---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 44947"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "44947"
heading: "Air cargo security division"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/44947"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart iii — safety"
  - "Chapter 449 — Security"
  - "Subchapter II — Administration and Personnel"
---

# §44947. Air cargo security division

- (a) **Establishment.—** Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the TSA Modernization Act, the Administrator shall establish an air [cargo](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-12) security division to carry out and engage with stakeholders regarding the implementation of air [cargo](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-12) security programs established by the Administration.
- (b) **Leadership; Staffing.—** The air [cargo](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-12) security division established pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) shall be headed by an individual in the executive service within the TSA and be staffed by not fewer than 4 full-time equivalents, including the head of the division.
- (c) **Staffing.—** The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall staff the air [cargo](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-12) security division with existing TSA personnel.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. K, title I, § 1943(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3584.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of enactment of the TSA Modernization Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of title I of div. K of Pub. L. 115–254, which was approved Oct. 5, 2018.