—The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall estab-
lish the position of Federal Security Manager at each airport in
the United States at which the Administrator decides a Manager
is necessary for air transportation security. The Administrator shall
designate individuals as Managers for, and station those Managers
at, those airports. The Administrator may designate a current field
employee of the Administration as a Manager. A Manager reports
directly to the Assistant Administrator for Civil Aviation Security.
The Administrator shall station an individual as Manager at each
airport in the United States that the Secretary of Transportation
designates as a category X airport.
(b) DUTIES AND POWERS.—The Manager at each airport shall—
(1) receive intelligence information related to aviation secu-
rity;
(2) ensure, and assist in, the development of a comprehen-
sive security plan for the airport that—
(A) establishes the responsibilities of each air carrier
and airport operator for air transportation security at the
airport; and
(B) includes measures to be taken during periods of
normal airport operations and during periods when the
Manager decides that there is a need for additional airport
security, and identifies the individuals responsible for
carrying out those measures;
(3) oversee and enforce the carrying out by air carriers
and airport operators of United States Government security
requirements, including the security plan under clause (2) of
this subsection;
(4) serve as the on-site coordinator of the Administrator’s
response to terrorist incidents and threats at the airport;
(5) coordinate the day-to-day Government aviation security
activities at the airport;
(6) coordinate efforts related to aviation security with local
law enforcement; and
(7) coordinate activities with other Managers.
(c) LIMITATION.—A Civil Aviation Security Field Officer may
not be assigned security duties and powers at an airport having
a Manager.
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§ 44934. Foreign Security Liaison Officers
(a) ESTABLISHMENT, DESIGNATION, 
AND
STATIONING.—The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall estab-
lish the position of Foreign Security Liaison Officer for each airport
outside the United States at which the Administrator decides an
Officer is necessary for air transportation security. In coordination
with the Secretary of State, the Administrator shall designate an
Officer for each of those airports. In coordination with the Secretary,
the Administrator shall designate an Officer for each of those air-
ports where extraordinary security measures are in place. The
Secretary shall give high priority to stationing those Officers.
(b) DUTIES AND POWERS.—An Officer reports directly to the
Assistant Administrator for Civil Aviation Security. The Officer
at each airport shall—
(1) serve as the liaison of the Assistant Administrator
to foreign security authorities (including governments of foreign
countries and foreign airport authorities) in carrying out United
States Government security requirements at that airport; and
(2) to the extent practicable, carry out duties and powers
referred to in section 44933(b) of this title.
(c) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The activities of each Officer
shall be coordinated with the chief of the diplomatic mission of
the United States to which the Officer is assigned. Activities of
an Officer under this section shall be consistent with the duties
and powers of the Secretary and the chief of mission to a foreign
country under section 103 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security
and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4802) and section 207
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927).
§ 44935. Employment standards and training
(a) EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS.—The Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration shall prescribe standards for the
employment and continued employment of, and contracting for,
air carrier personnel and, as appropriate, airport security personnel.
The standards shall include—
(1) minimum training requirements for new employees;
(2) retraining requirements;
(3) minimum staffing levels;
(4) minimum language skills; and
(5) minimum education levels for employees, when appro-
priate.
(b) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—In coordination with air
carriers, airport operators, and other interested persons, the
Administrator shall review issues related to human performance
in the aviation security system to maximize that performance.
When the review is completed, the Administrator shall recommend
guidelines and prescribe appropriate changes in existing procedures
to improve that performance.
(c) SECURITY PROGRAM TRAINING, STANDARDS, AND QUALIFICA-
TIONS.—(1) The Administrator—
(A) may train individuals employed to carry out a security
program under section 44903(c) of this title; and
(B) shall prescribe uniform training standards and uniform
minimum qualifications for individuals eligible for that train-
ing.
(2) The Administrator may authorize reimbursement for travel,
transportation, and subsistence expenses for security training of
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non-United States Government domestic and foreign individuals
whose services will contribute significantly to carrying out civil
aviation security programs. To the extent practicable, air travel
reimbursed under this paragraph shall be on air carriers.
(d) EDUCATION
AND
TRAINING
STANDARDS
FOR
SECURITY
COORDINATORS, SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL, AND PILOTS.—(1) The
Administrator shall prescribe standards for educating and train-
ing—
(A) ground security coordinators;
(B) security supervisory personnel; and
(C) airline pilots as in-flight security coordinators.
(2) The standards shall include initial training, retraining, and
continuing education requirements and methods. Those require-
ments and methods shall be used annually to measure the perform-
ance of ground security coordinators and security supervisory
personnel.
§ 44936. Employment investigations and restrictions
(a) 
EMPLOYMENT
INVESTIGATION
REQUIREMENT.—(1) 
The
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall require
by regulation that an employment investigation, including a crimi-
nal history record check, shall be conducted, as the Administrator
decides is necessary to ensure air transportation security, of each
individual employed in, or applying for, a position in which the
individual has unescorted access, or may permit other individuals
to have unescorted access, to—
(A) aircraft of an air carrier or foreign air carrier; or
(B) a secured area of an airport in the United States
the Administrator designates that serves an air carrier or for-
eign air carrier.
(2) An air carrier, foreign air carrier, or airport operator that
employs, or authorizes or makes a contract for the services of,
an individual in a position described in paragraph (1) of this sub-
section shall ensure that the investigation the Administrator
requires is conducted.
(b) PROHIBITED EMPLOYMENT.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (3) of this subsection, an air carrier, foreign air carrier,
or airport operator may not employ, or authorize or make a contract
for the services of, an individual in a position described in subsection
(a)(1) of this section if—
(A) the investigation of the individual required under this
section has not been conducted; or
(B) the results of that investigation establish that, in the
10-year period ending on the date of the investigation, the
individual was convicted of—
(i) a crime referred to in section 46306, 46308, 46312,
46314, or 46315 or chapter 465 of this title or section
32 of title 18;
(ii) murder;
(iii) assault with intent to murder;
(iv) espionage;
(v) sedition;
(vi) treason;
(vii) rape;
(viii) kidnapping;
(ix) unlawful possession, sale, distribution, or manufac-
ture of an explosive or weapon;
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(x) extortion;
(xi) armed robbery;
(xii) distribution of, or intent to distribute, a controlled
substance; or
(xiii) conspiracy to commit any of the acts referred
to in clauses (i)–(xii) of this paragraph.
(2) The Administrator may specify other factors that are suffi-
cient to prohibit the employment of an individual in a position
described in subsection (a)(1) of this section.
(3) An air carrier, foreign air carrier, or airport operator may
employ, or authorize or contract for the services of, an individual
in a position described in subsection (a)(1) of this section without
carrying out the investigation required under this section, if the
Administrator approves a plan to employ the individual that pro-
vides alternate security arrangements.
(c) FINGERPRINTING AND RECORD CHECK INFORMATION.—(1) If
the Administrator requires an identification and criminal history
record check, to be conducted by the Attorney General, as part
of an investigation under this section, the Administrator shall des-
ignate an individual to obtain fingerprints and submit those finger-
prints to the Attorney General. The Attorney General may make
the results of a check available to an individual the Administrator
designates. Before designating an individual to obtain and submit
fingerprints or receive results of a check, the Administrator shall
consult with the Attorney General.
(2) The Administrator shall prescribe regulations on—
(A) procedures for taking fingerprints; and
(B) requirements for using information received from the
Attorney General under paragraph (1) of this subsection—
(i) to limit the dissemination of the information; and
(ii) to ensure that the information is used only to
carry out this section.
(3) If an identification and criminal history record check is
conducted as part of an investigation of an individual under this
section, the individual—
(A) shall receive a copy of any record received from the
Attorney General; and
(B) may complete and correct the information contained
in the check before a final employment decision is made based
on the check.
(d) FEES AND CHARGES.—The Administrator and the Attorney
General shall establish reasonable fees and charges to pay expenses
incurred in carrying out this section. The employer of the individual
being investigated shall pay the costs of a record check of the
individual. Money collected under this section shall be credited
to the account in the Treasury from which the expenses were
incurred and are available to the Administrator and the Attorney
General for those expenses.
(e) WHEN INVESTIGATION OR RECORD CHECK NOT REQUIRED.—
This section does not require an investigation or record check when
the investigation or record check is prohibited by a law of a foreign
country.
§ 44937. Prohibition on transferring duties and powers
Except as specifically provided by law, the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration may not transfer a duty or
power under section 44903(a), (b), (c), or (e), 44906(a)(1) or (b),