In the Senate of the United States, 
December 9, 2014. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1204) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 49, United 
States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security (Transportation Security Administration) to estab-
lish an Aviation Security Advisory Committee, and for other 
purposes.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Aviation Security Stake-
holder Participation Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. AVIATION SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 449 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
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‘‘§ 44946. Aviation Security Advisory Committee 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
establish within the Transportation Security Administra-
tion an aviation security advisory committee. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary 
shall consult the Advisory Committee, as appropriate, 
on aviation security matters, including on the devel-
opment, refinement, and implementation of policies, 
programs, rulemaking, and security directives per-
taining to aviation security, while adhering to sen-
sitive security guidelines. 
‘‘(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall develop, at the request of the Assist-
ant Secretary, recommendations for improve-
ments to aviation security. 
‘‘(B) RECOMMENDATIONS
OF
SUBCOMMIT-
TEES.—Recommendations agreed upon by the 
subcommittees established under this section shall 
be approved by the Advisory Committee before 
transmission to the Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(3) PERIODIC REPORTS.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall periodically submit to the Assistant Sec-
retary—
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uals representing not more than 34 member or-
ganizations. Each organization shall be rep-
resented by 1 individual (or the individual’s des-
ignee). 
‘‘(C) REPRESENTATION.—The membership 
of the Advisory Committee shall include rep-
resentatives of air carriers, all-cargo air trans-
portation, indirect air carriers, labor organiza-
tions representing air carrier employees, labor 
organizations representing transportation secu-
rity officers, aircraft manufacturers, airport op-
erators, airport construction and maintenance 
contractors, labor organizations representing em-
ployees of airport construction and maintenance 
contractors, general aviation, privacy organiza-
tions, the travel industry, airport-based busi-
nesses (including minority-owned small busi-
nesses), businesses that conduct security screen-
ing operations at airports, aeronautical repair 
stations, passenger advocacy groups, the aviation 
security technology industry (including screening 
technology and biometrics), victims of terrorist 
acts against aviation, and law enforcement and 
security experts. 
‘‘(2) TERM OF OFFICE.—
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‘‘(A) TERMS.—The term of each member of 
the Advisory Committee shall be 2 years. A mem-
ber of the Advisory Committee may be re-
appointed. 
‘‘(B) REMOVAL.—The Assistant Secretary 
may review the participation of a member of the 
Advisory Committee and remove such member 
for cause at any time. 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION
ON
COMPENSATION.—The 
members of the Advisory Committee shall not receive 
pay, allowances, or benefits from the Government by 
reason of their service on the Advisory Committee. 
‘‘(4) MEETINGS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary 
shall require the Advisory Committee to meet at 
least semiannually and may convene additional 
meetings as necessary. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC MEETINGS.—At least 1 of the 
meetings described in subparagraph (A) shall be 
open to the public. 
‘‘(C) ATTENDANCE.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall maintain a record of the persons 
present at each meeting. 
‘‘(5) MEMBER ACCESS TO SENSITIVE SECURITY 
INFORMATION.—Not later than 60 days after the date
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of a member’s appointment, the Assistant Secretary 
shall determine if there is cause for the member to be 
restricted from possessing sensitive security informa-
tion. Without such cause, and upon the member vol-
untarily signing a non-disclosure agreement, the 
member may be granted access to sensitive security 
information that is relevant to the member’s advisory 
duties. The member shall protect the sensitive security 
information in accordance with part 1520 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(6) CHAIRPERSON.—A stakeholder representa-
tive on the Advisory Committee who is elected by the 
appointed membership of the Advisory Committee 
shall chair the Advisory Committee. 
‘‘(d) SUBCOMMITTEES.— 
‘‘(1) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee 
chairperson, in coordination with the Assistant Sec-
retary, may establish within the Advisory Committee 
any subcommittee that the Assistant Secretary and 
Advisory Committee determine to be necessary. The 
Assistant Secretary and the Advisory Committee shall 
create subcommittees to address aviation security 
issues, including the following: 
‘‘(A) AIR
CARGO
SECURITY.—The imple-
mentation of the air cargo security programs es-
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tablished by the Transportation Security Admin-
istration to screen air cargo on passenger air-
craft and all-cargo aircraft in accordance with 
established cargo screening mandates. 
‘‘(B) GENERAL
AVIATION.—General avia-
tion facilities, general aviation aircraft, and hel-
icopter operations at general aviation and com-
mercial service airports. 
‘‘(C) PERIMETER AND ACCESS CONTROL.— 
Recommendations on airport perimeter security, 
exit lane security and technology at commercial 
service airports, and access control issues. 
‘‘(D) 
SECURITY
TECHNOLOGY.—Security 
technology standards and requirements, includ-
ing their harmonization internationally, tech-
nology to screen passengers, passenger baggage, 
carry-on baggage, and cargo, and biometric tech-
nology. 
‘‘(2) RISK-BASED SECURITY.—All subcommittees 
established by the Advisory Committee chairperson in 
coordination with the Assistant Secretary shall con-
sider risk-based security approaches in the perform-
ance of their functions that weigh the optimum bal-
ance of costs and benefits in transportation security, 
including for passenger screening, baggage screening,
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air cargo security policies, and general aviation secu-
rity matters. 
‘‘(3) MEETINGS
AND
REPORTING.—Each sub-
committee shall meet at least quarterly and submit to 
the Advisory Committee for inclusion in the annual 
report required under subsection (b)(4) information, 
including recommendations, regarding issues within 
the subcommittee. 
‘‘(4) 
SUBCOMMITTEE
CHAIRS.—Each 
sub-
committee shall be co-chaired by a Government offi-
cial and an industry official. 
‘‘(e) 
SUBJECT
MATTER
EXPERTS.—Each 
sub-
committee under this section shall include subject matter 
experts with relevant expertise who are appointed by the 
respective subcommittee chairpersons. 
‘‘(f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the 
Advisory Committee and its subcommittees. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—The term ‘Advi-
sory Committee’ means the aviation security advisory 
committee established under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘Assist-
ant Secretary’ means the Assistant Secretary of
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Homeland Security (Transportation Security Admin-
istration). 
‘‘(3) PERIMETER SECURITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘perimeter se-
curity’ means procedures or systems to monitor, 
secure, and prevent unauthorized access to an 
airport, including its airfield and terminal. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘perimeter se-
curity’ includes the fence area surrounding an 
airport, access gates, and access controls.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub-
chapter II of chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘44946. Aviation Security Advisory Committee.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.