STAND. COM. REP. NO. 381

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 241

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Transportation and Energy and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 241 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AIRPORT SCREENING,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Require the Airports Division of the Department of Transportation to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and advisability of the Honolulu International Airport's participation in the Transportation Security Administration's screening partnership program; and

 

     (2)  Require the Airports Division of the Department of Transportation to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2018.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Transportation.

 

     Your Committees find that the screening partnership program of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) contracts security screening services at commercial airports to qualified private companies, which run screening operations under federal oversight and in compliance with all TSA security screening procedures.  The overriding goal of the screening partnership program is to ensure that participating airports provide services that meet TSA security and performance standards, and maximize cost savings for taxpayers.  This measure will assist in determining whether the Honolulu International Airport could realize a real benefit from participation in the TSA's screening partnership program.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Energy and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 241 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Energy and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

 

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair