Sec. 502. Amendments to title 49, United States Code
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Section 114 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking Department of Transportation and inserting Department of Homeland Security ; in subsection (b)(1), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator ; in subsection (b), in the heading, by striking and inserting Under Secretary ;
Administrator in subsection (e)(4), by striking Secretary of Transportation and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; in subsection (f)— in paragraph (6), by striking Managers and inserting Directors ; and in paragraph (14), by inserting air carriers or before foreign air carriers ; in subsection (g)— by striking the Secretary each place it appears and inserting the Secretary of Homeland Security ; and in paragraph (3), by striking The Secretary and inserting The Secretary of Homeland Security ; in subsection (j)(1)(D), by striking the Secretary and inserting the Secretary of Homeland Security ; in subsection (l)— in paragraph (2)(A), by striking the Secretary and inserting the Secretary of Homeland Security ; and in paragraph (4)(B), by striking the Administrator under subparagraph
(A)and inserting the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration under subparagraph
(A); in subsection (m)— in the heading, by striking and inserting Under Secretary ; and Administrator in paragraph (1), in the heading, by striking and inserting Under Secretary ; Administrator in subsection (n), by striking Department of Transportation and inserting Department of Homeland Security ; in subsection (o), by striking Department of Transportation and inserting Department of Homeland Security ; in subsection (p)(4), by striking Secretary of Transportation and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; by redesignating subsections (u), (v), and
(w)as subsections (t), (cc), and (dd), respectively; and by inserting after subsection (t), as so redesignated, the following new subsections: There is established in the Transportation Security Administration a Deputy Administrator, who shall assist the Administrator in the management of the Transportation Security Administration. There is established in the Transportation Security Administration an Office of Public Affairs (in this subsection referred to as the Office ). The head of the Office shall be the Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs, who shall report to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration or the Administrator’s designee. The Office shall be responsible for facilitating understanding of the Transportation Security Administration’s mission by communicating with internal and external audiences in a timely, accurate, and transparent manner. There is established in the Transportation Security Administration an Office of Civil Rights and Liberties, Ombudsman, and Traveler Engagement (in this subsection referred to as the Office ). The head of the Office shall be the Assistant Administrator for Civil Rights and Liberties, Ombudsman, and Traveler Engagement, who shall report to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration or the Administrator’s designee. The Office shall be responsible for managing allegations of violations of civil rights and civil liberties from the public, carrying out the Administration’s equal employment opportunity and diversity policies and programs, including complaint management and adjudication, and helping to ensure that employees and the traveling public are treated in a fair and lawful manner. There is established in the Transportation Security Administration an Office of Legislative Affairs (in this subsection referred to as the Office ). The head of the Office shall be the Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs, who shall report to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration or the Administrator’s designee. The Office shall be responsible for developing and implementing strategies within the Transportation Security Administration to achieve congressional approval or authorization of the Administration’s programs and policies. There is established in the Transportation Security Administration an Office of Finance and Administration (in this subsection referred to as the Office ). The head of the Office shall be the Chief Financial Officer, who shall report to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration or the Administrator’s designee. The Office shall be responsible for financial, budgetary, and administrative activities that support the mission of the Transportation Security Administration. There is established in the Transportation Security Administration an Office of the Chief of Operations (in this subsection referred to as the Office ). The head of the Office shall be the Chief of Operations, who shall report to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration or the Administrator’s designee. The Office shall be responsible for the following: Conducting protection, response, detection, assessment, and investigation activities in airports and other transportation facilities and deploying Federal Air Marshals on United States aircraft traveling domestically and internationally. Identifying, analyzing, and mitigating risk by assessing vulnerabilities at international locations to determine risk, evaluating risk impacts to determine mitigation activities, and executing mitigation activities to reduce risk to the United States. Providing security and intelligence professionals with timely information in order to prevent a terrorist attack against the transportation systems of the United States. Developing security policies and plans that reduce the risk of catastrophic terrorist attacks. Providing risk-based, adaptive security that includes airport checkpoint and baggage screening operations, regulatory compliance, cargo inspections, and other specialized programs designed to secure transportation. Safeguarding the transportation systems of the United States through the qualification and delivery of innovative security capabilities. There is established in the Transportation Security Administration an Office of the Chief of Mission Support (in this subsection referred to as the Office ). The head of the Office shall be the Chief of Mission Support, who shall report to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration or the Administrator’s designee. The Office shall be responsible for the following: Negotiating and awarding contracts and other procurement vehicles that improve the Transportation Security Administration’s capabilities. Providing strategic, sustainable, and comprehensive programs and services that attract, build, and inspire a talented workforce. Overseeing the development, delivery, and evaluation of training programs for Transportation Security Administration employees. Providing information technologies and services that enable global transportation security. Ensuring the integrity, efficiency, and effectiveness of the Transportation Security Administration’s workforce, operations, and programs through objective audits, covert testing, inspections, and criminal investigations. Ensuring consistency in misconduct penalty determinations and an expeditious and fair adjudication process. Building the Transportation Security Administration’s capabilities by managing the acquisition, testing, deployment, and sustainment of security technology and other acquisition programs. There is established in the Transportation Security Administration an Office of the Chief Counsel (in this subsection referred to as the Office ). The head of the Office shall be the Chief Counsel for the Transportation Security Administration, who shall report to the General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security. The Office shall be responsible for providing legal advice and services across the Transportation Security Administration. . Subsection
(c)of section 115 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in paragraph (6), by striking Under Secretary and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 40119 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; in subsection (b)(4)— by inserting of the Federal Aviation Administration after Administrator ; and by inserting Federal Aviation before Administration ; and in subsection (c), by striking Under Secretary and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; by striking Assistant Secretary (Transportation Security Administration) each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; by striking Assistant Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in subsection (d), by striking Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation each place it appears and inserting the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives . Section 44902 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in subsection (b), by striking Under Secretary and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44903 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)(1), by striking Secretary of Transportation and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; in subsection (c)(2)(C), by striking Secretary of Transportation and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Secretary of Transportation and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; in subsection (g)— in paragraph (1)(A), in the heading, by striking and inserting Under Secretary ; and Administrator in paragraph (2), by striking Under Secretary’s each place it appears and inserting Transportation Security Administration Administrator’s ; in subsection (h)— in paragraph (3), by inserting of Homeland Security after Secretary ; in paragraph (6)(C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting of Homeland Security after Secretary ; in subsection (i)(l), by striking , after receiving the recommendations of the National Institute of Justice, ; in subsection (j)— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking Under Secretary for Transportation Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in the matter following subparagraph (E), by striking Secretary of Transportation and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; and in paragraph (2), by striking Secretary of Transportation each place it appears and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; in subsection (l)(1), by striking Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security of the Department of Homeland Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; by striking Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Assistant Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44904 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in subsection
(d)by striking Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44905 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking Secretary of Transportation and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; in subsection (b), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44906 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator . Section 44908 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking Secretary of Transportation each place it appears and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security . Section 44909 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking the Customs Service each place it appears and inserting U.S. Customs and Border Protection . Section 44911 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraphs
(1)through (10), by striking the each place it appears and inserting The ; and by inserting the following at the end the following new paragraphs: The Coast Guard. The Department of Homeland Security. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The National Reconnaissance Office. ; in subsection (b)— by striking Secretary of Transportation and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; and by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; in subsection (d), by striking the Secretary and inserting the Secretary of Homeland Security ; and in subsection (e)— by striking the Secretary and inserting the Secretary of Homeland Security ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44912 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in paragraph (3), by striking Secretary of Transportation and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44913 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in paragraph (2), by striking the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and inserting the Committee on Homeland Security ; in subsection (b), by striking Secretary of Transportation and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44914 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44915 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44916 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in subsection (b), by striking Under Secretary and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44917 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in paragraph (2), by inserting of Homeland Security, utilizing a risk-based security methodology, after Secretary ; by striking subsections
(b)and (c); redesignating subsection
(d)as subsection (b); and in subsection (b), as so redesignated— in paragraph (1), by striking Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in paragraph (3), by striking Assistant Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator . Section 44918 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (2)(E), by striking the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security of the Department of Homeland Security and inserting the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), by striking the Administrator each place it appears and inserting the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44919 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44920 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44921 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in subsection (b)(6)— by inserting the Committee on Homeland Security and before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ; and by inserting the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation ; in subsection (d)(4), by striking may, and inserting may ; in subsection (i)(2), by striking the Under Secretary before may ; by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Under Secretary’s each place it appears and inserting Transportation Security Administration Administrator’s . Section 44922 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security of the Department of Homeland Security and inserting the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; in subsection (c), by striking Secretary of Transportation and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; and in subsection (d)— in paragraph (3), in the heading, by striking and inserting Under Secretary ; and Administrator in paragraph (4), by inserting , Homeland Security, before and Transportation and Infrastructure ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44924 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking Under Secretary for Border and Transportation for Security of the Department of Homeland Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Administrator under and inserting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration under ; in each of subsections
(b)through (f), by inserting of the Federal Aviation Administration after Administrator each place it appears; in subsection (g), by inserting the Committee on Homeland Security and before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44925 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking Assistant Security of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in paragraph (3), by inserting of Homeland Security after Secretary ; and in subsection (d), by striking Assistant Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44926 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking United States and inserting U.S. ; and in subsection (b)(3)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking an and inserting a ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking United States and inserting U.S. . Section 44927 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking Veteran and inserting Veterans ; and by striking Assistant Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44933 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in the heading, by striking and inserting Managers ; Directors in subsection (a)— in the first sentence— by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Manager and inserting Director ; in the second sentence— by striking Under Secretary and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking the term Managers each place it appears and inserting Directors ; and in subsection (b)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Manager and inserting Director ; and in paragraph (2), by striking Under Secretary and inserting the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44934 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44935 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; in subsection (e)(2)(A)(ii), by striking section 1101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and inserting section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ; and by redesignating the second subsection
(i)(relating to accessibility of computer-based training facilities) as subsection (k). Section 44936 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)(1)— in subparagraph (A)— by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Security,, and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, ; and in subparagraphs
(B)and (C), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Security each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; in subsection (c)(1), by striking Under Secretary’s and inserting Transportation Security Administration Administrator’s ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44937 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44938 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by striking Secretary of Transportation and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; by striking the Secretary considers and inserting the Secretary of Homeland Security considers ; by striking The Secretary and inserting The Secretary of Homeland Security ; and by striking Under Secretary of Transportation Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)(1)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in subparagraph
(F)by striking Managers and inserting Directors ; in subsection (e)(1), in the heading, by striking and inserting Under Secretary ; and Administrator by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44941 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting the Department of Homeland Security, before the Department of Transportation . Section 44942 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— by redesignating paragraph
(1)as subsection
(c)and moving such subsection, as so redesignated, two ems to the left; and by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)as subsections
(d)and (e), respectively, and moving such subsections, as so redesignated, four ems to the left; by striking subsections
(a)and (b); by striking subsection (c), as so redesignated; by redesignating subsections
(d)and (e), as so redesignated, as subsections
(a)and (b), respectively; by striking the term the Secretary each place it appears and inserting the Secretary of Homeland Security ; by striking Under Secretary for Transportation Security each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Congress and inserting the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate . Section 44943 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking The Under Secretary for Transportation Security and inserting The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— by striking the Secretary and inserting the Secretary of Homeland Security ; and by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking the Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in subsection (c), by striking the Under Secretary for Transportation Security and inserting the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44944 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)(1), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and by striking Under Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44945 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking Assistant Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 44946 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking , but a member may continue to serve until a successor is appointed and inserting but may continue until such time as a successor member begins serving on the Advisory Committee ; in subsection (g)— by striking paragraph (2); and redesignating paragraph
(3)as paragraph (2); and by striking Assistant Secretary each place it appears and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration . Section 45107 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and inserting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration ; and in subsection (b), by striking the second sentence. The analysis for chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 44933 and inserting the following new item: 44933. Federal Security Directors. .