Air Cargo Security Act

3.0.0 165 2023-01-15T23:33:15Z 2023-01-15T23:33:15Z Senate S S 2003-01-15 108 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing Referred to 2003-05-09T19:37:42Z sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2003-04-24T17:14:10Z Markup by 2003-03-13T23:23:29Z Referred to 2003-01-15T18:55:54Z S. Rept. 108-38 Air Cargo Security Act 108 1103 HR 2003-03-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Related bill CRS Universal Screening of Air Cargo Act 108 2455 HR 2003-06-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Related bill CRS 2003-05-09 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2003-05-09 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2003-05-09 09:39:21 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2003-05-08 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S5936-5939) Floor 2003-05-08 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S5936-5939) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-08 Senate Committee amendments withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2003-05-08 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5929-5939; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S5929-5931) Floor 2003-04-24 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 76. Calendars 2003-04-24 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain under authority of the order of the Senate of 4/11/2003 with amendments. With written report No. 108-38. Committee 2003-04-24 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain under authority of the order of the Senate of 4/11/2003 with amendments. With written report No. 108-38. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2003-03-13 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Committee 2003-01-15 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2003-01-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S850-851) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-01-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2003-01-15 True 2003-04-16T04:00:00Z S. 165, Air Cargo Security Improvement Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14394 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 13, 2003</p> 2003-04-16T04:00:00Z S. 165, Air Cargo Security Improvement Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14394 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 13, 2003 Transportation and Public Works Administrative procedure Admission of nonimmigrants Air cargo Air piracy Aircraft pilots Airline employees Airline passenger traffic Airlines Airports Aliens Armed Forces and National Security Auditing Aviation safety Bombings Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Commercial aircraft Congress Congressional reporting requirements Containerization Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Criminal justice information Data banks Department of Transportation EBB Terrorism Education Electronic government information Embassies Employee training Explosives Finance and Financial Sector Fingerprints Firearms Flight crews Flight training Foreign service Foreign students Fraud Freight forwarders Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Identification devices Identification of criminals Immigration International Affairs Labor and Employment Law Licenses Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Security measures Standards Strategic planning Surface-to-air missiles Terrorism Transport aircraft Transportation planning Transportation workers Visas Weapons of mass destruction Transportation and Public Works

00 2003-01-15 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Sets forth certain measures to increase the safety and security of air cargo, including the establishment of systems that: (1) provide for the regular inspection of shipping facilities for cargo shipments; (2) provide an industry-wide pilot program database of known shippers of cargo; (3) train persons that handle air cargo to ensure that such cargo is properly handled and safe-guarded from security breaches; and (4) require air carriers operating all-cargo aircraft have an approved plan for the security of their air operations area, the cargo placed aboard the aircraft, and persons having access to their aircraft on the ground or in flight.

Directs the Under Secretary to conduct random audits, investigations, and inspections of indirect air carrier facilities to determine if the indirect air carriers are meeting the security requirements of this Act.]]>

01 2003-04-24 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2007-05-09T21:29:45Z Air Cargo Security Improvement Act - (Sec. 2) Amends Federal aviation law to require the screening of cargo that is to be transported in passenger aircraft operated by domestic and foreign air carriers in interstate and intrastate air transportation (currently, only those transported by all-cargo aircraft). Directs the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security under the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop a strategic plan to carry out such screening.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Under Secretary to establish: (1) a system for the regular inspection of shipping facilities for air cargo transported domestically and of foreign shipping facilities for air cargo transported to the United States; (2) an industry-wide pilot program database of known shippers of cargo, and use the results of the pilot program to improve the known shipper program; (3) a training program for persons that handle air cargo to ensure that the cargo is properly handled and safeguarded from security breaches; and (4) a program to require air carriers operating all-cargo aircraft to have an approved plan for the security of their air operations area, the cargo placed aboard the aircraft, and persons having access to their aircraft on the ground or in flight.

Authorizes the Under Secretary to increase the number of inspectors as necessary to implement such inspections.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Under Secretary to conduct random audits, investigations, and inspections of indirect air carrier facilities to determine if the indirect air carriers are meeting the security requirements of this Act.

Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to specified congressional committees on the potential impact of TSA's proposed Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening system (CAPPS II) on the privacy and civil liberties of U.S. citizens.

(Sec. 8) Requires a background check of alien flight school applicants without regard to the maximum certificated weight of the aircraft for which they seek training (including in-flight training, training in a simulator, and any other form or aspect of training, except classroom instruction). (Currently, a background check is required for aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of 12,500 pounds or more.) Exempts from such requirement any alien who: (1) has earned a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type rating in an aircraft; or (2) holds a current pilot's license that allows the person to fly an aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of more than 12,500 pounds. Requires overseas U.S. Embassies and Consulates that have fingerprinting capability to provide fingerprinting services to such aliens if the Attorney General requires their fingerprinting and to submit the fingerprints to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and any other appropriate agency. Prohibits the Attorney General from interrupting or preventing the training of such alien who commenced training on aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of 12,500 pounds or less before, or within 120 days after, the enactment of this Act, unless the Attorney General determines that such alien represents a risk to aviation or national security.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General to report jointly to specified congressional committees on the effectiveness of the background check requirement.

(Sec. 9) Requires the Under Secretary to develop guidelines to provide air carriers guidance in detecting false or fraudulent passenger identification, taking into account the use of new technology, current identification measures, training of personnel, and issues related to the types of identification available to the public.

(Sec. 10) Authorizes the Under Secretary to establish a program to require the installation and use at U.S. airports of identification verification technologies to assist in the screening of passengers boarding aircraft. Allows such identification verification technologies to include identification scanners, biometrics, retinal, iris, or facial scanners, or any other technologies deemed appropriate for the program.

(Sec. 11) Directs the Under Secretary and the Administrator of the FAA to report jointly to Congress on the use of blast-resistant cargo container technology on passenger aircraft.

(Sec. 12) Expresses the sense of Congress that a flight deck crew member of a cargo aircraft should be armed with a firearm to defend the aircraft against attacks by terrorists that could result in its use as a weapon of mass destruction or for other terrorist purposes.

Authorizes the training and arming of flight deck crew members (pilots) of all-cargo air transportation flights to prevent acts of criminal violence or air piracy.

(Sec. 13) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to specified congressional committees on how best to defend turbo and jet passenger aircraft from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (shoulder-fired missiles), including actions taken to date, countermeasures, risk mitigation, and other activities.

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35 2003-05-08 Passed Senate amended 2003-09-23T20:40:54Z Air Cargo Security Improvement Act - (Sec. 2) Amends Federal aviation law to require the screening of cargo that is to be transported in passenger aircraft operated by domestic and foreign air carriers in interstate and intrastate air transportation (currently, only those transported by all-cargo aircraft). Directs the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security under the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop a strategic plan to carry out such screening. Requires the Under Secretary to conduct a pilot program of screening of cargo to assess the effectiveness of different screening measures, including the use of random screening.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to establish: (1) a system for the regular inspection of shipping facilities for air cargo transported domestically and of foreign shipping facilities for air cargo transported to the United States; (2) an industry-wide pilot program database of known shippers of cargo, and use the results of the pilot program to improve the known shipper program; (3) a training program for persons that handle air cargo to ensure that the cargo is properly handled and safeguarded from security breaches; and (4) a program to require air carriers operating all-cargo aircraft to have an approved plan for the security of their air operations area, the cargo placed aboard the aircraft, and persons having access to their aircraft on the ground or in flight.

Authorizes the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to increase the number of inspectors as necessary to implement such inspections.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to conduct random audits, investigations, and inspections of indirect air carrier facilities to determine if the indirect air carriers are meeting the security requirements of this Act.

(Sec. 8) Authorizes a person to provide training (including in flight training, training in a simulator, any other form or aspect of training, except classroom instruction) in the United States in the operation of an aircraft to an individual who is an alien or to any other individual specified by the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security only if: (1) that person has notified the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security (currently, the Attorney General) that the individual has requested such training and furnished the individual's identification; and (2) the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security (currently, the Attorney General) has not directed, within 30 days (currently, within 45 days) after being notified, that person not to provide such training because it has been determined that the individual presents a risk to aviation security or national security. Exempts from such requirements any alien individual who holds a nonimmigrant visa and who has earned a FAA type rating in an aircraft or has undergone type-specific training, or holds a current pilot's license or foreign equivalent commercial pilot's license that permits the person to fly an aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight of more than 12,500 pounds, if the person providing the training has notified the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security that the individual has requested such training and furnished that individual's visa information. Provides that anytime the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security determines that an individual receiving training presents a risk to aviation or national security that he or she immediately notify the person providing the training of such determination and that person immediately terminate such training.

Directs the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security to require flight schools to conduct a security awareness program for flight school employees (including certified instructors who provide instruction but who are not flight school employees) to increase their awareness of suspicious circumstances and activities of individuals enrolling in or attending flight school.

Requires overseas U.S. Embassies and Consulates that possess fingerprint collection equipment to provide fingerprinting services to such aliens if the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security requires their fingerprinting, and to submit the fingerprints to the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security and any other appropriate agency.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to specified congressional committees on the effectiveness of the flight school training requirements in reducing risks to aviation security and national security.

(Sec. 9) Requires the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to develop guidelines to provide air carriers guidance in detecting false or fraudulent passenger identification, taking into account the use of new technology, current identification measures, training of personnel, and issues related to the types of identification available to the public.

(Sec. 10) Authorizes the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to establish a program to require the installation and use at U.S. airports of identification verification technologies to assist in the screening of passengers boarding aircraft. Allows such identification verification technologies to include identification scanners, biometrics, retinal, iris, or facial scanners, or any other technologies deemed appropriate for the program.

(Sec. 11) Directs the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and the Administrator of the FAA to report jointly to Congress on the use of blast-resistant cargo container technology on passenger aircraft.

Authorizes the training and arming of flight deck crew members (pilots) of all-cargo air transportation flights to prevent acts of criminal violence or air piracy.

(Sec. 14) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008.]]>

Air Cargo Security Improvement Act Display Title Air Cargo Security Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve air cargo security. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Air Cargo Security Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Air Cargo Security Improvement Act S Senate Short Titles as Passed Senate Air Cargo Security Improvement Act S Senate 538 108 SAMDT To make minor and technical changes in the bill as reported, and for other purposes. 2022-02-03T05:37:09Z 2003-05-08 Amendment SA 538 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 538 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/108th-congress/senate-amendment/538 M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 3 3 H000725 Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] ERNEST HOLLINGS D SC FREDERICK 2003-05-08 True H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2003-05-08 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2003-05-08 True 2003-05-08T04:00:00Z 2003-05-08T04:00:00Z Senate 108 S Senate S 165 Air Cargo Security Improvement Act 2023-01-15T23:33:15Z 6 2003-05-08 0 Senate Amendment SA 538 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2003-05-08 0 Senate Amendment SA 538 proposed by Senator Hutchison for Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S5931-5934) To make minor and technical changes in the bill as reported, and for other purposes. Floor 2003-05-08 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 538 proposed by Senator Hutchison for Senator McCain.(consideration: CR S5931-5934) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-08 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 538 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-08 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Referred in House 2003-05-09T04:00:00Z Engrossed in Senate 2003-05-08T04:00:00Z Reported to Senate 2003-04-24T04:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2003-01-15T05:00:00Z 2003-05-09 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.