; and (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: (b) Performance measures Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the TSA Modernization Act , the Administrator shall develop and implement a system of qualitative performance measures and objectives by which to assess the roles, activities, and effectiveness of VIPR team operations on an ongoing basis, including a mechanism through which the transportation entities referred to in subsection (a)(4) may submit feedback on VIPR team operations involving their systems or facilities. (c) Plan Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the TSA Modernization Act , the Administrator shall develop and implement a plan for ensuring the interoperability of communications among VIPR team participants and between VIPR teams and any transportation entities with systems or facilities that are involved in VIPR team operations. Such plan shall include an analysis of the costs and resources required to carry out such plan. . 1969. Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee (a) In general Subtitle A of title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 404. Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee (a) Establishment The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (referred to in this section as Administrator ) shall establish within the Transportation Security Administration the Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee (referred to in this section as the Advisory Committee ). (b) Duties (1) In general The Advisory Committee may advise, consult with, report to, and make recommendations to the Administrator on surface transportation security matters, including the development, refinement, and implementation of policies, programs, initiatives, rulemakings, and security directives pertaining to surface transportation security. (2) Risk-based security The Advisory Committee shall consider risk-based security approaches in the performance