[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2235 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2235

To prohibit the establishment by air carriers and airport operators of 
     expedited lines at airport screening checkpoints for specific 
           categories of passengers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 26, 2012

 Mr. Nelson of Nebraska 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 prohibit the establishment by air carriers and airport operators of 
     expedited lines at airport screening checkpoints for specific 
           categories of passengers, 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 ``Air Passenger Fairness Act of 
2012''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENT BY AIR CARRIERS AND AIRPORT 
              OPERATORS OF EXPEDITED SECURITY LINES FOR SPECIFIC 
              CATEGORIES OF PASSENGERS.

    Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(m) Prohibition on Establishment by Air Carriers and Airport 
Operators of Expedited Security Lines for Specific Categories of 
Passengers.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
        air carrier or operator of an airport may establish an 
        expedited line for a specific category of passengers at an 
        airport screening checkpoint at which passengers are screened 
        before entering the sterile area of the airport.
            ``(2) Exceptions.--The prohibition in paragraph (1) does 
        not apply--
                    ``(A) to the establishment or operation of an 
                expedited line at an airport screening checkpoint for 
                passengers with a disability (as defined in section 3 
                of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
                U.S.C. 12102)); or
                    ``(B) to the establishment or operation of an 
                expedited security screening program by the 
                Transportation Security Administration or any other 
                Federal, State, or local government agency.
            ``(3) Sterile area defined.--In this subsection, the term 
        `sterile area' has the meaning given that term in section 
        1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
        corresponding similar regulation or ruling).''.
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