[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2549 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2549

   To require the Transportation Security Administration to conduct 
    security screening at certain airports, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 11, 2016

 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. 
Hatch) 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 Transportation Security Administration to conduct 
    security screening at certain 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 ``Treating Small Airports with 
Fairness Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. CONDUCT OF SECURITY SCREENING BY THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
              ADMINISTRATION AT CERTAIN AIRPORTS.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration shall provide for security screening to be conducted by 
the Transportation Security Administration at, and provide all 
necessary staff and equipment to, any airport--
            (1) that lost commercial air service on or after January 1, 
        2013; and
            (2) the operator of which, following the loss described in 
        paragraph (1), submits to the Administrator--
                    (A) a request for security screening to be 
                conducted at the airport by the Transportation Security 
                Administration; and
                    (B) written confirmation of a commitment from a 
                commercial air carrier--
                            (i) that the air carrier desires to resume 
                        commercial air service at the airport; and
                            (ii) to resume such service not later than 
                        one year after the date of the submission of 
                        the request under subparagraph (A).
    (b) Deadline.--The Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration shall ensure that the process of implementing security 
screening by the Transportation Security Administration at an airport 
described in subsection (a) is complete not later than the later of--
            (1) the date that is 90 days after the date on which the 
        operator of the airport submits to the Administrator a request 
        for such screening under paragraph (2)(A) of that subsection; 
        or
            (2) the date on which the air carrier intends to resume 
        commercial air service at the airport.
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