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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Keeping our Travelers Safe and
Secure Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The Administrator of the Transportation Security
Administration has stated that the maintenance of security-
related technology such as x-rays, explosive trace detection
systems, explosive detection systems, liquid scanners, and
enhanced walk-through metal detectors, is central to the
execution of Transportation Security Administration's mission
to protect United States transportation systems.
(2) Preventive and corrective maintenance is essential to
ensuring and extending the service lives of security-related
technology.
(3) In May 2015, the Inspector General of the Department of
Homeland Security, reporting on the results of a performance
audit conducted between December 2013 and November 2014,
concluded that because the Transportation Security
Administration did not properly manage the maintenance of its
security-related technology deployed to airports, it cannot be
assured that routine preventive maintenance is performed or
that equipment is repaired and ready for operational use.
(4) Specifically, the Inspector General found that the
Transportation Security Administration did not issue adequate
policies and procedures to document, track, and maintain
preventive maintenance actions at the airport level and
oversight of contractor-performed maintenance needed to be
strengthened.
(5) According to the Inspector General, if the equipment is
not fully operational, the Transportation Security
Administration may have to use other screening measures that
may be less effective at detecting dangerous items, thereby
potentially jeopardizing passenger safety and security.

SEC. 3. MAINTENANCE OF SECURITY-RELATED TECHNOLOGY.

(a) In General.--Title XVI of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 561 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''Subtitle C--Maintenance of Security-Related Technology

''SEC. 1621. MAINTENANCE VALIDATION AND OVERSIGHT.

''(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this subtitle, the Administrator shall develop and
implement a preventive maintenance validation process for security-
related technology deployed to airports.
''(b) Maintenance by Administration Personnel at Airports.--For
maintenance to be carried out by Administration personnel at airports,
the process referred to in subsection (a) shall include the following:
''(1) Guidance to Administration personnel, equipment
maintenance technicians, and other personnel at airports
specifying how to conduct and document preventive maintenance
actions.
''(2) Mechanisms for the Administrator to verify compliance
with the guidance issued pursuant to paragraph (1).
''(c) Maintenance by Contractors at Airports.--For maintenance to
be carried out by a contractor at airports, the process referred to in
subsection (a) shall require the following:
''(1) Provision of monthly preventive maintenance schedules
to appropriate Administration personnel at each airport that
includes information on each action to be completed by a
contractor.
''(2) Notification to appropriate Administration personnel
at each airport when maintenance action is completed by a
contractor.
''(3) A process for independent validation by a third party
of contractor maintenance.
''(d) Penalties for Noncompliance.--The Administrator shall require
maintenance contracts for security-related technology deployed to
airports to include penalties for noncompliance when it is determined
that either preventive or corrective maintenance has not been completed
according to contractual requirements and manufacturers'
specifications.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 1616 the following:

''Subtitle C--Maintenance of Security-Related Technology

''Sec. 1621. Maintenance validation and oversight.''.

SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL ASSESSMENT.

Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall
assess implementation of the requirements under this Act and the
amendments made by this Act, and provide findings and recommendations
with respect to the provision of training to Administration personnel,
equipment maintenance technicians, and other personnel under section
1621 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by section 3 of
this Act) and the availability and utilization of equipment maintenance
technicians employed by the Administration.

Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2015.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.
Output:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 22, 2015. Keeping our Travelers Safe and Secure Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and implement a preventive maintenance validation process for security-related technology deployed to airports. The maintenance contracts for security-related technology deployed to airports shall include penalties for noncompliance whenever preventive or corrective maintenance has not been completed according to contractual requirements and manufacturers' specifications. (Sec. 4) The DHS Inspector General shall assess implementation of the requirements of this Act, as well as the utilization of TSA equipment maintenance technicians, and make recommendations for training TSA personnel, equipment maintenance technicians, and other airport personnel.