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§45107 Transportation Security Administration

Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VII— - AVIATION PROGRAMS › Part PART A— - AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY › Subpart subpart iii— - safety › Chapter CHAPTER 451— - ALCOHOL AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TESTING › § 45107

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The power to run tests for airport security screeners moves from the FAA Administrator to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, and those tests must be done by the screeners’ employers instead of by airlines or foreign airlines. The rules that apply to FAA employees with safety‑sensitive duties also apply to TSA employees with security‑sensitive duties.

Full Legal Text

Title 49, §45107

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(a)The authority of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration under this chapter with respect to programs relating to testing of airport security screening personnel are transferred to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. Notwithstanding section 45102(a), the regulations prescribed under section 45102(a) shall require testing of such personnel by their employers instead of by air carriers and foreign air carriers.
(b)The provisions of this chapter that apply with respect to employees of the Federal Aviation Administration whose duties include responsibility for safety-sensitive functions shall apply with respect to employees of the Transportation Security Administration whose duties include responsibility for security-sensitive functions.

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2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1991(e)(1), substituted “Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration” for “Under Secretary of Transportation for Security”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–254, § 1991(e)(2), struck out at end “The Under Secretary of Transportation for Security, the Transportation Security Administration, and employees of the Transportation Security Administration whose duties include responsibility for security-sensitive functions shall be subject to and comply with such provisions in the same manner and to the same extent as the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration whose duties include responsibility for safety-sensitive functions, respectively.”

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 45107

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73