This bill would abolish the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) three years after the act becomes law. It requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, working with the Secretary of Transportation, to submit a reorganization plan within 90 days. The plan must create an Office of Aviation Security Oversight inside the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), transfer airport screening operations and equipment to private screening companies, and move surface transportation security functions (like mass transit, freight rail, highways, and pipelines) to the Department of Transportation. The Office in the FAA would oversee and regulate aviation security activities listed in 49 U.S.C. 44920 but would not perform screening itself. The bill requires regular reports to the Comptroller General and certain congressional committees and sets a process for congressional review and approval of the reorganization plan.
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The bill states a policy to privatize commercial airport security to increase cost-efficiency and security. It directs an orderly transfer of TSA authorities, programs, personnel, and equipment to private screeners and to other agencies where appropriate.
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