STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3243

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 54

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 54 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY OF ADOPTING THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S SCREENING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND TO MAKE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of adopting the Transportation Security Administration's Screening Partnership Program.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

     Your Committee finds 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.  Using a private contractor allows airports to flex the number of security screeners scheduled to better match passenger volume, which can fluctuate seasonally.  As of April 2015, twenty-one airports throughout the United States have joined the Screening Partnership Program. 

     Your Committee requests that the Committee on Ways and Means, should it consider this measure for adoption, to amend this measure to request the Department of Transportation to report to the Legislature its findings and recommendations no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2018.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Energy that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 54 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Energy,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair