---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1544.228"
title: "49"
number: "1544.228"
heading: "Access to cargo and cargo screening: Security threat assessments for cargo personnel in the United States."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1544.228"
---

# §1544.228. Access to cargo and cargo screening: Security threat assessments for cargo personnel in the United States.


This section applies in the United States to each aircraft operator operating under a full program under [§ 1544.101(a)](/cfr/49/1544.101.md?p=a) or a full all-cargo program under [§ 1544.101(h)](/cfr/49/1544.101.md?p=h).

- (a) Before an aircraft operator authorizes and before an individual performs a function described in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section—
  - (1) Each individual must successfully complete a security threat assessment or comparable security threat assessment described in [part 1540](/cfr/49/part1540.md) [subpart C](/cfr/49/subpartC.md) of this chapter; and
  - (2) Each aircraft operator must complete the requirements in [part 1540](/cfr/49/part1540.md) subpart C.
- (b) The security threat assessment required in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section applies to the following:
  - (1) Each individual who has unescorted access to cargo and access 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 transportation, dispatch, or security of cargo for transport on a passenger aircraft or all-cargo aircraft, as specified in the aircraft operator's security program; from the time—
    - (i) The cargo reaches a location where an aircraft operator with a full all-cargo program consolidates or inspects 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 Identification 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 operator authorizes to screen cargo or to supervise the screening of cargo under [§ 1544.205](/cfr/49/1544.205.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[74 FR 47704, Sept. 16, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 114, 5103, 40113, 44901-44905, 44907, 44913-44914, 44916-44918, 44932, 44935-44936, 44942, 46105.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 8364, Feb. 22, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[74 FR 47704, Sept. 16, 2009]