49 U.S.C. § 44916 : US Code - Section 44916: Assessments and evaluations

Search 49 U.S.C. § 44916 : US Code - Section 44916: Assessments and evaluations

(a) Periodic Assessments. - The Under Secretary of Transportation
for Security shall require each air carrier and airport (including
the airport owner or operator in cooperation with the air carriers
and vendors serving each airport) that provides for intrastate,
interstate, or foreign air transportation to conduct periodic
vulnerability assessments of the security systems of that air
carrier or airport, respectively. The Transportation Security
Administration shall perform periodic audits of such assessments.
(b) Investigations. - The Under Secretary shall conduct periodic
and unannounced inspections of security systems of airports and air
carriers to determine the effectiveness and vulnerabilities of such
systems. To the extent allowable by law, the Under Secretary may
provide for anonymous tests of those security systems.