[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 1353 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 24
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1353
[Report No. 115-44]
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain
additional information to be submitted to Congress regarding the
strategic 5-year technology investment plan of the Transportation
Security Administration.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 2, 2017
Miss Rice of New York (for herself, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Keating,
and Mr. Katko) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Homeland Security
March 20, 2017
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain
additional information to be submitted to Congress regarding the
strategic 5-year technology investment plan of the Transportation
Security Administration.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency in Technological
Acquisitions Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS UNDER THE
STRATEGIC 5-YEAR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT PLAN OF THE
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Additional Information Required.--Section 1611 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 563) is amended--
(1) in subsection (g)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``biennially'' and inserting ``annually'';
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'';
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and
inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(3) information about acquisitions completed during the
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year during which the report
is submitted.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(h) Notice of Covered Changes to Plan.--
``(1) Notice required.--The Administrator shall submit to
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives notice of any covered change to the Plan by not
later than 90 days after the date on which the change is made.
``(2) Definition of change.--In this subsection, the term
`covered change' means an increase or decrease in the dollar
amount allocated to the procurement of a technology or an
increase or decrease in the number of a technology.''.
(b) Report on Equipment in Operation Post-Life-Cycle.--Not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives a report describing any equipment of the Transportation
Security Administration that is in operation after--
(1) the end of the life-cycle of the equipment specified by
the manufacturer of the equipment; or
(2) the end of the useful life projection for the equipment
under the strategic 5-year technology investment plan of the
Transportation Security Administration, as required by section
1611 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 563).
(c) Notice to Airports and Airlines.--Upon the enactment of this
Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration
shall notify airports and airlines of any changes to the 5-year
technology investment plan of the Transportation Security
Administration.
Union Calendar No. 24
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1353
[Report No. 115-44]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain
additional information to be submitted to Congress regarding the
strategic 5-year technology investment plan of the Transportation
Security Administration.
_______________________________________________________________________
March 20, 2017
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed