[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5325 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5325

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a deadline for the 
  screening of all individuals, goods, property, vehicles, and other 
equipment entering a secure area of an airport, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2004

  Mrs. Lowey 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 establish a deadline for the 
  screening of all individuals, goods, property, vehicles, and other 
equipment entering a secure area of an airport, 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 ``Guaranteeing Airport Physical 
Screening Standards Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. SCREENING OF ALL INDIVIDUALS AND PROPERTY ENTERING SECURE AREAS 
              OF AN AIRPORT.

    (a) Deadline.--Section 44903(h)(4)(A) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``as soon as practicable after the date of 
enactment of this subsection'' and inserting ``not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of the Guaranteeing Airport Physical 
Screening Standards Act of 2004''.
    (b) Screening and Inspection Requirements.--Section 44903(h)(4)(B) 
of such title is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end 
the following: ``and will include at a minimum physical screening for 
metal objects''.
    (c) Interim Measures.--The Secretary shall require random 
screenings and inspections of individuals, goods, property, vehicles, 
and other equipment at the entrances of, and within, secure areas of an 
airport until such date as the Secretary has fully complied with the 
requirements of section 44903(h)(4)(A) of such title. The random 
screenings and inspections shall be conducted in a manner that assures 
the level of protection described in section 44903(h)(4)(B) of such 
title, as amended by this section. The random screenings and 
inspections shall be unannounced and shall be conducted 24 hours a day.

SEC. 3. HIRING OF SCREENERS.

    (a) Number of Screeners.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Homeland Security may hire the number of 
passenger and baggage screeners that the Secretary determines necessary 
to ensure aviation security.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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