Title: Airport ALERT Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Airport Advanced Logistics, Emergency Response, and Training Act or the Airport ALERT Act
This bill requires airport air transportation security programs to include:
For a category X airport (a large airport that requires the highest level of security to address terrorist threats), such programs shall also include an integrated and unified operations center responsible for overseeing and directing security operations for the entire airport that is based on a formalized concept of operations and that provides direction and resources through a unified command structure. For smaller category I through IV airports, such programs shall include a formalized concept of operations and a unified command structure through which direction and resources are provided.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4737 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4737

       To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the air 
 transportation security programs established by airport operators to 
                       contain certain elements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2018

   Ms. Wasserman Schultz (for herself, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Deutch, Ms. 
  Wilson of Florida, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Diaz-Balart, and Ms. 
Ros-Lehtinen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
       To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the air 
 transportation security programs established by airport operators to 
                       contain certain elements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Airport Advanced Logistics, 
Emergency Response, and Training Act'' or the ``Airport ALERT Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED COMPONENTS OF AIRPORT AIR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (c)(1) of section 44903 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) The Under Secretary'' and inserting 
        ``(1)(A) The Under Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) Each air transportation security program required under 
subparagraph (A) for an airport shall include each of the following:
            ``(i) Training focused on active violence response, crowd 
        management, mass evacuation, event recovery, and unified 
        command, that is coordinated with security stakeholders, 
        including all Transportation Security Administration employees 
        at the airport.
            ``(ii) Security and emergency preparedness training for all 
        airport employees.
            ``(iii) A mass evacuation plan that accounts for complete 
        evacuation of airport terminals and facilities.
            ``(iv) A risk communications plan that--
                    ``(I) addresses communications with airlines, non-
                airline tenants, ground transportation, State, local, 
                and Federal agencies, law enforcement, the media, and 
                the general public;
                    ``(II) provides for the timely notification of all 
                Federal employees of all risk communications;
                    ``(III) includes a mass notification system;
                    ``(IV) provides protocols for responder radio and 
                cell phone usage; and
                    ``(V) identifies a lead public spokesperson for 
                airport emergencies.
            ``(v) A continuity of operations plan that includes--
                    ``(I) a plan to ensure that critical functions have 
                a minimal probability of disruption and are minimally 
                affected by disruptions caused by security-related and 
                non-security related incidents;
                    ``(II) a plan to allow for the quick and efficient 
                restoration of critical airport functions; and
                    ``(III) a contingency plan to provide backup sites 
                when necessary.
            ``(vi) A family assistance and customer care plan that 
        addresses--
                    ``(I) evacuee sheltering;
                    ``(II) communication with families, victims, and 
                evacuees;
                    ``(III) food, water, and medication;
                    ``(IV) emergency assistance;
                    ``(V) personal item retrieval;
                    ``(VI) language services; and
                    ``(VII) the unique needs of international 
                travelers.
    ``(C) In the case of a category X airport, an air transportation 
security program required under subparagraph (A) for the airport shall 
include, in addition to the requirements under subparagraph (B), an 
integrated and unified operations center responsible for overseeing and 
directing security operations for the entire airport that--
            ``(i) is based on a formalized concept of operations; and
            ``(ii) provides direction and resources through a unified 
        command structure.
    ``(D) In the case of a category I, category II, category III, or 
category IV airport, an air transportation security program required 
under subparagraph (A) for the airport shall include, in addition to 
the requirements under subparagraph (B)--
            ``(i) a formalized concept of operations; and
            ``(ii) a unified command structure through which direction 
        and resources are provided.''.
    (b) Applicability.--In the case of an airport for which the 
Transportation Security Administration classification is changed after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the airport shall be subject to 
the requirements applicable under subsection (c)(1) of section 44903 of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by this section, applicable to 
the new classification category for the airport as of the date on which 
such classification is changed.
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