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104 STAT. 3074 PUBLIC LAW 101-604—NOV. 16, 1990 "(i) HUMAN FACTORS.— The Administrator, in coordination with air carriers, airport operators, and other interested persons shall review issues relating to human performance in the aviation security system with the goal of maximizing such performance. Upon completion of the review, the Administrator shall recommend guidelines and prescribe appropriate changes to existing procedures to improve such performance. "(j) TRAINING OF AIR CARRIER AND AIRPORT SECURITY PERSON- NEL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall prescribe standards for the education and training of— "(1) ground security coordinators; "(2) security supervisory personnel; and "(3) airline pilots as in-flight security coordinators. Such standards shall include initial training, retraining, and continuing education requirements and methods by which the performance of ground security coordinators and security supervisory personnel shall be measured annually, " (k) FOREIGN AIR CARRIER SECURITY PROGRAMS.— " (1) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING APPROVAL REQUIREMENT. — The Administrator shall continue in effect the requirement of section 129.25 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, that foreign air carriers must adopt and use a security program approved by the Administrator. "(2) LEVEL OF PROTECTION. — The Administrator may approve a security program of a foreign air carrier under the requirement referred to in paragraph (1) only if the Administrator finds that the security program provides passengers of the foreign air carrier with a similar level of protection as such passengers would receive under the security programs of air carriers serving the same airports. The Administrator shall require foreign air carriers to employ procedures equivalent to those required of air carriers serving the same airport if the Administrator determines that such procedures are necessary to afford a similar level of protection as is afforded passengers of the air carriers serving the same airport. "(3) REVIEW OF EXISTING PROGRAMS. — Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall take such action as may be necessary to ensure that a security program of a foreign air carrier approved by the Administrator before such date of enactment meets the requirement of paragraph (2). "(4) ANNUAL REPORT. —The Administrator shall submit to Congress as part of the annual report required by section 315(a) an assessment of the steps being taken, and the progress being made, in ensuring that foreign air carrier security programs for airports outside the United States— "(A) at which the Administrator determines that a Foreign Security Liaison Officer is necessary for air transportation security, and "(B) for which extraordinary security measures are in place, are in compliance with this subsection.", (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— The portion of the table of contents contained in the first section of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 which appears under the side heading: