[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3909 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3909

 To improve aviation security by requiring the installation of certain 
  explosive detection equipment at certain airports, by requiring the 
 installation of explosive resistant cargo containers on aircraft, to 
provide assistance for the acquisition of such equipment, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 1996

  Mr. Nadler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve aviation security by requiring the installation of certain 
  explosive detection equipment at certain airports, by requiring the 
 installation of explosive resistant cargo containers on aircraft, to 
provide assistance for the acquisition of such equipment, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 Antiterrorism Act of 
1996''.

SEC. 2. INSTALLATION AND USE OF EXPLOSIVE DETECTION EQUIPMENT.

    Section 44913 of Title 49, United States Code is amended by to read 
as follows:

``SEC. 44913. EXPLOSIVE DETECTION AND CONTAINMENT.

    ``(a) Installation and Use of Explosive Detection Equipment.--Not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall--
            ``(1) set minimum standards for equipment that, alone or as 
        part of an integrated system, can detect under realistic air 
        carrier operating conditions, the amounts, configurations, and 
        types of explosive material that would likely be used to cause 
        catastrophic damage to commercial aircraft, and
            ``(2) require all commercial air carriers, including 
        foreign air carriers, on all flights providing service to from 
        or within the United States, to install and use, as 
        expeditiously as possible, such equipment to screen all 
        passenger baggage and all other cargo for explosives at 
        airports (whether located within or outside the United States) 
        that serve commercial aviation.
    ``(b) Installation of Explosive Resistant Cargo Containers.--Not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall--
            ``(1) set minimum standards for cargo containers that can 
        withstand explosions caused by the types of explosive material 
        that would likely be used to cause catastrophic damage to 
        commercial aircraft, and
            ``(2) require all commercial air carriers to install and 
        use, as expeditiously as possible, such equipment.
    ``(c) Grants.--The Secretary of Transportation may provide grants 
to continue the Explosive Detection K-9 Team Training Program to detect 
explosives at airports and on aircraft.''.

SEC. 3. AVIATION SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

    The Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. 47101-
47131) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section:

``SEC. 47132. AVIATION SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Air Carrier Security Assistance Program.--Subject to such 
terms and conditions as the Administrator may establish, the 
Administrator is authorized to make grants from the Trust Fund to air 
carriers required to--
            ``(1) install and use explosive detection equipment, or
            ``(2) explosive resistant cargo containers under section 2 
        of the Aviation Antiterrorism Act of 1996 to pay up to 100 
        percent of the cost of acquiring such equipment.
    ``(b) Funding.--
            ``(1) Contract authority.--The administrator is authorized 
        to incur obligations to make grants from funds made available 
        under this section.
            ``(3) Inapplicability of obligation ceilings.--Funds made 
        available by this subsection shall not be subject to any 
        obligation ceiling.''.
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