[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2913 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2913

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of 
   the Federal Aviation Administration to carry out the screening of 
passengers and property on flights in air transportation, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2001

  Mr. Quinn 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 direct the Administrator of 
   the Federal Aviation Administration to carry out the screening of 
passengers and property 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 Improvement 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 (d), 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 under this subsection with respect to an airport based 
on the Administrator's assessment of the security threat to the 
airport.''.

SEC. 3. FUNDING.

    (a) Establishment of Fee.--The Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration may impose a fee under section 45301 of title 
49, United States Code, the receipts from which shall be available 
immediately for obligation and expenditure to carry out section 
44901(d) of such title, as added by section 2 of this Act.
    (b) Limitation.--In establishing such fee, the Administrator shall 
ensure that the amount of the fee is directly related to the 
Administration's costs of providing screening services under such 
section 44901(d).
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