Sec. 6109. Inspections and assessments
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the ASAC, shall develop a model and best practices for unescorted access security that— use intelligence, scientific algorithms, and risk-based factors; ensure integrity, accountability, and control; subject airport workers to random physical security inspections conducted by Administration representatives in accordance with this section; appropriately manage the number of SIDA access points to improve supervision of and reduce unauthorized access to these areas; and include validation of identification materials, such as with biometrics.
Consistent with a risk-based security approach, the Administrator shall expand the use of transportation security officers and inspectors to conduct enhanced, random and unpredictable, data-driven, and operationally dynamic physical inspections of airport workers in each SIDA of an airport and at each SIDA access point— to verify the credentials of airport workers; to determine whether airport workers possess prohibited items, except for those that may be necessary for the performance of their duties, as appropriate, in any SIDA of an airport; and to verify whether airport workers are following appropriate procedures to access a SIDA of an airport.
The Administrator shall conduct a review of airports that have implemented additional airport worker screening or perimeter security to improve airport security, including— comprehensive airport worker screening at access points to secure areas; comprehensive perimeter screening, including vehicles; enhanced fencing or perimeter sensors; and any additional airport worker screening or perimeter security measures the Administrator identifies. After completing the review under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall— identify best practices for additional access control and airport worker security at airports; and disseminate the best practices identified under subparagraph
(A)to airport operators. The Administrator may conduct a pilot program at 1 or more airports to test and validate best practices for comprehensive airport worker screening or perimeter security under paragraph (2).