Expected Legislation to Address TSA Port Security Strategies
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., and Ranking Member Bill Nelson, D-Fla., plan to introduce bipartisan legislation to improve air and maritime port security, after a Department of Homeland Security inspector general report found the Transportation Security Administration doesn’t…
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have an adequate security strategy, a committee spokesperson said. “While TSA’s role at airports is most visible, and remains critically important, the agency has a responsibility to stay ahead of threats and secure all U.S. transportation systems,” Thune said in a statement (here). “To help ensure that complacency and a lack of analysis described by the inspector general does not create vulnerabilities for terrorists to exploit, the Commerce Committee will soon introduce bipartisan legislation to improve how TSA assesses and responds to security risks.”