[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3337 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3337

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Homeland Security to extend a requirement for the prescreening of air 
  passengers to international flights that overfly the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2005

     Mr. Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. DeFazio) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Homeland Security to extend a requirement for the prescreening of air 
  passengers to international flights that overfly the United States.

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

SECTION 1. PRESCREENING OF INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 44909(c)(6)(A) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after ``international flight to or from 
the United States'' the following ``, and for any international flight 
that overflys the United States,''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 44909(c)(6) of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Definitions.--In this subsection, the 
                following definitions apply:
                            ``(i) International flight that overflys 
                        the united states.--The term `international 
                        flight that overflys the United States' means 
                        any flight departing from a place outside the 
                        United States that transits the territorial 
                        airspace of the United States en route to a 
                        place outside the United States.
                            ``(ii) Territorial airspace of the united 
                        states.--The term `territorial airspace of the 
                        United States' means the airspace over the 
                        United States and the airspace overlying the 
                        territorial waters between the United States 
                        coast and 12 nautical miles from the United 
                        States coast.''.
    (c) Rulemaking.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee of the 
Secretary, shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to carry out the 
amendments made by this section.
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