Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part C · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization
§ 233. Functions of Transportation Security Administration
Statutory text
Consultation with Federal Aviation Administration
The Secretary and other officials in the Department shall consult with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration before taking any action that might affect aviation safety, air carrier operations, aircraft airworthiness, or the use of airspace. The Secretary shall establish a liaison office within the Department for the purpose of consulting with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Report to Congress
Not later than 60 days after , the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress a report containing a plan for complying with the requirements of section 44901(d) of title 49.
Limitations on statutory construction
Grant of authority
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to vest in the Secretary or any other official in the Department any authority over transportation security that is not vested in the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security, or in the Secretary of Transportation under chapter 449 of title 49 on the day before .
Obligation of AIP funds
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize the Secretary or any other official in the Department to obligate amounts made available under section 48103 of title 49.
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.
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–296 title IV § 423 · 116 Stat. 2135
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 233
(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 423, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2185.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 423, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2185.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 423. FUNCTIONS OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. (a) Consultation With Federal Aviation Administration.— The Secretary and other officials in the Department shall consult with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration before taking any action that might affect aviation safety, air carrier operations, aircraft airworthiness, or the use of airspace. The Secretary shall establish a liaison office within the Department for the purpose of consulting with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. (b) Report to Congress.— Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress a report containing a plan for complying with the requirements of section 44901(d) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 425 of this Act. (c) Limitations on Statutory Construction.— (1) Grant of authority.— Nothing in this Act may be construed to vest in the Secretary or any other official in the Department any authority over transportation security that is not vested in the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security, or in the Secretary of Transportation under chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. (2) Obligation of aip funds.— Nothing in this Act may be construed to authorize the Secretary or any other official in the Department to obligate amounts made available under section 48103 of title 49, United States Code.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 107–296, , 116 Stat. 2135, known as the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Reference to Under Secretary of Transportation for Security deemed to refer to Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, see section 1994 of Pub. L. 115–254, set out as a note under section 114 of Title 49, Transportation.