[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4801 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4801

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
          issue an order regarding secondary cockpit barriers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2004

  Mr. Israel 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 
          issue an order regarding secondary cockpit barriers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The safety and security of the civil air transportation 
        system is critical to the United States security and its 
        national defense.
            (2) A safe and secure United States civil air 
        transportation system is essential to the basic freedom of 
        Americans to move in intrastate, interstate, and international 
        transportation.
            (3) Security and intelligence officials continue to worry 
        that a terrorist network is planning to use planes as weapons 
        and exploit suspected weakness in United States aviation 
        security.
            (4) Reinforced cockpit doors that must be opened for pilots 
        to use the bathroom and receive food and drink are a clear 
        vulnerability, compromising the security and safety of 
        aircraft.

SEC. 2. IMPROVED FLIGHT DECK INTEGRITY MEASURES.

    (a) In General.--As soon as possible after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
shall issue an order requiring the installation of secondary barriers 
preventing access to the flight deck of any commercial aircraft 
operating under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and 
requiring that such secondary barriers remain locked while the aircraft 
is in flight and the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the 
passenger area is open.
    (b) Considerations.--In issuing an order under this section, the 
Administrator shall take into account--
            (1) the most promising of the available technologies 
        relating to secondary barriers described in subsection (a); and
            (2) the cost and time schedule for deploying such barriers.
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