[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1502.1]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1502_ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1502.1  Responsibilities of the Administrator.




    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3345, 49 U.S.C. 114, 40113, 44901-44907, 44913-
44914, 44916-44920, 44935-44936, 44942, 46101-46105, 45107, 46110.

    Source:  67 FR 48049, July 23, 2002, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) The Administrator is responsible for the planning, direction, 
and control of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and for 
security in all modes of transportation. The Administrator's 
responsibility includes carrying out chapter 449 of title 49, United 
States Code, relating to civil aviation security, and related research 
and development activities, and security responsibilities over other 
modes of transportation that are exercised by the Department of 
Transportation.
    (b) The Deputy Administrator is the ``first assistant'' to the 
Administrator for purposes of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 
and shall, in the event the Administrator dies, resigns, or is otherwise 
unable to perform the functions and duties of the office, serve as the 
Acting Administrator, subject to the limitations in the Federal 
Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. In the event of the absence or disability 
of both the

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Administrator and the Deputy Administrator, officials designated by 
TSA's internal order on succession shall serve as Acting Deputy 
Administrator and shall perform the duties of the Administrator, except 
for any non-delegable statutory and/or regulatory duties.