Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110

§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 Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must set up and start a preventive maintenance validation process for airport security technology within 180 days after October 5, 2018. For work done by agency staff, the process must give clear instructions on how to perform and record preventive maintenance and include ways for the Administrator to confirm staff are following those instructions. For contractor work, the process must require monthly maintenance schedules, notification when tasks are finished, and independent third‑party checks. Contracts entered into 60 days after October 5, 2018 must include penalties if preventive or corrective maintenance is not completed according to the contract and manufacturers’ specifications.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §565

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(a)In general

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)Maintenance by Administration personnel at airports

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)Maintenance by contractors at airports

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.

(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)Penalties for noncompliance

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

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110