Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-876
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2017-02-06
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports

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Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to submit a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant number of Category I, II, and X airports to ensure that all airport employee entry and exit points leading to secure airport areas are comprised of:</p> <ul> <li>a secure door utilizing card and pin entry or biometric technology;</li> <li>surveillance video recording capable of storing video data for at least 30 days; and</li> <li>certain advanced screening technologies.</li> </ul> <p>The TSA shall:</p> <ul> <li>work with air carriers and airport operators, vendors, and concessionaires to enhance security awareness of credentialed airport workers regarding insider threats to aviation security and best practices related to airport access controls;</li> <li>assess credentialing standards, policies, and practices to ensure that such threats are adequately addressed; and</li> <li> require the application for a credential granting access to the Secure Identification Display Area of an airport to include the individual's social security number in order to strengthen security vetting effectiveness.</li> </ul> <p>The TSA also shall:</p> <ul> <li>work with airport operators to identify advanced technologies for securing employee access to secure and sterile airport areas;</li> <li>ensure that credentialed aviation workers are continuously vetted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Rap Back Service in order to more rapidly detect and mitigate insider threats;</li> <li>identify ways to enhance TSA's ability to educate its personnel on insider threats to aviation security and mitigate such threats;</li> <li>increase covert testing of TSA employee screening operations at airports and measure security effectiveness; </li> <li>establish a national database of TSA employees who have had either their airport or aircraft operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation security requirements; and </li> <li> submit a plan for recurring reviews of the security controls for TSA information technology systems at airports.</li> </ul>

action_date: 2017-04-25
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p><b>Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017</b></p> <p>(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct, and submit to Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant number of Category I, II, III, IV, and X airports assessing the impact if all airport employee access points from non-secured to secured airport areas are comprised of the following:</p> <ul> <li>a secure door utilizing card and pin entry or biometric technology;</li> <li>surveillance video recording capable of storing video data for at least 30 days;</li> <li>certain advanced screening technologies, including magnetometers, explosives detection canines, explosives trace detection swabbing, advanced imaging technology, and X-ray bag screening technology; and</li> <li>information related to employee screening costs of such airports that have already implemented practices of screening 100% of employees accessing secured areas.</li> </ul> <p>The GAO shall assess the completed study and report the results to Congress.</p> <p>(Sec. 4) The TSA shall:</p> <ul> <li>work with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, labor unions representing credentialed airport employees, and the TSA's Aviation Security Advisory Committee to enhance security awareness of credentialed airport workers regarding insider threats to aviation security and best practices related to airport access controls;</li> <li>assess credentialing standards, policies, and practices to ensure that insider threats to aviation security are adequately addressed; </li> <li>require airport operators to submit the social security number of an individual applying for a credential granting access to the Security Identification Display Area of an airport to strengthen security vetting effectiveness; and</li> <li>issue requirements for airport operators to include in applications for access to such area a notice that an employee holding a credential granting such access may be screened at any time while entering, working in, or leaving the area.</li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 5) The TSA shall also:</p> <ul> <li>work with airport operators and the TSA Advisory Committee to identify advanced technologies for securing employee access to secured and sterile airport areas;</li> <li>ensure that credentialed aviation worker populations currently requiring a fingerprint-based criminal record history check are continuously vetted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Rap Back Service to mitigate insider threats;</li> <li>identify ways to enhance TSA's ability to educate its personnel on insider threats to aviation security and on how to mitigate such threats;</li> <li>ensure that TSA employee physical inspection efforts of aviation workers (Playbook operations) are focused on providing the greatest level of security effectiveness;</li> <li>conduct covert testing of TSA employee screening operations at airports; </li> <li>report on the frequency, methodology, strategy, and effectiveness of employee inspection operations at airports; and</li> <li>establish a national database of individuals who have had either their airport or aircraft operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation security requirements, as well a process to allow individuals whose names were mistakenly entered into such database to correct the record and have their names removed from it.</li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 6) The DHS is the lead interagency coordinator to insider threat investigations and mitigation efforts at airports.</p> <p>(Sec. 7) The TSA shall submit a plan to conduct recurring reviews of the operational security controls for TSA information technology systems at airports.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 876 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2017 Mr. Katko (for himself, Mr. McCaul , Mr. Rogers of Alabama , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. King of New York , Mr. Vela , Mr. Keating , and Mrs. Watson Coleman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reform programs of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administration The term Administration means the Transportation Security Administration. (2) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. (3) Air carrier The term air carrier has the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code. (4) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means 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. (5) Foreign air carrier The term foreign air carrier has the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code. (6) Intelligence community The term intelligence community has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ). 3. Cost and feasibility study (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (established under section 44946 of title 49, United States Code), shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Comptroller General of the United States a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant number of Category I, II, and X airports to ensure that all employee entry and exit points that lead to secure areas of such airports are comprised of the following: (1) A secure door utilizing card and pin entry or biometric technology. (2) Surveillance video recording, capable of storing video data for at least 30 days. (3) Advanced screening technologies, including at least one of the following: (A) Magnetometer (walk-through or hand-held). (B) Explosives detection canines. (C) Explosives trace detection swabbing. (D) Advanced imaging technology. (E) X-ray bag screening technology. (b) Contents The study required under subsection (a) shall include information related to the employee screening costs of those category I, II, and X airports which have already implemented practices of screening 100 percent of employees entering secure areas of airports, including the following: (1) Costs associated with establishing an operational minimum number of employee entry and exit points. (2) A comparison of costs associated with implementing the requirements specified in paragraph (1), based on whether such implementation was carried out by the Administration or airports. (c) Comptroller General assessment (1) In general Upon completion of the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall review such study to assess the quality and reliability of such study. (2) Assessment Not later than 60 days after the receipt of the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall report 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 on the results of the review required under paragraph (1). 4. Airport worker education and security awareness (a) Cooperative efforts To enhance airport security awareness Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall work with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, airport vendors, and airport concessionaires to enhance security awareness of credentialed airport populations regarding insider threats to aviation security and best practices related to airport access controls. (b) Credentialing standards (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, in consultation with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, vendors, and airport concessionaires, assess credentialing standards, policies, and practices to ensure that insider threats to aviation security are adequately addressed. (2) Report Not later than 30 days after completion of the assessment required under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the results of such assessment. (c) SIDA applications Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall revise the application submitted by an individual applying for a credential granting access to the Secure Identification Display Area (as such term is defined in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations) of an airport to require the social security number of such individual in order to strengthen security vetting effectiveness. 5. Securing airport worker access (a) In general The Administrator shall work with airport operators to identify advanced technologies, including biometric identification technologies, for securing employee access to the secure and sterile areas of airports (as such terms are defined in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations). (b) Rap Back vetting Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall ensure that all credentialed aviation worker populations are continuously vetted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Rap Back Service, in order to more rapidly detect and mitigate insider threats to aviation security. (c) Insider threat education and mitigation Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall identify means of enhancing the Administration’s ability to leverage the resources of the Department of Homeland Security and the intelligence community to educate Administration personnel on insider threats to aviation security and how the Administration can better mitigate such insider threats. (d) Playbook operations The Administrator shall ensure that Administration-led employee screening efforts, known as Playbook operations, are targeted, strategic, and focused on providing the greatest level of security effectiveness. (e) Covert testing (1) In general The Administrator shall increase covert testing of employee screening operations at airports and measure existing levels of security effectiveness. The Administrator shall provide to air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, airport vendors, and airport concessionaires— (A) the results of such testing; and (B) recommendations based on such results and measurements on how to improve such security screening operations. (2) Annual reporting The Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report on the frequency, methodology, strategy, and effectiveness of employee screening operations at airports. (f) Centralized database Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, shall— (1) establish a national database of Administration employees who have had either their airport or aircraft operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation security requirements; (2) determine the appropriate reporting mechanisms for airports and air carriers and foreign air carriers to— (A) submit to the Administration data regarding employees described in paragraph (1); and (B) access the database established pursuant to such paragraph; and (3) establish a process that allows individuals whose names were mistakenly entered into such database to have their names removed and have their credentialing restored. 6. Insider threat coordination efforts The Department of Homeland Security is the lead interagency coordinator pertaining to insider threat investigations and mitigation efforts at airports. The Department shall make every practicable effort to coordinate with other relevant Government entities when undertaking such investigations and efforts. 7. Information technology security Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to conduct recurring reviews of the operational, technical, and management security controls for Administration information technology systems at airports.

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 876 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To reform programs of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administration The term Administration means the Transportation Security Administration. (2) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. (3) Air carrier The term air carrier has the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code. (4) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means 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. (5) Foreign air carrier The term foreign air carrier has the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code. (6) Intelligence community The term intelligence community has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ). (7) Secured area The term secured area has the meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. (8) Security Identification Display Area The term Security Identification Display Area has the meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. (9) Sterile area The term sterile area has the meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 3. Cost and feasibility study (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (established under section 44946 of title 49, United States Code), shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Comptroller General of the United States a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant number of Category I, II, III, IV, and X airports assessing the impact if all employee access points from non-secured areas to secured areas of such airports are comprised of the following: (1) A secure door utilizing card and pin entry or biometric technology. (2) Surveillance video recording, capable of storing video data for at least 30 days. (3) Advanced screening technologies, including at least one of the following: (A) Magnetometer (walk-through or hand-held). (B) Explosives detection canines. (C) Explosives trace detection swabbing. (D) Advanced imaging technology. (E) X-ray bag screening technology. (b) Contents The study required under subsection (a) shall include information related to the employee screening costs of those category I, II, III, IV, and X airports which have already implemented practices of screening 100 percent of employees accessing secured areas of airports, including the following: (1) Costs associated with establishing an operational minimum number of employee entry and exit points. (2) A comparison of estimated costs and effectiveness associated with implementing the security features specified in subsection (a) to— (A) the Federal Government; and (B) airports and the aviation community. (c) Comptroller general assessment (1) In general Upon completion of the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall review such study to assess the quality and reliability of such study. (2) Assessment Not later than 60 days after the receipt of the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall report 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 on the results of the review required under paragraph (1). 4. Airport worker education and security awareness (a) Cooperative efforts to enhance airport security awareness Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall work with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, labor unions representing credentialed employees, and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee to enhance security awareness of credentialed airport populations regarding insider threats to aviation security and best practices related to airport access controls. (b) Credentialing standards (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, in consultation with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, labor unions representing credentialed employees, and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, assess credentialing standards, policies, and practices to ensure that insider threats to aviation security are adequately addressed. (2) Report Not later than 30 days after completion of the assessment required under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the results of such assessment. (c) SIDA applications (1) Social security numbers required Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall require airport operators to submit the social security number of an individual applying for a credential granting access to the Security Identification Display Area to strengthen security vetting effectiveness. An applicant who does not provide such applicant’s social security number may be denied such a credential. (2) Screening notice The Administrator shall issue requirements for airport operators to include in applications for access to a Security Identification Display Area a notice informing applicants that an employee holding a credential granting access to a Security Identification Display Area may be screened at any time while gaining access to, working in, or leaving a Security Identification Display Area. 5. Securing airport worker access (a) In general The Administrator shall work with airport operators and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee to identify advanced technologies, including biometric identification technologies, for securing employee access to the secured areas and sterile areas of airports. (b) Rap back vetting Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall ensure that all credentialed aviation worker populations currently requiring a fingerprint-based criminal record history check are continuously vetted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Rap Back Service, in order to more rapidly detect and mitigate insider threats to aviation security. (c) Insider threat education and mitigation Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall identify means of enhancing the Administration’s ability to leverage the resources of the Department of Homeland Security and the intelligence community to educate Administration personnel on insider threats to aviation security and how the Administration can better mitigate such insider threats. (d) Playbook operations The Administrator shall ensure that Administration-led employee physical inspection efforts of aviation workers, known as Playbook operations, are targeted, strategic, and focused on providing the greatest level of security effectiveness. (e) Covert testing (1) In general The Administrator shall conduct covert testing of Administration-led employee inspection operations at airports and measure existing levels of security effectiveness. The Administrator shall provide— (A) the results of such testing to the airport operator for the airport that is the subject of any such testing, and, as appropriate, to air carriers and foreign air carriers that operate at the airport that is the subject of such testing; and (B) recommendations and technical assistance for air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators to conduct their own employee inspections, as needed. (2) Annual reporting The Administrator shall annually, for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the frequency, methodology, strategy, and effectiveness of employee inspection operations at airports. (f) Centralized database Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, shall— (1) establish a national database of individuals who have had either their airport or airport operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation security requirements; (2) determine the appropriate reporting mechanisms for air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators to— (A) submit to the Administration data regarding individuals described in paragraph (1); and (B) access the database established pursuant to such paragraph; and (3) establish a process to allow individuals whose names were mistakenly entered into such database to correct the record and have their names removed from such database. 6. Insider threat coordination efforts The Department of Homeland Security is the lead interagency coordinator pertaining to insider threat investigations and mitigation efforts at airports. The Department shall make every practicable effort to coordinate with other relevant Government entities, as well as the security representatives of air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators, as appropriate, when undertaking such investigations and efforts. 7. Information technology security Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to conduct recurring reviews of the operational, technical, and management security controls for Administration information technology systems at airports. 8. No additional funds authorized No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

Passed the House of Representatives April 25, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 876 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 26, 2017 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation AN ACT To reform programs of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administration The term Administration means the Transportation Security Administration. (2) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. (3) Air carrier The term air carrier has the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code. (4) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means 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. (5) Foreign air carrier The term foreign air carrier has the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code. (6) Intelligence community The term intelligence community has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ). (7) Secured area The term secured area has the meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. (8) Security Identification Display Area The term Security Identification Display Area has the meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. (9) Sterile area The term sterile area has the meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 3. Cost and feasibility study (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (established under section 44946 of title 49, United States Code), shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Comptroller General of the United States a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant number of Category I, II, III, IV, and X airports assessing the impact if all employee access points from non-secured areas to secured areas of such airports are comprised of the following: (1) A secure door utilizing card and pin entry or biometric technology. (2) Surveillance video recording, capable of storing video data for at least 30 days. (3) Advanced screening technologies, including at least one of the following: (A) Magnetometer (walk-through or hand-held). (B) Explosives detection canines. (C) Explosives trace detection swabbing. (D) Advanced imaging technology. (E) X-ray bag screening technology. (b) Contents The study required under subsection (a) shall include information related to the employee screening costs of those category I, II, III, IV, and X airports which have already implemented practices of screening 100 percent of employees accessing secured areas of airports, including the following: (1) Costs associated with establishing an operational minimum number of employee entry and exit points. (2) A comparison of estimated costs and effectiveness associated with implementing the security features specified in subsection (a) to— (A) the Federal Government; and (B) airports and the aviation community. (c) Comptroller general assessment (1) In general Upon completion of the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall review such study to assess the quality and reliability of such study. (2) Assessment Not later than 60 days after the receipt of the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall report 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 on the results of the review required under paragraph (1). 4. Airport worker education and security awareness (a) Cooperative efforts to enhance airport security awareness Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall work with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, labor unions representing credentialed employees, and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee to enhance security awareness of credentialed airport populations regarding insider threats to aviation security and best practices related to airport access controls. (b) Credentialing standards (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, in consultation with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, labor unions representing credentialed employees, and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, assess credentialing standards, policies, and practices to ensure that insider threats to aviation security are adequately addressed. (2) Report Not later than 30 days after completion of the assessment required under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the results of such assessment. (c) SIDA applications (1) Social security numbers required Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall require airport operators to submit the social security number of an individual applying for a credential granting access to the Security Identification Display Area to strengthen security vetting effectiveness. An applicant who does not provide such applicant’s social security number may be denied such a credential. (2) Screening notice The Administrator shall issue requirements for airport operators to include in applications for access to a Security Identification Display Area a notice informing applicants that an employee holding a credential granting access to a Security Identification Display Area may be screened at any time while gaining access to, working in, or leaving a Security Identification Display Area. 5. Securing airport worker access (a) In general The Administrator shall work with airport operators and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee to identify advanced technologies, including biometric identification technologies, for securing employee access to the secured areas and sterile areas of airports. (b) Rap back vetting Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall ensure that all credentialed aviation worker populations currently requiring a fingerprint-based criminal record history check are continuously vetted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Rap Back Service, in order to more rapidly detect and mitigate insider threats to aviation security. (c) Insider threat education and mitigation Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall identify means of enhancing the Administration’s ability to leverage the resources of the Department of Homeland Security and the intelligence community to educate Administration personnel on insider threats to aviation security and how the Administration can better mitigate such insider threats. (d) Playbook operations The Administrator shall ensure that Administration-led employee physical inspection efforts of aviation workers, known as Playbook operations, are targeted, strategic, and focused on providing the greatest level of security effectiveness. (e) Covert testing (1) In general The Administrator shall conduct covert testing of Administration-led employee inspection operations at airports and measure existing levels of security effectiveness. The Administrator shall provide— (A) the results of such testing to the airport operator for the airport that is the subject of any such testing, and, as appropriate, to air carriers and foreign air carriers that operate at the airport that is the subject of such testing; and (B) recommendations and technical assistance for air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators to conduct their own employee inspections, as needed. (2) Annual reporting The Administrator shall annually, for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the frequency, methodology, strategy, and effectiveness of employee inspection operations at airports. (f) Centralized database Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, shall— (1) establish a national database of individuals who have had either their airport or airport operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation security requirements; (2) determine the appropriate reporting mechanisms for air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators to— (A) submit to the Administration data regarding individuals described in paragraph (1); and (B) access the database established pursuant to such paragraph; and (3) establish a process to allow individuals whose names were mistakenly entered into such database to correct the record and have their names removed from such database. 6. Insider threat coordination efforts The Department of Homeland Security is the lead interagency coordinator pertaining to insider threat investigations and mitigation efforts at airports. The Department shall make every practicable effort to coordinate with other relevant Government entities, as well as the security representatives of air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators, as appropriate, when undertaking such investigations and efforts. 7. Information technology security Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to conduct recurring reviews of the operational, technical, and management security controls for Administration information technology systems at airports. 8. No additional funds authorized No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

Passed the House of Representatives April 25, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 54 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 876 [Report No. 115–94] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2017 Mr. Katko (for himself, Mr. McCaul , Mr. Rogers of Alabama , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. King of New York , Mr. Vela , Mr. Keating , and Mrs. Watson Coleman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security April 25, 2017 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 6, 2017 A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reform programs of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administration The term Administration means the Transportation Security Administration. (2) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. (3) Air carrier The term air carrier has the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code. (4) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means 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. (5) Foreign air carrier The term foreign air carrier has the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code. (6) Intelligence community The term intelligence community has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ). (7) Secured area The term secured area has the meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. (8) Security Identification Display Area The term Security Identification Display Area has the meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. (9) Sterile area The term sterile area has the meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 3. Cost and feasibility study (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (established under section 44946 of title 49, United States Code), shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Comptroller General of the United States a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant number of Category I, II, III, IV, and X airports assessing the impact if all employee access points from non-secured areas to secured areas of such airports are comprised of the following: (1) A secure door utilizing card and pin entry or biometric technology. (2) Surveillance video recording, capable of storing video data for at least 30 days. (3) Advanced screening technologies, including at least one of the following: (A) Magnetometer (walk-through or hand-held). (B) Explosives detection canines. (C) Explosives trace detection swabbing. (D) Advanced imaging technology. (E) X-ray bag screening technology. (b) Contents The study required under subsection (a) shall include information related to the employee screening costs of those category I, II, III, IV, and X airports which have already implemented practices of screening 100 percent of employees accessing secured areas of airports, including the following: (1) Costs associated with establishing an operational minimum number of employee entry and exit points. (2) A comparison of estimated costs and effectiveness associated with implementing the security features specified in subsection (a) to— (A) the Federal Government; and (B) airports and the aviation community. (c) Comptroller general assessment (1) In general Upon completion of the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall review such study to assess the quality and reliability of such study. (2) Assessment Not later than 60 days after the receipt of the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall report 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 on the results of the review required under paragraph (1). 4. Airport worker education and security awareness (a) Cooperative efforts to enhance airport security awareness Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall work with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, labor unions representing credentialed employees, and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee to enhance security awareness of credentialed airport populations regarding insider threats to aviation security and best practices related to airport access controls. (b) Credentialing standards (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, in consultation with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, labor unions representing credentialed employees, and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, assess credentialing standards, policies, and practices to ensure that insider threats to aviation security are adequately addressed. (2) Report Not later than 30 days after completion of the assessment required under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the results of such assessment. (c) SIDA applications (1) Social security numbers required Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall require airport operators to submit the social security number of an individual applying for a credential granting access to the Security Identification Display Area to strengthen security vetting effectiveness. An applicant who does not provide such applicant’s social security number may be denied such a credential. (2) Screening notice The Administrator shall issue requirements for airport operators to include in applications for access to a Security Identification Display Area a notice informing applicants that an employee holding a credential granting access to a Security Identification Display Area may be screened at any time while gaining access to, working in, or leaving a Security Identification Display Area. 5. Securing airport worker access (a) In general The Administrator shall work with airport operators and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee to identify advanced technologies, including biometric identification technologies, for securing employee access to the secured areas and sterile areas of airports. (b) Rap back vetting Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall ensure that all credentialed aviation worker populations currently requiring a fingerprint-based criminal record history check are continuously vetted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Rap Back Service, in order to more rapidly detect and mitigate insider threats to aviation security. (c) Insider threat education and mitigation Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall identify means of enhancing the Administration’s ability to leverage the resources of the Department of Homeland Security and the intelligence community to educate Administration personnel on insider threats to aviation security and how the Administration can better mitigate such insider threats. (d) Playbook operations The Administrator shall ensure that Administration-led employee physical inspection efforts of aviation workers, known as Playbook operations, are targeted, strategic, and focused on providing the greatest level of security effectiveness. (e) Covert testing (1) In general The Administrator shall conduct covert testing of Administration-led employee inspection operations at airports and measure existing levels of security effectiveness. The Administrator shall provide— (A) the results of such testing to the airport operator for the airport that is the subject of any such testing, and, as appropriate, to air carriers and foreign air carriers that operate at the airport that is the subject of such testing; and (B) recommendations and technical assistance for air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators to conduct their own employee inspections, as needed. (2) Annual reporting The Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report on the frequency, methodology, strategy, and effectiveness of employee screening operations at airports. (f) Centralized database Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, shall— (1) establish a national database of individuals who have had either their airport or airport operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation security requirements; (2) determine the appropriate reporting mechanisms for air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators to— (A) submit to the Administration data regarding individuals described in paragraph (1); and (B) access the database established pursuant to such paragraph; and (3) establish a process to allow individuals whose names were mistakenly entered into such database to correct the record and have their names removed from such database. 6. Insider threat coordination efforts The Department of Homeland Security is the lead interagency coordinator pertaining to insider threat investigations and mitigation efforts at airports. The Department shall make every practicable effort to coordinate with other relevant Government entities, as well as the security representatives of air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators, as appropriate, when undertaking such investigations and efforts. 7. Information technology security Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to conduct recurring reviews of the operational, technical, and management security controls for Administration information technology systems at airports.

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to reform programs of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes. .

April 25, 2017 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed