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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 44904. Domestic air transportation system security
(a) Assessing Threats. - The Under Secretary of Transportation
for Security and the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation jointly shall assess current and potential threats to
the domestic air transportation system. The assessment shall
include consideration of the extent to which there are individuals
with the capability and intent to carry out terrorist or related
unlawful acts against that system and the ways in which those
individuals might carry out those acts. The Under Secretary and the
Director jointly shall decide on and carry out the most effective
method for continuous analysis and monitoring of security threats
to that system.
(b) Assessing Security. - In coordination with the Director, the
Under Secretary shall carry out periodic threat and vulnerability
assessments on security at each airport that is part of the
domestic air transportation system. Each assessment shall include
consideration of -
(1) the adequacy of security procedures related to the handling
and transportation of checked baggage and cargo;
(2) space requirements for security personnel and equipment;
(3) separation of screened and unscreened passengers, baggage,
and cargo;
(4) separation of the controlled and uncontrolled areas of
airport facilities; and
(5) coordination of the activities of security personnel of the
Transportation Security Administration, the United States Customs
Service, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and air
carriers, and of other law enforcement personnel.
(c) Improving Security. - The Under Secretary shall take
necessary actions to improve domestic air transportation security
by correcting any deficiencies in that security discovered in the
assessments, analyses, and monitoring carried out under this
section.
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