[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3927 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3927

  To require the placement of blast-resistant cargo containers on all 
                     commercial passenger aircraft.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2006

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the placement of blast-resistant cargo containers on all 
                     commercial passenger aircraft.

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

SECTION 1. BLAST-RESISTANT CONTAINERS.

    (a) Requirement.--Section 41704 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``Each aircraft used to 
provide air transportation for individuals and their baggage or other 
cargo shall be equipped with not less than 1 hardened, blast-resistant 
cargo container.''.
    (b) Distribution to Air Carriers.--Not later than 90 days after the 
completion of the Hardened Container Pilot Program, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall distribute sufficient blast-resistant cargo 
containers to air carriers to meet the requirement under section 41704 
of title 49, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a).
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