Sec. 224. Public area best practices
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The Administrator shall, in accordance with law and as received or developed, periodically submit to Federal Security Directors and appropriate aviation security stakeholders information on any best practices developed by the TSA or appropriate aviation stakeholders related to protecting aviation infrastructure from emerging threats to public spaces of transportation venues. The Administrator shall, in accordance with law— in coordination with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and industry partners, implement improvements to the Air Domain Intelligence and Analysis Center to encourage increased participation from aviation stakeholders and enhance government and industry aviation security information sharing on aviation security threats, including on cybersecurity threat awareness; and expand and improve the City and Airport Threat Assessment or similar program to public and private aviation stakeholders to capture, quantify, communicate, and apply applicable intelligence to inform airport mitigation measures, such as— quantifying levels of risk by airport that can be used to determine risk-based security mitigation measures at each location; determining random and surge employee inspection operations based on changing levels of risk; and targeting any high-risk employee groups and specific points of risk within the airport perimeter for such mitigation measures as random inspections; continue to disseminate Transportation Intelligence Notes, tear-lines, and related intelligence products to appropriate transportation security stakeholders on a regular basis; and continue to conduct both regular routine and threat-specific classified briefings between the TSA and appropriate aviation and other transportation sector stakeholders on an individual or group basis to provide greater information sharing between public and private sectors.
The Administrator shall encourage aviation security stakeholders to utilize mass notification systems, including the Integrated Public Alert Warning System of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and social media platforms, to disseminate information to transportation community employees, travelers, and the general public, as appropriate. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Administrator, shall expand public programs of the Department and the TSA that increase security threat awareness, education, and training to include transportation network public area employees, including airport and transportation vendors, local hotels, cab and limousine companies, ridesharing companies, cleaning companies, gas station attendants, cargo operators, and general aviation members.
The Administrator shall allow an air carrier, airport, or airport operator, in addition to any background check required for initial employment, to utilize the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Rap Back Service and other vetting tools as appropriate, including the No-Fly and Selectee lists, to get immediate notification of any criminal activity relating to an employee with access to an airport or its perimeter, regardless of whether the employee is seeking access to a public or secured area of the airport.