PUBLIC LAW 107-71—NOV. 19, 2001 115 STAT. 619 "(C) demonstrates the current knowledge and skills necessary to courteously, vigilantly, and effectively perform screening functions. "(6) OPERATIONAL TESTING.— In addition to the annual proficiency review conducted under paragraph (5), the Under Secretary shall provide for the operational testing of such personnel. "(g) TRAINING.— "(1) USE OF OTHER AGENCIES. —The Under Secretary may enter into a memorandum of understanding or other arrangement with any other Federal agency or department with appropriate law enforcement responsibilities, to provide personnel, resources, or other forms of assistance in the training of security screening personnel. "(2) TRAINING PLAN. —Within 60 days after the date of Deadline, enactment of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, the Under Secretary shall develop a plan for the training of security screening personnel. The plan shall require, at a minimum, that a security screener— "(A) has completed 40 hours of classroom instruction or successfully completed a program that the Under Secretary determines will train individuals to a level of proficiency equivalent to the level that would be achieved by such classroom instruction; "(B) has completed 60 hours of on-the-job instructions; and "(C) has successfully completed an on-the-job training $ examination prescribed by the Under Secretary. "(3) EQUIPMENT-SPECIFIC TRAINING. —An individual employed as a security screener may not use any security screening device or equipment in the scope of that individual's employment unless the individual has been trained on that device or equipment and has successfully completed a test on the use of the device or equipment. " (h) TECHNOLOGICAL TRAINING. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Under Secretary shall require training to ensure that screeners are proficient in using the most up-to-date new technology and to ensure their proficiency in recognizing new threats and weapons. "(2) PERIODIC ASSESSMENTS.—The Under Secretary shall make periodic assessments to determine if there are dual use items and inform security screening personnel of the existence of such items. "(3) CURRENT LISTS OF DUAL USE ITEMS. —Current lists of dual use items shall be part of the ongoing training for screeners. "(4) DUAL USE DEFINED.— For purposes of this subsection, the term 'dual use' item means an item that may seem harmless but that may be used as a weapon. "(i) LIMITATION ON RIGHT TO STRIKE.— An individual that screens passengers or property, or both, at an airport under this section may not participate in a strike, or assert the right to strike, against the person (including a governmental entity) employing such individual to perform such screening. "(j) UNIFORMS. —The Under Secretary shall require any individual who screens passengers and property pursuant to section 89-1940 -03-21QL3 Part1
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