ENHANCED SECURITY PROGRAMS.

SEC. 312. ENHANCED SECURITY PROGRAMS. (a) In General.— Chapter 449 is amended by adding at the end of subchapter I the following: 110 STAT. 3254 “§ 44916. Assessments and evaluations “(a) Periodic Assessments.— The Administrator shall require each air carrier and airport (including the airport owner or operator in cooperation with the air carriers and vendors serving each airport) that provides for intrastate, interstate, or foreign air transportation to conduct periodic vulnerability assessments of the security systems of that air carrier or airport, respectively. The Administraion shall perform periodic audits of such assessments. “(b) Investigations.— The Administrator shall conduct periodic and unannounced inspections of security systems of airports and air carriers to determine the effectiveness and vulnerabilities of such systems. To the extent allowable by law, the Administrator may provide for anonymous tests of those security systems.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 44915 the following: “44916. Assessments and evaluations.”.