[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 4177 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4177

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
to designate Federal special security zones at airports, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2007

   Mr. Kirk (for himself, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Roskam, and Mr. LaHood) 
 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 authorize the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
to designate Federal special security zones at airports, 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 ``Airport Security Enhancement Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL SPECIAL SECURITY ZONES AT AIRPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 44903 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m) Federal Special Security Zones.--
            ``(1) Designation.--The Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
        Security (Transportation Security Administration) may designate 
        an area of an airport described in subsection (c) as a Federal 
        Special Security Zone if the Assistant Secretary determines 
        that maintaining restricted access to the area in accordance 
        with the requirements of this subsection is critical to 
        transportation security.
            ``(2) Included areas.--Areas designated as Federal Special 
        Security Zones under paragraph (1) may include tarmacs, 
        aircraft, baggage handling areas, baggage loading areas, and 
        such other areas as the Assistant Secretary determines 
        appropriate.
            ``(3) Restricted access.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
                implement procedures to allow access to an area 
                designated as a Federal Special Security Zone under 
                paragraph (1) only to an individual who requires access 
                to the area for employment purposes and who has 
                obtained a badge from the Assistant Secretary 
                authorizing access to the area.
                    ``(B) Eligibility for badges.--The Assistant 
                Secretary may issue a badge to an individual allowing 
                access to an area designated as a Federal special 
                security zone under paragraph (1) only if--
                            ``(i) the individual is--
                                    ``(I) a national of the United 
                                States, as defined in paragraph (22) of 
                                section 101(a) of the Immigration and 
                                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)); or
                                    ``(II) an alien lawfully admitted 
                                for permanent residence, as defined in 
                                paragraph (20) of such section;
                            ``(ii) the individual has a valid social 
                        security account number that applies only to 
                        the individual; and
                            ``(iii) the eligibility of the individual 
                        for employment has been verified under the 
                        basic pilot program described in section 403(a) 
                        of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
                        Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 
                        note).
                    ``(C) Limitation.--A badge or other credential 
                issued by a State or political subdivision of a State 
                may not be used to gain access to an area designated as 
                a Federal special security zone under paragraph (1).''.
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