11mm! mitts :5th NE (W CDMMERH HON shalt; 5 ?Mm-Muir? May 11.2015 Mr. Melvin Can-away Acling Administralur Transportation Security Administralion S. of Homeland Securiry 60] 12m Strcer South v? Arlington, Virginia 22202 Dear Mr, Canaway: . . I A On March l7. 20l5. wt: to you regarginy J?yfrianmcidents and irrth mg the use ol' Secure ldenli?caliqn Dispiai Liniyadges thal can be us Wyn/luv. gL um scuter areas al domestic V: askecl mu to providc. among [Mrrgiciciru'led infonnallon about SIDA b?dges 'qu un-?lost; missing. are herwrw unaccopnmj crib: Cummiuer: also (iiL mad wit isshe al an April '14. reaulhoriration aflhe Federal . - In??ournt'r?uqn dated April l. ymtatbd ?lm the TSA does not issue or manage Hdmni?cuiim: media such as SloAmg?CS?h?ii/IM this responsibility fails to airport operatorsr iccurJiqg/ru your response, Minor he '15 is instead to set regulatory stan?ards for the irrvpienimtatioli ui?securily mun-mms at including personnel identi?cation systems. and 4.: take civil enforcmom Aucluu the imposition of?nes forviolalions standards. You aisn slalcd. thaw :he ?(utmaintain a record ofairpon identi?cation media that are lost or r. Lusho: he received raises more questions than it answers. and we ask that you lopond -[iy?ljiowingqucstions: Pleas: explain Further the requirements and procedures by which airport opemlors report In TSA pursuant to applicable regululury requiremems and security directives on personnel identi?cation systems, and the mechanisms by which TSA and maintains its oversighl ol'airpcm operators under these regulations and directives. il?the does not maintain a record of the number of badges unaccounted for at airports, how does TSA side-qualer monitor compliance and performance of nirporl operators. identify airports Mr, Melvin Carraway May 1 l. 2015 Page 2 with persistent and initiate remediation efforts like additional twining and l?andam screening? Has the TSA impeded any ?nes or conducted any enforcement actions pursuant to the miles discussed above in the last ten years? If so? for cacti enforcement union taken. describe the incident or incidents that justi?ed enforcement at a particular airportts) and nature of the enforcement action taken, including the amount of any ?nes assessed TSA regulations, codi?ed at 49 C.F.R 1542.21 tennis dint atrp . operatois' personnel identi?cation systems inglude ptort-uutes LU ensure accountability through reporting of lost or Sltilt-n identi?mlihn tucdia and auditing of the system at least once a year and maintenance at those records for one year. 5? a: What. tfuny. speci?c prucedurt'x dint-s require for airport OPEl'hiOln to report lost or stolen SIEM- hidg3~ Du airport art'th ?uubnill the results or their annual audits to not. how can ISA runduct e?bctive Mcrsigli' of of the $le hildgr x) stem without lhis informult-?u? 9' tecuru; directives rcquirf inrporr tors to reissue identi?cation inedie timer: than live nf bung..- ztre lost or unaccounted for at .vstimc oFari audit . Haw does TSA deter-mite ll airports reach this percentage threshold? Does lite agent} rely on airport operalurs In proactively tepurl Such an even' Whi is this ?ve pmeent threshold appropriate from a security and hwy did TSA arrive at this amount? t. ilns WA ever required an airport operator to reissue SIDA badges because that operator reached the ?ve percent threshold? If so. please provide a list of oath instance in the last ten years in which an operator has reissued all identi?cation media. as well as the iitt'orinulion the opermor provided In the TSA about the circumstances that triggered the badge teissuance u. Mr, Mclvin Cutaway May I I. ZUIS Page 3 Please provide your responses as soon as possible, but by no laxcr than May 21, 2015? The Committee is making Ihis request pursuant Io ils nuthm?ily under Senate Rules XXV and XXVI, Thank you for your promm mention to Ihis imponant mauer. Sincerely. JOHN THUNE Chairman Em; Chair Km?cing Member Subcammiucc on Avialiun Upgral'mns. ~Subcomminec an Aviadm?upgr'aum?r: Safely. and Security Safety. and