Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73not60

§565 Maintenance Validation and Oversight

Title 6 › Chapter 1— HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter XII–A— TRANSPORTATION SECURITY › Part C— Maintenance of Security-related Technology › § 565

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must create and start a preventive maintenance validation process for security technology used at airports within 180 days after October 5, 2018. If airport staff do the maintenance, the process must give clear guidance on how to do and record preventive work and include ways for the Administrator to check that the guidance was followed. If contractors do the work, the process must require monthly maintenance schedules, notices to airport staff when actions are finished, and independent third‑party checks. Contracts entered into 60 days after October 5, 2018 or later must include penalties if required preventive or corrective maintenance is not done according to the contract and manufacturers’ specifications.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §565

Domestic Security — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Not later than 180 days after October 5, 2018, the Administrator shall develop and implement a preventive maintenance validation process for security-related technology deployed to airports.

(b)For maintenance to be carried out by Administration personnel at airports, the process referred to in subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1)Guidance to Administration personnel at airports specifying how to conduct and document preventive maintenance actions.

(2)Mechanisms for the Administrator to verify compliance with the guidance issued pursuant to paragraph (1).

(c)For maintenance to be carried by a contractor at airports, the process referred to in subsection (a) shall require the following:

(1)Provision of monthly preventative maintenance schedules to appropriate Administration personnel at each airport that includes information on each action to be completed by contractor.11 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “a”.

(2)Notification to appropriate Administration personnel at each airport when maintenance action is completed by a contractor.

(3)A process for independent validation by a third party of contractor maintenance.

(d)The Administrator shall require maintenance for any contracts entered into 60 days after October 5, 2018, or later for security-related technology deployed to airports to include penalties for noncompliance when it is determined that either preventive or corrective maintenance has not been completed according to contractual requirements and manufacturers’ specifications.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 565

Title 6 — Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60