Transportation Security Administration Reorganization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4439
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2005-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Air cargo
Aircraft pilots
Airline passenger traffic
Airports
Armed Forces and National Security
Aviation agreements
Aviation safety
Charter airlines
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Computer matching
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Directories
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Employee training
Equipment and supplies
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to transportation
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal officials
Finance and Financial Sector
Fingerprints
Firearms
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government spending reductions
Government travel
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Immigration
International Affairs
International cooperation
Internet
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability (Law)
Liability insurance
Licenses
Negotiations
Passports
Performance measurement
Police training
Privatization
Right of privacy
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Security clearances
Security measures
Standards
Strategic planning
Technological innovations
Terrorism
Transportation safety
Travel costs
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-06
text: 
Transportation Security Administration Reorganization Act of 2005 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Airport Screening Organization, headed by the Chief Operating Officer, within the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Directs the Chief Operating Officer to develop a five-year strategic plan that meets certain performance goals for federal security screening operations for passenger air transportation.
 
Directs the Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security (TSA) to develop a risk management system to assess and measure potential threats to and from the Nation's transportation system.
 
Establishes a transportation sector advisory council for each mode of transportation under the TSA jurisdiction.
 
Amends federal transportation law to replace the security screening opt-out program with the federal security screening partnership program (effectively eliminating the security screening opt-out program where screening of passengers and baggage at airports is contracted out to private screening companies). Directs the Assistant Secretary to develop and update minimum standard operating procedures and requirements for the security screening of passengers in air transportation and interstate air transportation. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue certificates of conformance to screening entities providing screening services at airports that meet such procedures and requirements.
 
Requires an operator of an airport to notify the Assistant Secretary of its intention to submit an application under the federal security screening partnership program or to continue to use federal employees in providing screening services for passenger air transportation.
 
Directs the Assistant Secretary to issue regulations requiring a passenger to present an acceptable personal identification document for inspection before entering a secure area of an airport.
 
Directs the Secretary to initiate a pilot program to evaluate the use of automated systems for the immediate screening of passengers on international flights to the United States. Requires the Assistant Secretary to submit to Congress a report evaluating the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS).
 
Sets forth certain training and requalification requirements for federal flight deck officers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-03-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-06
text: Introduced in House