Title: Strengthening Aviation Security Act of 2018
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Strengthening Aviation Security Act of 2018
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to: (1) require the Federal Air Marshal Service to use a risk-based strategy when allocating resources between international and domestic flight coverage, and (2) ensure that the seating arrangements of federal air marshals on aircraft are determined in a risk-based manner and are most capable of responding to current threats to aviation security.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3144 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3144

   To require the Federal Air Marshal Service to utilize risk-based 
                  strategies, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2018

Mrs. McCaskill introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   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 Representatives 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--
            (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 allocating 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 arrangements of 
        Federal air marshals on aircraft are determined in a manner 
        that is risk-based and most capable of responding to current 
        threats to aviation security.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 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 Commerce, 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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