[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2895 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2895

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that the screening of 
passengers and property on flights in air transportation be carried out 
  by employees of the Federal Aviation Administration, to expand the 
Federal Air Marshal program of the Federal Aviation Administration, to 
     establish requirements for carry-on baggage on flights in air 
                transportation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2001

  Mr. Lipinski (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Costello, and Mr. Kirk) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that the screening of 
passengers and property on flights in air transportation be carried out 
  by employees of the Federal Aviation Administration, to expand the 
Federal Air Marshal program of the Federal Aviation Administration, to 
     establish requirements for carry-on baggage on flights in air 
                transportation, 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 Security Enhancement Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. SCREENING OF AIR PASSENGERS AND PROPERTY BY FAA.

    Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence of subsection (a) by striking 
        ``The'' and inserting ``Subject to subsection (c), the''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Screening To Be Conducted by FAA Employees.--As soon as 
practicable after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
screening of passengers and property under subsection (a) shall be 
carried out by employees of the Federal Aviation Administration. The 
Administrator may prioritize the undertaking of screening 
responsibilities with respect to an airport based on the 
Administrator's assessment of the security threat to the airport.''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL.

    The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
expand the Federal Air Marshal program of the Administration to 
increase the number of air marshals on domestic and international 
flights of United States air carriers.

SEC. 4. CARRY-ON BAGGAGE.

    (a) Regulations.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall modify regulations contained in section 121.589 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to require that each certificate 
holder (as the term is used in that section) include in the certificate 
holder's carry-on baggage program a requirement that each passenger 
boarding an airplane of the certificate holder be limited to 1 piece of 
carry-on baggage, the aggregate sum of each dimension of which does not 
exceed 9 inches by 14 inches by 22 inches.
    (b) Exclusions From Carry-On Baggage Limitation.--In this section, 
the term ``carry-on baggage'' does not include any of the following 
items:
            (1) Child safety seats for children holding a ticket for a 
        flight segment.
            (2) Baggage and equipment required for the transportation 
        of any child under the age of 2, as determined by the 
        Administrator.
            (3) Assistive devices for disabled passengers, including 
        canes and crutches.
            (4) Outer garments, including coats and hats.
            (5) Purses that are no larger than 25 linear inches.
    (c) Passenger Defined.--In this section, the term ``passenger'' 
includes any child under the age of 2 who boards an airplane of a 
certificate holder, without regard to whether a ticket for air 
transportation was purchased for the child.

SEC. 5. FUNDING.

    The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may impose 
a fee under section 45301 of title 49, United States Code, of not more 
than $3.00 per domestic flight segment, the receipts from which shall 
be available immediately for obligation and expenditure to carry out 
sections 2 and 3 of this Act (including the amendments made by such 
sections).
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