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49 U.S.C. § 114

Transportation Security Administration

United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective

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49 U.S.C. § 114, Transportation Security Administration, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/489852
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The Administrator must— The Deputy Administrator must— The Administrator shall be responsible for security in all modes of transportation, including— The Administrator shall— In addition to carrying out the functions specified in subsections (d) and (e), the Administrator shall— Subject to the direction and control of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Administrator, during a national emergency, shall have the following responsibilities: In consultation with the Transportation Security Oversight Board, the Administrator shall— in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies and air carriers, establish policies and procedures requiring air carriers— The Administrator is authorized— Notwithstanding section 40122(g)(2) of this title, the applicable sections of title 5 shall apply to the Transportation Security Administration personnel management system, except that— for purposes of applying such provisions to the personnel management system— In this subsection, the term “applicable sections of title 5” means— While engaged in official duties of the Administration as required to fulfill the responsibilities under this section, a law enforcement officer designated under paragraph (1) may— Notwithstanding section 552 of title 5, the Administrator shall prescribe regulations prohibiting the disclosure of information obtained or developed in carrying out security under authority of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107–71) or under chapter 449 of this title if the Administrator decides that disclosing the information would— Nothing in this subsection, or any other provision of law, shall be construed to authorize the designation of information as sensitive security information (as defined in section 1520.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations)— The Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop, prepare, implement, and update, as needed— The National Strategy for Transportation Security shall include the following: Each progress report submitted under this subparagraph shall include, at a minimum, the following: An accounting of all— The National Strategy for Transportation Security shall include, as an integral part or as an appendix— In this subsection: The Plan shall include— The Plan shall be— Paragraphs (2) through (5) do not apply to violations of regulations prescribed, and orders issued, by the Secretary of Homeland Security under a provision of this title— The district courts of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction of civil actions to collect a civil penalty imposed by the Secretary of Homeland Security under this subsection if— the amount in controversy is more than— The maximum civil penalty the Secretary of Homeland Security administratively may impose under this paragraph is— Before imposing a penalty under this section the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to the person against whom the penalty is to be imposed— In this subsection: The term “person” does not include— The Secretary of Homeland Security shall— There are authorized to be appropriated to the Transportation Security Administration for salaries, operations, and maintenance of the Administration— For each of the areas described in paragraph (2), the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall appoint at least 1 individual who shall— The areas described in this paragraph are as follows: Aviation security operations and training, including risk-based, adaptive security— Surface transportation security operations and training, including risk-based, adaptive security— The Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress— In developing the plan required under paragraph (1), the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, shall consider each of the following: The plan developed under paragraph (1) shall include each of the following: Plans for communicating and collaborating in the event of a communicable disease outbreak with the following partners: Plans for protecting the safety of the Transportation Security Administration workforce, including—

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