Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate ; the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives . The term Department means the Department of Homeland Security. The term explosives detection canine team means a canine and a canine handler that are trained to detect explosives and other threats as defined by the Secretary.
The term risk means the possibility that a threat will take advantage of a vulnerability to cause harm. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security. The term threat means an adversary that has the intent and capability to cause harm. The term vulnerability means a weakness in a system or facility that a threat can exploit to cause harm.