Sec. 1934. Securing airport worker access points
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall consult with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, and labor unions representing credentialed employees to enhance security awareness of credentialed airport populations regarding insider threats to aviation security and best practices related to airport access controls. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, and labor unions representing credentialed employees, shall assess credentialing standards, policies, and practices, including implementation of relevant credentialing updates required under the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–190 ; 130 Stat. 615), to ensure that insider threats to aviation security are adequately addressed.
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall revise the application submitted by an individual applying for a credential granting access to the Secure Identification Area of an airport to require the social security number of such individual in order to strengthen security vetting effectiveness. An applicant who does not provide such applicant’s social security number may be denied such a credential. The Administrator shall issue requirements for an airport operator to include in each application for access to a Security Identification Display Area notification to the applicant 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.
The Administrator shall consult with airport operators and airline operators to identify advanced technologies, including biometric identification technologies, that could be used for securing employee access to the secured areas and sterile areas of airports. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall identify and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress the number of credentialed aviation worker populations at airports that are continuously vetted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Rap Back Service, consistent with section 3405(b)(2) of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 ( 49 U.S.C. 44901 note).
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall identify means of enhancing the TSA’s ability to leverage the resources of the Department and the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 )) to educate Administration personnel on insider threats to aviation security and how the TSA can better mitigate such insider threats. Consistent with the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–190 ; 130 Stat. 615), the Administrator shall ensure that TSA-led, random employee physical inspection efforts of aviation workers are targeted, strategic, and focused on providing the greatest level of security effectiveness.
Consistent with the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–190 ; 130 Stat. 615), the Administrator shall continue to conduct covert testing of TSA-led employee inspection operations at airports and measure existing levels of security effectiveness. The Administrator shall provide— 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 recommendations and technical assistance for air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators to conduct their own employee inspections, as needed.
The Administrator shall for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2021, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the frequency, methodology, strategy, and effectiveness of employee inspection operations at airports. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with ASAC, shall— subject to paragraph (2), establish a national, centralized database of the names of each individual who— has had an airport-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation security requirements; or has had an aircraft operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation security requirements; determine the appropriate reporting mechanisms for air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators— to submit to the Administration data regarding an individual described in subparagraph (A); and to access the database; and establish a process to allow an individual whose name is mistakenly entered into the database to correct the record and have the individual's name expunged from the database.
The database shall not include the name of any individual whose badge has been revoked as a result of a termination or cessation of employment unrelated to— a violation of a security requirement; or a determination that the individual poses a threat to aviation security.
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Sec. 1934
Securing airport worker access points
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