The Aviation and Transportation Security Act (P.L. 107-71 or ATSA), signed on November 19, 2001, by President George W. Bush, significantly changed the way transportation security was managed and performed within the United States by creating the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) within the Department of Transportation (DOT) and vesting in the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security the responsibility for security for all modes of transportation. The Under Secretary was specifically directed, among other things, to: receive, assess, and distribute intelligence information related to transportation security; assess threats to transportation; develop policies, strategies, and plans for dealing with threats to transportation security; make other plans related to transportation security, including coordinating countermeasures with appropriate United States departments, agencies, and instrumentalities; and serve as the primary transportation security liaison to the intelligence and law enforcement communities. These were all functions formerly assigned to the OST Director of Intelligence and Security by the 1990 Act. The Under Secretary was also directed to perform numerous specific operational functions, research and development, inspection, and enforcement of regulations, all related to transportation security.


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    Title :

    Report to Congress on Transportation Security, March 31, 2003


    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    42 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English