49 U.S.C. § 44901
Screening passengers and property
United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective
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The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall take all necessary action to ensure that—
The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an annual report on the re-screening of baggage under this paragraph. Each such report shall include the following for the year covered by the report:
As soon as practicable and until the requirements of subsection (b)(1)(A) are met, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall require alternative means for screening any piece of checked baggage that is not screened by an explosives detection system. Such alternative means may include 1 or more of the following:
The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration—
The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall—
Upon completion and consistent with the results of the evaluation that paragraph (1)(A) requires, the Administrator shall—
The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall—
The Administrator shall develop a risk-based system under which—
In this subsection, the following definitions apply:
The term “advanced imaging technology”—
The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall ensure that any advanced imaging technology used for the screening of passengers under this section—
The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration may extend the deadline specified in paragraph (2), if the Administrator determines that—
A report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include the following:
If the Administration is not in full compliance with such requirements—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", and to make other technical improvements in the Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Aviation and Transportation Security Act
- Homeland Security Act of 2002
- Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
- FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012
- No-Hassle Flying Act of 2012House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015
- FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally