§44948 — Title 49 Transportation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Transportation Security Administration must have a National Deployment Office led by someone with supervisory experience chosen by the TSA Administrator. The office must keep a National Deployment Force made up of transportation security officers, their supervisors, and lead officers to provide quick help and to support Department of Homeland Security efforts to lower risks. That force must be able to fill in at airports that need extra staff for emergencies, busy travel seasons, hiring gaps, bad weather, heavy passenger loads, equipment problems, and similar needs; to help at special events that need extra security, including National Special Security Events; and to respond after manmade disasters, including terrorist attacks. The office must teach officers how to join the force, recruit them under a staffing plan the Administrator makes, give 1-year assignments (which can be extended if the officer asks and the Federal Security Director approves), and train officers for deployment.

Title 49, §44948

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(a)There is established within the Transportation Security Administration a National Deployment Office, to be headed by an individual with supervisory experience. Such individual shall be designated by the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.

(b)The individual designated as the head of the National Deployment Office shall be responsible for the following:

(1)Maintaining a National Deployment Force within the Transportation Security Administration, including transportation security officers, supervisory transportation security officers and lead transportation security officers, to provide the Administration with rapid and efficient response capabilities and augment the Department of Homeland Security’s homeland security operations to mitigate and reduce risk, including for the following:

(A)Airports temporarily requiring additional security personnel due to an emergency, seasonal demands, hiring shortfalls, severe weather conditions, passenger volume mitigation, equipment support, or other reasons.

(B)Special events requiring enhanced security including National Special Security Events, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

(C)Response in the aftermath of any manmade disaster, including any terrorist attack.

(D)Other such situations, as determined by the Administrator.

(2)Educating transportation security officers regarding how to participate in the Administration’s National Deployment Force.

(3)Recruiting officers to serve on the National Deployment Force, in accordance with a staffing model to be developed by the Administrator.

(4)Approving 1-year appointments for officers to serve on the National Deployment Force, with an option to extend upon officer request and with the approval of the appropriate Federal Security Director.

(5)Training officers to serve on the National Deployment Force.

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Career Development Pub. L. 115–254, div. K, title I, § 1988(d), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3623, provided that: “The Administrator [of the Transportation Security Administration] may consider service in the National Deployment Force as a positive factor when evaluating applicants for promotion opportunities within the TSA [Transportation Security Administration].”

§44948 National Deployment Office

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Title 49, §44948

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