[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1542.219]

[Page 313]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1542--AIRPORT SECURITY--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C--Operations
 
Sec. 1542.219  Supplementing law enforcement personnel.

    (a) When TSA decides, after being notified by an airport operator as 
prescribed in this section, that not enough qualified State, local, and 
private law enforcement personnel are available to carry out the 
requirements of Sec. 1542.215, TSA may authorize the airport operator to 
use, on a reimbursable basis, personnel employed by TSA, or by another 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government with the 
consent of the head of the department, agency, or instrumentality to 
supplement State, local, and private law enforcement personnel.
    (b) Each request for the use of Federal personnel must be submitted 
to TSA and include the following information:
    (1) The number of passengers enplaned at the airport during the 
preceding calendar year and the current calendar year as of the date of 
the request.
    (2) The anticipated risk of criminal violence, sabotage, aircraft 
piracy, and other unlawful interference to civil aviation operations.
    (3) A copy of that portion of the security program which describes 
the law enforcement support necessary to comply with Sec. 1542.215.
    (4) The availability of law enforcement personnel who meet the 
requirements of Sec. 1542.217, including a description of the airport 
operator's efforts to obtain law enforcement support from State, local, 
and private agencies and the responses of those agencies.
    (5) The airport operator's estimate of the number of Federal 
personnel needed to supplement available law enforcement personnel and 
the period of time for which they are needed.
    (6) A statement acknowledging responsibility for providing 
reimbursement for the cost of providing Federal personnel.
    (7) Any other information TSA considers necessary.
    (c) In response to a request submitted in accordance with this 
section, TSA may authorize, on a reimbursable basis, the use of 
personnel employed by a Federal agency, with the consent of the head of 
that agency.