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49 CFR § 1520.3 - Terms used in this part.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s1520.3"
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title: "49 CFR § 1520.3 - Terms used in this part."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1520.3"
section_name: "Terms used in this part."
chapter_name: "TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "SECURITY RULES FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "1520"
part_name: "PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE SECURITY INFORMATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 70102-70106, 70117; 49 U.S.C. 114, 40113, 44901-44907, 44913-44914, 44916-44918, 44935-44936, 44942, 46105."
regulatory_source: "69 FR 28082, May 18, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1520.3 Terms used in this part.

In addition to the terms in § 1500.3 of this chapter, the following terms apply in this part:

*Administrator* means the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security referred to in 49 U.S.C. 114(b), or his or her designee.

*Coast Guard* means the United States Coast Guard.

*Covered person* means any organization, entity, individual, or other person described in § 1520.7. In the case of an individual, *covered person* includes any individual applying for employment in a position that would be a covered person, or in training for such a position, regardless of whether that individual is receiving a wage, salary, or other form of payment. *Covered person* includes a person applying for certification or other form of approval that, if granted, would make the person a covered person described in § 1520.7.

*Federal Flight Deck Officer* means a pilot participating in the Federal Flight Deck Officer Program under 49 U.S.C. 44921 and implementing regulations.

*Maritime facility* means any facility as defined in 33 CFR part 101.

*Rail secure area* means “rail secure area” as defined in 49 CFR 1580.3.

*Railroad carrier* means “railroad carrier” as defined in 49 U.S.C. 20102(2).

*Security contingency plan* means a plan detailing response procedures to address a transportation security incident, threat assessment, or specific threat against transportation, including details of preparation, response, mitigation, recovery, and reconstitution procedures, continuity of government, continuity of transportation operations, and crisis management.

*Security screening* means evaluating a person or property to determine whether either poses a threat to security.

*SSI* means sensitive security information, as described in § 1520.5.

*Threat image projection system* means an evaluation tool that involves periodic presentation of fictional threat images to operators and is used in connection with x-ray or explosives detection systems equipment.

*TSA* means the Transportation Security Administration.

[69 FR 28082, May 18, 2004, as amended at 70 FR 41599, July 19, 2005; 73 FR 72172, Nov. 26, 2008; 74 FR 47695, Sept. 16, 2009; 85 FR 16499, Mar. 23, 2020]