US Congress House Bill 3102 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Engrossed on October 7 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-07 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Airport Access Control Security Improvement Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a risk-based, intelligence-driven model for the screening of airport employees based on level of employment-related access to Secure Identification Display Areas, Airport Operations Areas, or secure areas at U.S. airports. TSA shall conduct an aviation security risk-based review of certain federal disqualifying criminal offenses to determine their appropriateness as a basis for denying an employee a credential that allows unescorted access to Secure Identification Display Areas of airports. TSA shall provide a redress process for employees subject to an adverse employment decision (including removal or suspension) due to a disqualifying offense that is consistent with the appeals and waiver process for applicants for commercial motor vehicle hazardous materials endorsements and transportation workers at ports. TSA shall review the auditing procedures for all airport-issued identification media. TSA shall: establish a program to allow airport badging offices to use "E-Verify" to determine eligibility to work in the United States of all applicants seeking access to secure areas of airports, establish a process to transmit applicants' biometric fingerprint data to the Office of Biometric Identity Management's Automated Biometrics Identification System for vetting, assess credential application data received by DHS to ensure it is complete and matches data submitted by airport operators. TSA shall establish a nationwide program for the anonymous reporting of violations of airport security. TSA shall: establish a national database of employees who have had either their airport or aircraft operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation requirements, determine the appropriate mechanisms for airports and airlines to submit such data and access the database, and establish a process to allow individuals whose names were mistakenly entered into the database to have them removed and their credentialing restored. The Aviation Security Advisory Committee shall update and review airport access controls. TSA shall conduct a cost and feasibility study of a significant number of Category I, II, and X airports that ensures that all employee entry and exit points that lead to airport secured areas comprise the following: a secure door that uses card and pin entry or biometric technology, surveillance video recording capable of storing video data for at least 30 days, and certain advanced screening technologies (including at least one of the following: magnetometer [walk through or hand-held], explosives detection canines or explosives trace detection swabbing, advanced imaging technology, or X-ray bag screening technology). The Government Accountability Office shall assess the quality and reliability of the study.

Airport Access Control Security Improvement Act of 2015

Rep. John Katko [R-NY]

Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]

Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-07	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2015-10-06	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2015-10-06	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6811-6812)
2015-10-06	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3102.
2015-10-06	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6811-6813)
2015-10-06	House	Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2015-10-06	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 215.
2015-10-06	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-283.
2015-09-30	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2015-09-30	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-07-23	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
2015-07-23	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-07-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
2015-07-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
2015-07-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3102/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3102/BILLS-114hr3102ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3102/BILLS-114hr3102rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3102/BILLS-114hr3102eh.pdf