1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening American Transportation Security Act of 2017 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings; sense of Congress. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Conversion of screening personnel. Sec. 5. Transition rules. Sec. 6. Consultation requirement. Sec. 7. No right to strike. Sec. 8. Rulemaking. Sec. 9. Delegations to Administrator. Sec. 10. Authorization of appropriations. 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists, who underwent airport security screening prior to boarding domestic flights, were able to commandeer 4 airplanes and use those airplanes to perpetrate the most deadly terrorist attack ever to be executed on United States soil. (2) In the aftermath of those attacks, Congress passed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act ( Public Law 107–71 ), which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 19, 2001— (A) to enhance the level of security screening throughout our Nation’s aviation system