Privacy Impact Assessment
Transportation Security Administration
AAACE Program
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Abstract
The airport operating authorities at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Detroit
Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) have established the Airport Access Authorization To
Commercial Establishments Beyond The Screening Checkpoint (AAACE) Program. Under this pilot
program, each airport operator may issue an Authorization Form to current registered overnight hotel
guests (Registered Guest) at certain hotels physically connected to the airport terminal, who have requested
access to commercial establishments beyond the screening checkpoint in the sterile area of the airport if
they meet the requirements of the program. This Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is being amended to
reflect that additional airports may participate in the pilot under the same conditions described in the
original PIA. The additional airports will be identified in Appendix B but will otherwise not be identified
in the text.
Introduction
TSA has broad authority under 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) §§ 114(f) and 40113(a) to assess threats
and threat information and to plan and execute such actions as may be appropriate to address threats to
transportation. TSA has determined that the implementation of certain security measures, briefly discussed
herein, is necessary to permit registered guests to access beyond the screening checkpoints at DFW and
DTW, in order to visit commercial establishments.
Each adult and any minor, under 18 years old and staying with an adult, must be a registered guest to be
eligible to participate in the AAACE Program. Upon registration at a participating airport hotel, the hotel
front desk staff will inform the guest about the AAACE Program. If the guest elects to participate, the hotel
will arrange for the guest to meet with an airport law enforcement officer (LEO). The LEO will provide the
guest with an information document which explains the program and contains a Privacy Act Statement. The
guest must provide the LEO with his/her full name and date of birth. The LEO will examine the guest’s
government-issued photographic identification (ID) to verify the individual’s identity and confirm that the
guest is registered at the hotel as well as obtain the guest’s room number. The LEO will record the guest’s
name, hotel room number, and date of birth on an Authorization Form, made up of two sections.
At both airports, the registered guest’s name will be compared against the No-Fly List. The No-Fly List is
maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC). The TSC maintains responsibility over the Federal
Government’s consolidated terrorist watch lists, including the No-Fly List, in an integrated database known
as the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB). The No-Fly component of the TSDB is the basis for the checks
conducted by the airport operators. Under this pilot program, TSA will allow DFW and DTW airport
operators access to the No Fly List in order to carry out the watch list screening function for registered hotel
overnight guests who desire to participate in the AAACE Program. The airport will report any matches to
TSA.
At DFW and DTW, those individuals who meet the program’s participation requirements will be issued the
date-stamped upper portion of an Authorization Form by the LEO in order to pass through security. The
upper portion of the form contains the individual’s name, date of birth, room number, the date of issuance
and, in the case of a minor, the name(s)of the adult(s) who may accompany the minor.
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The registered
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For minors participating in the pilot program, a registered overnight adult hotel guest, whose name appears on the