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DHS/TSA RIN: 1652-AA65 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: False Statements Regarding Security Background Checks 
Abstract: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will issue a final rule codifying the provisions of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, to ensure that public transportation agencies, railroad carriers, and their respective contractors and subcontractors do not knowingly misrepresent Federal guidance concerning security background checks of covered individuals. 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 1515   
Legal Authority: PL 110-53, sec 1414(e)    PL 110-53, sec 1522(e)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  sections 1414(e) and 1522(e) of the 9/11 Commission Act require a rule within 1 year of enactment concerning false statements regarding security background checks of covered individuals.  08/00/2008 

Overall Description of Deadline: Sections 1414(e) and 1522(e) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-53, 121 Stat. 266, 421, 449, Aug. 3, 2007) requires that, within 1 year of enactment, the Secretary of Homeland Security issue a regulation that prohibits public transportation and railroad carrier employers and their contractors from making false statements to their employees regarding security background checks as incorporated in TSA regulations, directives, or guidance.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  07/31/2008  73 FR 44665   
Interim Final Rule Effective  07/31/2008    
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  09/02/2008    
Final Action  05/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Local, State 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Susan Berkeley
Sr. Economist, Regulatory Development and Economic Analysis
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Office of Transportation Sector Network Management, TSA-28, HQ, E10-344N, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 20598-6028
Phone:571 227-4892
Fax:571 227-1362
Email: susan.berkeley@dhs.gov

Ellen Siegler
Assistant Chief Counsel, Regulations and Security Standards Division
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
TSA-2, Office of the Chief Counsel, TSA-2, HQ, E12-319N, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 20598-6002
Phone:571 227-2723
Fax:571 227-1379
Email: ellen.siegler@dhs.gov