Sec. 1616. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for “Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Aviation Security” shall be $5,219,546,000: *Provided*, That the amounts included under such heading in Public Law 111-83 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division as follows: by substituting “$5,219,546,000” for “$5,214,040,000”; by substituting “$4,307,793,000” for “$4,358,076,000”; by substituting “$629,297,000” for “$1,116,406,000”; by substituting “$911,753,000” for “$855,964,000”; by substituting “$291,191,000” for “$778,300,000”; by substituting “9 percent” for “28 percent”; and by substituting “$3,119,546,000” for “$3,114,040,000”: *Provided**further*, That none of the funds in this division may be used for any recruiting or hiring of personnel into the Transportation Security Administration that would cause the agency to exceed a staffing level of 46,000 full-time equivalent screeners: *Provided**further*, That the preceding proviso shall not apply to personnel hired as part-time employees: *Provided**further*, That not later than August 15, 2011, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives a detailed report on: (1) the Department’s efforts and the resources being devoted to develop more advanced integrated passenger screening technologies for the most effective security of passengers and baggage at the lowest possible operating and acquisition costs; (2) how the Transportation Security Administration is deploying its existing screener workforce in the most cost effective manner; and (3) labor savings from the deployment of improved technologies for passengers and baggage screening and how those savings are being used to offset security costs or reinvested to address security vulnerabilities.

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