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 118 STAT. 1319 PUBLIC LAW 108–334—OCT. 18, 2004 seven a term of 2 years, and one class of seven a term of 3 years.’’. SEC. 521. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under paragraphs (1) and (2) of the State and Local Programs heading under title III of this Act are exempt from section 6503(a) of title 31, United States Code. SEC. 522. (a) None of the funds provided by this or previous appropriations Acts may be obligated for deployment or implementa tion, on other than a test basis, of the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) or Secure Flight or other follow on/successor programs, that the Transportation Security Adminis tration (TSA), or any other Department of Homeland Security component, plans to utilize to screen aviation passengers, until the Government Accountability Office has reported to the Commit tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa tives that— (1) a system of due process exists whereby aviation pas sengers determined to pose a threat are either delayed or prohibited from boarding their scheduled flights by the TSA may appeal such decision and correct erroneous information contained in CAPPS II or Secure Flight or other follow on/ successor programs; (2) the underlying error rate of the government and private data bases that will be used both to establish identity and assign a risk level to a passenger will not produce a large number of false positives that will result in a significant number of passengers being treated mistakenly or security resources being diverted; (3) the TSA has stress tested and demonstrated the efficacy and accuracy of all search tools in CAPPS II or Secure Flight or other follow on/successor programs and has demonstrated that CAPPS II or Secure Flight or other follow on/successor programs can make an accurate predictive assessment of those passengers who may constitute a threat to aviation; (4) the Secretary of Homeland Security has established an internal oversight board to monitor the manner in which CAPPS II or Secure Flight or other follow on/successor pro grams are being developed and prepared; (5) the TSA has built in sufficient operational safeguards to reduce the opportunities for abuse; (6) substantial security measures are in place to protect CAPPS II or Secure Flight or other follow on/successor pro grams from unauthorized access by hackers or other intruders; (7) the TSA has adopted policies establishing effective over sight of the use and operation of the system; (8) there are no specific privacy concerns with the techno logical architecture of the system; (9) the TSA has, pursuant to the requirements of section 44903 (i)(2)(A) of title 49, United States Code, modified CAPPS II or Secure Flight or other follow on/successor programs with respect to intrastate transportation to accommodate States with unique air transportation needs and passengers who might otherwise regularly trigger primary selectee status; and (10) appropriate life cycle cost estimates, and expenditure and program plans exist. (b) During the testing phase permitted by paragraph (a) of this section, no information gathered from passengers, foreign or Reports.

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