S.Amdt. 3632

SA 3632. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3464 submitted by Mr.
Thune (for himself and Mr. Nelson) to the bill H.R. 636, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing
limitations, and for other purposes; which

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was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROMOTION OF EXIT LANE BREACH CONTROL TECHNOLOGY.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administration.--The term ``Administration'' means the
Transportation Security Administration.
(2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Administration.
(3) Exit lane breach control technology.--The term ``exit
lane breach control technology'' refers to any automated
system, or series of systems, designed to monitor exit points
from an airport sterile area.
(4) Sterile area.--The term ``sterile area'' has the
meaning given that term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code
of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar
regulation or ruling)
(b) Standards and Requirements.--
(1) Initial requirement.--Not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
develop standards and requirements for the use of exit lane
breach control technology at airports.
(2) Qualified product list.--The Administrator shall
establish, publically post, and maintain a qualified product
list of exit land breach control technology that shall
includes all previously-approved systems.
(c) Benefits for Airports Using Exit Lane Breach Control
Technology.--
(1) Eligibility for benefits.--If an airport deploys, on a
nonreimbursable basis, exit lane breach control technology
that satisfies the standards and requirements developed under
subsection (b) and the deployment results in the need for
fewer employees of the Administration to monitor exit points
from an airport sterile area, the airport's Federal security
director may reallocate such employees to other
transportation security missions, including passenger
screening, within that airport if the Administrator certifies
that the reallocation will not negatively impact the security
of that airport.
(2) No loss of administration employees.--
(A) In general.--The Administrator may not decrease, under
the Staffing Allocation Model, any successor allocation
process, or any other circumstances, the number of employees
of the Administration assigned to an airport that deploys, on
a nonreimbursable basis, exit lane breach control technology
that satisfies the standards and requirements developed under
subsection (b) on the basis that the deployment results in
the need for fewer such employees to provide security for
sterile areas of the airport.
(B) Minimum staffing levels.--Subject to subparagraph (C),
if an airport is eligible for the Administrator to reallocate
employees under paragraph (1), the Administrator--
(i) shall determine the minimum number of full-time
equivalent employees of the Administration required for that
airport prior to the deployment of the exit lane breach
control technology; and
(ii) may not allocate a number of employees of the
Administration for that airport for any year that is less
than such minimum number.
(C) Waiver of minimum staffing levels.--If the
Administrator has determined a minimum number of full-time
equivalent employees of the Administration required for an
airport under subparagraph (B)(i), the Administrator may only
allocate a number of employees of the Administration for that
airport that is less than such minimum number if the total
passenger count for that airport in any 6-month period
declines more than 5 percent compared to the same 6-month
period during the preceding calendar year.
(D) Notification to congress.--The Administrator shall
notify the appropriate committees of Congress, the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate,
and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives not less than 45 days prior to making an
allocation authorized under subparagraph (C).
(d) Responsibility for Monitoring Passenger Exit Points.--
If an airport is eligible for the Administrator to reallocate
employees under subsection (c)(1), the Administrator shall
have met the responsibility of the Administration to monitor
passenger exit points required by subsection (n) of section
44903 of title 49, United States Code.
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