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GAO-09-1043R 1 (2009-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwyn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I im T I M Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-318703 September 30, 2009 The Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV Chairman The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson Chairman The Honorable Peter T. King Ranking Minority Member Committee on Homeland Security House of Representatives Subject: Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration: Air Cargo Screening Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), entitled Air Cargo Screening (RIN: 1652-AA64). We received the rule on September 8, 2009. It was published in the Federal Register as an interim final rule; request for comments on September 16, 2009. 74 Fed. Reg. 47,672. The interim final rule codifies a statutory requirement of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act that TSA establish a system to screen 100 percent of cargo transported on passenger aircraft by August 3, 2010. Pub. L. No. 110-53 § 1602, 121 Stat. 266, 478 (2007). TSA determined it could not achieve this mandate by relying solely on aircraft operators to conduct screening because there is insufficient space and capacity for aircraft operators to screen the approximately 12 million pounds of cargo transported on passenger aircraft in the United States. Because TSA cannot meet the screening requirements established in the 9/11 Act for cargo loaded in the U.S. without a system in place to screen cargo off-airport by parties other than aircraft operators, this interim final rule establishes a program under which TSA will certify cargo screening facilities located in the U.S. that volunteer to screen cargo prior to tendering it to aircraft operators for carriage on passenger aircraft. The interim final rule requires affected passenger aircraft GAO-09-1043R

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