; and (ii) for the purpose of ensuring the security of any individual in the vicinity of a site at which such test is being conducted, confirm, notwithstanding paragraph (1), the identity of any individual conducting such test to any appropriate individual if a security screener or other individual who is not a covered employee identifies the individual conducting such test as a potential threat. (C) Aviation screening Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Transportation Security Administration is not required to have a cover team present during a test of the screening of persons, carry-on items, or checked baggage at an aviation security checkpoint at or serving an airport if such test is— (i) approved, in coordination with the designated security official for the airport operator by the Federal Security Director for such airport; and (ii) carried out under an aviation screening assessment program of the Department of Homeland Security. (D) Use of other personnel The Transportation Security Administration may use employees, officers, and contractors of the Federal Government (including military personnel) and employees and officers of State and local governments or any personnel authorized by the Federal Security Director to conduct covert tests. (4) Definitions In this subsection, the following definitions apply: (A) Appropriate individual The term appropriate individual , as used with respect to— (i) a covert test under paragraph (2)(B) of a transportation security system, means any individual who the individual conducting such test determines needs to know his or her status as an individual conducting such test