[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3064 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3064

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
 provide for the implementation of certain aviation security measures.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 9, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
 provide for the implementation of certain aviation security measures.

    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 ``Airline Security Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The public interest demands an aviation security system 
        that effectively deploys a mix of technologies and procedures 
        as a unified system capable of counteracting all 
        vulnerabilities confirmed to be threats to United States air 
        carriers and their passengers, as well as threats to United 
        States citizens traveling on foreign air carriers.
            (2) Evolving threats to aviation security require 
        continuous and accurate assessments by the most capable and 
        responsible authorities, and the coordinated dissemination of 
        timely and comprehensive assessments of such threats to those 
        parties responsible for countermeasures.
            (3) The evolving nature of threats to aviation security 
        also requires an adaptable security system that can be adjusted 
        to meet varying and changing threat levels.
            (4) No single technology or procedure can be relied upon to 
        provide an effective aviation security system.
            (5) Experience strongly suggests that any new technology or 
        procedure to enhance aviation security must be developed 
        cooperatively and in a coordinated fashion with parties having 
        a clear appreciation of the real world operating environment, 
        if the technology or procedure is to have any realistic 
        prospect for success.

SEC. 3. AVIATION SECURITY MEASURES.

    The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in 
cooperation with the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and 
agencies, shall take such actions as may be necessary to provide for 
the implementation of the following aviation security measures:
            (1) Development of facial recognition technology and other 
        methods of automated passenger profiling to ensure that 
        security systems are focused on appropriate targets.
            (2) Issuance of requirements for fingerprints on visas.
            (3) Installation of panic buttons in aircraft cockpits to 
        be used in the case of a hijacking.
            (4) Enhancement of the security of air traffic control 
        towers.
            (5) Acceleration of the development of anthrax and small 
        pox vaccines, as well as other vaccines.
            (6) Imposition of license and background checks on 
        hazardous haulers.
            (7) Issuance of requirements for anti-hijacking training 
        for pilots and flight attendants.
            (8) Issuance of requirements to limit passengers of air 
        carriers to one piece of carry-on baggage.
            (9) Installation of video black boxes in aircraft to record 
        movements in the cockpit and cabin during a flight.
            (10) Installation of video cameras in aircraft to record a 
        picture of every passenger that enters the aircraft.
            (11) Imposition of background checks on individuals seeking 
        training as a pilot.
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