[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2958 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2958

           To improve passenger airline safety and security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
           To improve passenger airline safety and security.

    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 ``Passenger Airline Safety and Security 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AVIATION SAFETY AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM BY COMMERCIAL 
              AIRCRAFT.

    (a) Possession of Firearms on Commercial Flights.--No department or 
agency may prohibit a pilot, co-pilot, or navigator of a commercial 
aircraft, or any law enforcement personnel specifically detailed for 
the protection of a commercial aircraft who is not otherwise prohibited 
by law from possessing a firearm, from possessing or carrying a firearm 
for the protection of the aircraft.
    (b) Reinforced Cockpit Doors on Commercial Aircraft.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, a commercial aircraft described in paragraph (2) that is 
        operated in the United States shall possess a door, doors, or 
        hardened bulkhead separating the crew cabin of such aircraft 
        from the passenger cabin of such aircraft, which door, doors, 
        or hardened bulkhead shall be certified by the Secretary as 
        being secure against forcible entry from the passenger cabin 
        into the crew cabin of such aircraft.
            (2) Covered commercial aircraft.--A commercial aircraft 
        described in this paragraph is any commercial aircraft that, as 
        determined by the Secretary, is configured so as to permit a 
        door to separate the crew cabin and passenger cabin of such 
        aircraft.
    (c) Regulations.--The Secretary may prescribe regulations for the 
purposes of this section.
    (d) Reports to Congress.--Not later than six months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every six moths thereafter, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of the 
requirements in this section in facilitating commercial aviation safety 
and the suppression of terrorism by commercial aircraft.
    (e) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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