TSA

Created byAviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-71 (Nov. 19, 2001), originally in the Department of Transportation; transferred to DHS by Homeland Security Act of 2002 § 403; head retitled "Administrator" by TSA Modernization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-254, div. K)

Head appointed49 U.S.C. § 114(b): Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; "The term of office of an individual appointed as the Administrator shall be 5 years"; must be a citizen with experience in transportation or security (PAS)

Removal standardno statutory protection — at will (the 5-year term fixes tenure length, not removal protection)

Funded underannual DHS Appropriations Act, offset by the September 11th Security Fee on air passengers, 49 U.S.C. § 44940 ($5.60 per one-way trip, rate set by Pub. L. 113-67)

Congressional oversightHouse Committee on Homeland Security (Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security) · Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Administrator nominations referred there)

Inspector generalDHS OIG (PAS IG under the IG Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 401–424)

Judicial reviewTSA security orders reviewed directly and exclusively in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit or the petitioner's home circuit within 60 days (49 U.S.C. § 46110); Sensitive Security Information withheld from disclosure under 49 U.S.C. § 114(r) (a FOIA Exemption 3 statute)