SEC. 290. REIMBURSEMENT FOR AIRPORTS THAT HAVE IN-
CURRED ELIGIBLE COSTS. 
(a) PROCESS.—Section 1604(b)(2) of the Imple-
menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
2007 (49 U.S.C. 44923) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) AIRPORTS THAT HAVE INCURRED ELIGI-
BLE COSTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of the 
Transportation Security Administration Author-
ization Act of 2011, the Assistant Secretary of 
Homeland Security (Transportation Security 
Administration) shall establish a process for re-
solving reimbursement claims for airports that 
have incurred, before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, eligible costs associated with devel-
opment of partial or completed in-line baggage 
systems. 
‘‘(B) PROCESS
FOR
RECEIVING
REIM-
BURSEMENT.—The process required by this 
paragraph shall allow an airport— 
‘‘(i) to submit a claim to the Assistant 
Secretary for reimbursement for eligible 
costs described in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) not later than 180 days after 
date on which the airport submits the 
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claim, to receive a determination on the 
claim and, if the determination is positive, 
to be reimbursed. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date on which the Assistant Secretary 
establishes the process required by this para-
graph, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives a report containing a 
description of the process, including a schedule 
for the timely reimbursement of airports for 
which a positive determination has been 
made.’’. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT.—No less than 10 percent of 
the appropriations made available for grants under section 
44923 of title 49, United States Code, for each of fiscal 
years 2012 and 2013 shall be for reimbursements under 
section 1604(b)(2) of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (49 U.S.C. 44923), 
as amended by subsection (a). 
(c) REIMBURSEMENTS OF AIRPORTS FOR ELIGIBLE 
COSTS REIMBURSED AT LESS THAN 90 PERCENT.—If the 
Secretary or Assistant Secretary reimbursed, after August 
3, 2007, an airport that incurred an amount for eligible 
costs under section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, 
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that was less than 90 percent of such costs, the Secretary 
or Assistant Secretary shall reimburse such airport under 
such section an amount equal to the difference for such 
eligible costs. 
SEC. 291. REVIEW OF AIRPORT SECURITY PLANS. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Assistant Secretary, in consulta-
tion with airport operators shall review the process for 
amending airport security plans to determine if such plans 
should be more easily amended to accurately reflect all se-
curity procedures and protocols carried out by airport op-
erators that may exceed Administration standards. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on the findings of the review carried out under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 292. SECURITY PROCEDURES DURING TEMPORARY 
FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall develop se-
curity procedures and protocols to enable general aviation 
operators that are subject to security programs adminis-
tered by the Administration to obtain access to airspace 
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during temporary flight restrictions, to the extent that 
such access does not affect security. 
SEC. 293. SECURITY TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE TO FOR-
EIGN AIRPORTS. 
The Assistant Secretary is authorized to donate, loan, 
or lease equipment that no longer meet the needs of any 
U.S. commercial airport to foreign airports to mitigate 
any security vulnerabilities determined through foreign 
airport assessments or based on threat. The Assistant Sec-
retary may also offer training and other assistance as may 
be needed. In the event equipment is leased to a foreign 
airport, the Assistant Secretary is authorized to collect a 
reasonable fee for such lease. Any fees collected under this 
section shall be used for checkpoint screening. 
SEC. 294. FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL RISK ASSESSMENTS. 
Section 44917 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) RISK ASSESSMENT.—The Assistant Secretary 
shall conduct a periodic risk assessment of domestic and 
international flights in order to determine the optimal as-
signment of air marshals to highest risk flights. 
‘‘(f) DEPLOYMENT PLAN.—The Assistant Secretary 
shall ensure that the assignment of air marshals is con-
sistent with the most current risk assessment.’’. 
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SEC. 295. PROTECTION OF THE NAMES FEDERAL AIR MAR-
SHAL AND ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 709 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at the 
end of the fourteenth undesignated paragraph; and 
(2) by inserting after such paragraph the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘Whoever, except with the written permission of the 
Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security (or 
the Director of the Federal Air Marshal Service for 
issues involving the Federal Air Marshal Service), 
knowingly uses the words ‘Transportation Security 
Administration’, ‘United States Transportation Se-
curity Administration’, ‘Federal Air Marshal Serv-
ice’, ‘United States Federal Air Marshal Service’, 
‘Federal 
Air 
Marshals’, 
the 
initials 
‘T.S.A.’, 
‘F.A.M.S.’, ‘F.A.M.’, or any colorable imitation of 
such words or initials, or the likeness of a Transpor-
tation Security Administration or Federal Air Mar-
shal Service badge, logo, or insignia on any item of 
apparel, in connection with any advertisement, cir-
cular, book, pamphlet, software, or other publication, 
or with any play, motion picture, broadcast, telecast, 
or other production, in a matter that is reasonably 
calculated to convey the impression that the wearer 
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