[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3029 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3029

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the screening of all 
 property carried in aircraft in air transportation and intrastate air 
                transportation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2001

   Mr. Inslee (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Strickland, Mr. King, Mr. 
 Markey, Mrs. Morella, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Allen, Mr. Dicks, Mr. 
McDermott, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
 Baird, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, 
and Mr. Baca) 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 the screening of all 
 property carried in aircraft in air transportation and intrastate 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 ``Baggage Screening Act''.

SEC. 2. SCREENING OF PROPERTY.

    Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``and property''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``and all property that will be carried in 
                the aircraft'';
            (2) in the second sentence of subsection (a) by inserting 
        ``or loading, or both,'' after ``before boarding''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Assumption of Screening Function by Under Secretary.--The 
requirement in subsection (a) that the screening of passengers and 
property be carried before boarding or loading an aircraft by an 
employee or agent of any air carrier or foreign air carrier shall be 
assumed, after the 60th day following the date of enactment of this 
subsection, by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration.''.

SEC. 3. DEADLINE FOR ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.

    The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
prescribe the regulations required by the amendments made by section 1 
of this Act not later than the 30th day following the date of enactment 
of this Act.
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