§ 44925. Deployment and use of detection equipment at airport screening checkpoints

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2004

   Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004

   Pub. L. 108–458 title IV § 4013(a) · 118 Stat. 3638

   Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 44925

   Added Pub. L. 108–458, title IV, § 4013(a), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3719

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 108–458, title IV, § 4013(a), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3719

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   (a) In General.— Subchapter I of chapter 449, of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “§ 44925. Deployment and use of detection equipment at airport screening checkpoints “(a) Weapons and Explosives.— The Secretary of Homeland Security shall give a high priority to developing, testing, improving, and deploying, at airport screening checkpoints, equipment that detects nonmetallic, chemical, biological, and radiological weapons, and explosives, in all forms, on individuals and in their personal property. The Secretary shall ensure that the equipment alone, or as part of an integrated system, can detect under realistic operating conditions the types of weapons and explosives that terrorists would likely try to smuggle aboard an air carrier aircraft. “(b) Strategic Plan for Deployment and Use of Explosive Detection Equipment at Airport Screening Checkpoints.— “(1) In general.— Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategic plan to promote the optimal utilization and deployment of explosive detection equipment at airports to screen individuals and their personal property. Such equipment includes walk-through explosive detection portals, document scanners, shoe scanners, and backscatter x-ray scanners. The plan may be submitted in a classified format. “(2) Content.— The strategic plan shall include, at minimum— “(A) a description of current efforts to detect explosives in all forms on individuals and in their personal property; “(B) a description of the operational applications of explosive detection equipment at airport screening checkpoints; “(C) a deployment schedule and a description of the quantities of equipment needed to implement the plan; “(D) a description of funding needs to implement the plan, including a financing plan that provides for leveraging of non-Federal funding; “(E) a description of the measures taken and anticipated to be taken in carrying out subsection (d); and “(F) a description of any recommended legislative actions. “(c) Portal Detection Systems.— There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for the use of the Transportation Security Administration $250,000,000, in addition to any amounts otherwise authorized by law, for research, development, and installation of detection systems and other devices for the detection of biological, chemical, radiological, and explosive materials. “(d) Interim Action.— Until measures are implemented that enable the screening of all passengers for explosives, the Assistant Secretary shall provide, by such means as the Assistant Secretary considers appropriate, explosives detection screening for all passengers identified for additional screening and their personal property that will be carried aboard a passenger aircraft operated by an air carrier or foreign air carrier in air transportation or intrastate air transportation.” .

2. 2007

   Pub. L. 110–53 title XVI § 1607(b) · 121 Stat. 266

   Added · 49 U.S.C. § 44925(b)(3)

   Pub. L. 110–53 added par. (3)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 110–53 added par. (3).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Deployment.— Section 44925(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(3) Implementation.— The Secretary shall begin implementation of the strategic plan within one year after the date of enactment of this paragraph.” .

3. 2018

   TSA Modernization Act

   Pub. L. 115–254 § 1991(d)(21)(A) · 132 Stat. 3187

   Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 44925(b)(1)

   Pub. L. 115–254, § 1991(d)(21)(A), substituted “The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration” for “Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration)”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1991(d)(21)(A), substituted “The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration” for “Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration)”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking “Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration)” and inserting “The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration”;

4. 2018

   TSA Modernization Act

   Pub. L. 115–254 § 1991(d)(21)(B) · 132 Stat. 3187

   Struck · 49 U.S.C. § 44925(b)(3)

   Pub. L. 115–254, § 1991(d)(21)(B), struck out par. (3). Text read as follows: “The Secretary shall begin implementation of the strategic plan within one year after the date of enactment of this paragraph.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1991(d)(21)(B), struck out par. (3). Text read as follows: “The Secretary shall begin implementation of the strategic plan within one year after the date of enactment of this paragraph.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (3); and

5. 2018

   TSA Modernization Act

   Pub. L. 115–254 § 1991(d)(21)(C) · 132 Stat. 3187

   Substituted · 49 U.S.C. § 44925(d)

   Pub. L. 115–254, § 1991(d)(21)(C), substituted “Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration” for “Assistant Secretary” in two places

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1991(d)(21)(C), substituted “Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration” for “Assistant Secretary” in two places.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (C) in subsection (d), by striking “Assistant Secretary” each place it appears and inserting “Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration”;

5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision