[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3134 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3134

To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the use of dogs at 
  major airports for the purpose of detecting plastic explosives and 
 other devices which may be used in airport piracy and which cannot be 
                      detected by metal detectors.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 1993

Mr. Burton of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
          to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the use of dogs at 
  major airports for the purpose of detecting plastic explosives and 
 other devices which may be used in airport piracy and which cannot be 
                      detected by metal detectors.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Security Improvement Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. SCREENING BY DOGS.

    Section 316(b) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 
1357(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of 
        paragraph (2) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
            (3) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(b)''; and
            (4) by adding at the end of the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Use of dogs in screening.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The law enforcement presence and 
                capability required under paragraph (1) shall include a 
                requirement that the operator of each major airport use 
                dogs in screening passengers and cargo for the purpose 
                of detecting plastic explosives and other devices or 
                materials which may be used in aircraft piracy and 
                which cannot be detected by metal detectors.
                    ``(B) Major airport defined.--In this paragraph, 
                the term `major airport' means an airport that is one 
                of the largest 50 airports in the United States, as 
                determined by the number of passenger enplanements in 
                calendar year 1992.''.

SEC. 3. EXPLOSIVE DETECTION K-9 TEAMS.

    Section 529 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 
U.S.C. App. 2225) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 529. EXPLOSIVE DETECTION K-9 TEAMS.

    ``(a) Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants for expenses of 
training and evaluation of dogs for the explosive detection K-9 team 
training program for the purpose of detecting explosives at airports 
and aboard aircraft. Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1993, the 
Secretary shall extend such program to the largest 50 airports in the 
United States, as determined by the number of passenger enplanements in 
calendar year 1992.
    ``(b) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated from the 
Trust Fund for carrying out subsection (a) such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1993. Such 
funds shall remain available until expended.''.

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