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Calendar No. 571 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4467 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 22, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 
Reported by Mr. THUNE, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To require the Federal Air Marshal Service to utilize risk- 
based strategies, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Aviation 
Security Act of 2018’’. 
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— 
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(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 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(9) shall require the Federal Air Marshal 
Service to utilize a risk-based strategy when allo-
cating resources between international and domestic 
flight coverage, including when initially setting its 
annual target numbers of average daily international 
and domestic flights to cover; 
‘‘(10) shall require the Federal Air Marshal 
Service to utilize a risk-based strategy to support 
domestic allocation decisions; 
‘‘(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 arrange-
ments of Federal air marshals on aircraft are deter-
mined in a manner that is risk-based and most capa-
ble of responding to current threats to aviation secu-
rity.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
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Transportation Security Administration shall submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
that describes 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 paragraphs. 
(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, 
by not later than the date that is 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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Calendar No. 571 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4467 
AN ACT 
To require the Federal Air Marshal Service to 
utilize risk-based strategies, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 
Reported without amendment 
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