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49 U.S.C. § 115 — Transportation Security Oversight Board

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49 U.S.C. § 115 — Transportation Security Oversight Board

**(a) In General.—** There is established in the Department of Homeland Security a board to be known as the “Transportation Security Oversight Board”. **(b) Membership.—** (1) **Number and appointment.—** — The Board shall be composed of 7 members as follows: (A) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary’s designee. (B) The Secretary of Transportation, or the Secretary’s designee. (C) The Attorney General, or the Attorney General’s designee. (D) The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary’s designee. (E) The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s designee. (F) The Director of National Intelligence, or the Director’s designee. (G) One member appointed by the President to represent the National Security Council. (2) **Chairperson.—** — The Chairperson of the Board shall be the Secretary of Homeland Security. **(c) Duties.—** The Board shall— (1) review and ratify or disapprove any regulation or security directive issued by the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration under section 114(l)(2) within 30 days after the date of issuance of such regulation or directive; (2) facilitate the coordination of intelligence, security, and law enforcement activities affecting transportation; (3) facilitate the sharing of intelligence, security, and law enforcement information affecting transportation among Federal agencies and with carriers and other transportation providers as appropriate; (4) explore the technical feasibility of developing a common database of individuals who may pose a threat to transportation or national security; (5) review plans for transportation security; (6) make recommendations to the Administrator regarding matters reviewed under paragraph (5). **(d) Quarterly Meetings.—** The Board shall me

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**(a) In General.—** There is established in the Department of Homeland Security a board to be known as the “Transportation Security Oversight Board”. **(b) Membership.—** (1) **Number and appointment.—** — The Board shall be composed of 7 members as follows: (A) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary’s designee. (B) The Secretary of Transportation, or the Secretary’s designee. (C) The Attorney General, or the Attorney General’s designee. (D) The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary’s designee. (E) The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s designee. (F) The Director of National Intelligence, or the Director’s designee. (G) One member appointed by the President to represent the National Security Council. (2) **Chairperson.—** — The Chairperson of the Board shall be the Secretary of Homeland Security. **(c) Duties.—** The Board shall— (1) review and ratify or disapprove any regulation or security directive issued by the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration under section 114(l)(2) within 30 days after the date of issuance of such regulation or directive; (2) facilitate the coordination of intelligence, security, and law enforcement activities affecting transportation; (3) facilitate the sharing of intelligence, security, and law enforcement information affecting transportation among Federal agencies and with carriers and other transportation providers as appropriate; (4) explore the technical feasibility of developing a common database of individuals who may pose a threat to transportation or national security; (5) review plans for transportation security; (6) make recommendations to the Administrator regarding matters reviewed under paragraph (5). **(d) Quarterly Meetings.—** The Board shall meet at least quarterly. **(e) Consideration of Security Information.—** A majority of the Board may vote to close a meeting of the Board to the public, except that meetings shall be closed to the public whenever classified,11 So in original. The word “information” probably should be inserted. sensitive security information, or information protected in accordance with section 40119(b),22 See References in Text note below. will be discussed.

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49 U.S.C. § 40119 — Sensitive security information

**(a) Disclosure.—** (1) **Regulations prohibiting disclosure.—** — Notwithstanding the establishment of a Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Transportation, in accordance with [section 552(b)(3)(B) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552/b/3/B&num=0&edition=prelim), shall prescribe regulations prohibiting disclosure of information obtained or developed in ensuring security under this title if the Secretary of Transportation decides disclosing the information would— (A) be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; (B) reveal a trade secret or privileged or confidential commercial or financial information; or (C) be detrimental to transportation safety. (2) **Disclosure to congress.—** — Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to authorize information to be withheld from a committee of Congress authorized to have such information. (3) **Rule of construction.—** — Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to authorize the designation of information as sensitive security information (as such term is defined in section 15.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations) to— (A) conceal a violation of law, inefficiency, or administrative error; (B) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency; (C) restrain competition; or (D) prevent or delay the release of information that does not require protection in the interest of transportation security, including basic scientific research information not clearly related to transportation security. (4) **Law enforcement disclosure.—** — [Section 552a of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not apply to disclosures that the Administrator may make from the s

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6 U.S.C. § 542 — Federal air marshal program

(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security. (2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.

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6 U.S.C. § 101 — Cyber incident review

**(a) Activities** The Center shall— (1) receive, aggregate, analyze, and secure, using processes consistent with the processes developed pursuant to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ([6 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) reports from covered entities related to a covered cyber incident to assess the effectiveness of security controls, identify tactics, techniques, and procedures adversaries use to overcome those controls and other cybersecurity purposes, including to assess potential impact of cyber incidents on public health and safety and to enhance situational awareness of cyber threats across critical infrastructure sectors; (2) coordinate and share information with appropriate Federal departments and agencies to identify and track ransom payments, including those utilizing virtual currencies; (3) leverage information gathered about cyber incidents to— (A) enhance the quality and effectiveness of information sharing and coordination efforts with appropriate entities, including agencies, sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, critical infrastructure owners and operators, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers; and (B) provide appropriate entities, including sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers, with timely, actionable, and anonymized reports of cyber incident campaigns and trends, including, to the maximum extent practicable

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49 U.S.C. § 115 — Transportation Security Oversight Board

Page 82 TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION § 115 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of law, any statutory limitation on the number of em- ployees in the Transportation Security Administration, before or after its transfer to the Department of Home- land Security from the Department of Transportation, does not apply after fiscal year 2007. ‘‘(b) AVIATION SECURITY.—Notwithstanding any provi- sion of law imposing a limitation on the recruiting or hiring of personnel into the Transportation Security Administration to a maximum number of permanent positions, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall re- cruit and hire such personnel into the Administration as may be necessary— ‘‘(1) to provide appropriate levels of aviation secu- rity; and ‘‘(2) to accomplish that goal in such a manner that the average aviation security-related delay experi- enced by airline passengers is reduced to a level of less than 10 minutes.’’ LEASE OF PROPERTY TO TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES Pub. L. 109–90, title V, § 514, Oct. 18, 2005, 119 Stat. 2084, provided that: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, the Administrator of the Transportation Se- curity Administration may impose a reasonable charge for the lease of real and personal property to Transpor- tation Security Administration employees and for use by Transportation Security Administration employees and may credit amounts received to the appropriation or fund initially charged for operating and maintaining the property, which amounts shall be available, with- out fiscal year limitation, for expenditure for property management, operation, protection, construction, re- pair, alteration, and related activities.’’ Similar provisions were co

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