355 

Transportation Security Administration, DHS 

§ 1544.229 

to information that such cargo will be 
transported on a passenger aircraft; or 
who has unescorted access to cargo 
that has been screened for transport on 
a passenger aircraft; or who performs 
certain functions related to the trans-
portation, dispatch, or security of 
cargo for transport on a passenger air-
craft or all-cargo aircraft, as specified 
in the aircraft operator’s security pro-
gram; from the time— 

(i) The cargo reaches a location 

where an aircraft operator with a full 
all-cargo program consolidates or in-
spects it pursuant to security program 
requirements until the cargo enters an 
airport Security Identification Display 
Area or is transferred to another TSA- 
regulated aircraft operator, foreign air 
carrier, or indirect air carrier; or 

(ii) An aircraft operator with a full 

program accepts the cargo until the 
cargo— 

(A) Enters an airport Security Identi-

fication Display Area; 

(B) Is removed from the destination 

airport; or 

(C) Is transferred to another TSA- 

regulated aircraft operator, foreign air 
carrier, or indirect air carrier. 

(2) Each individual the aircraft oper-

ator authorizes to screen cargo or to 
supervise the screening of cargo under 
§ 1544.205. 

[74 FR 47704, Sept. 16, 2009] 

§ 1544.229

Fingerprint-based criminal 

history records checks (CHRC): 
Unescorted access authority, au-
thority to perform screening func-
tions, and authority to perform 
checked baggage or cargo func-
tions. 

This section applies to each aircraft 

operator operating under a full pro-
gram, a private charter program, or a 
full all-cargo program. 

(a) 

Scope. 

The following individuals 

are within the scope of this section. 
Unescorted access authority, authority 
to perform screening functions, and au-
thority to perform checked baggage or 
cargo functions, are collectively re-
ferred to as ‘‘covered functions.’’ 

(1) 

New unescorted access authority or 

authority to perform screening functions. 

(i) Each employee or contract em-
ployee covered under a certification 
made to an airport operator on or after 

December 6, 2001, pursuant to 14 CFR 
107.209(n) in effect prior to November 
14, 2001 (see 14 CFR parts 60 to 139 re-
vised as of January 1, 2001) or 
§ 1542.209(n) of this chapter. 

(ii) Each individual issued on or after 

December 6, 2001, an aircraft operator 
identification media that one or more 
airports accepts as airport-approved 
media for unescorted access authority 
within a security identification display 
area (SIDA), as described in § 1542.205 of 
this chapter (referred to as ‘‘unescorted 
access authority’’). 

(iii) Each individual granted author-

ity to perform the following screening 
functions at locations within the 
United States (referred to as ‘‘author-
ity to perform screening functions’’): 

(A) Screening passengers or property 

that will be carried in a cabin of an air-
craft of an aircraft operator required to 
screen passengers under this part. 

(B) Serving as an immediate super-

visor (checkpoint security supervisor 
(CSS)), and the next supervisory level 
(shift or site supervisor), to those indi-
viduals described in paragraphs 
(a)(1)(iii)(A) or (a)(1)(iii)(C) of this sec-
tion. 

(C) Screening cargo that will be car-

ried on an aircraft of an aircraft oper-
ator with a full all-cargo program. 

(2) 

Current unescorted access authority 

or authority to perform screening func-
tions. 

(i) Each employee or contract 

employee covered under a certification 
made to an airport operator pursuant 
to 14 CFR 107.31(n) in effect prior to 
November 14, 2001 (see 14 CFR parts 60 
to 139 revised as of January 1, 2001), or 
pursuant to 14 CFR 107.209(n) in effect 
prior to December 6, 2001 (see 14 CFR 
parts 60 to 139 revised as of January 1, 
2001). 

(ii) Each individual who holds on De-

cember 6, 2001, an aircraft operator 
identification media that one or more 
airports accepts as airport-approved 
media for unescorted access authority 
within a security identification display 
area (SIDA), as described in § 1542.205 of 
this chapter. 

(iii) Each individual who is per-

forming on December 6, 2001, a screen-
ing function identified in paragraph 
(a)(1)(iii) of this section. 

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