[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2859 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2859

To provide for the use of passenger facility charge revenue to enhance 
   security at airports and to make projects for the installation of 
     security cameras eligible for the airport improvement program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2018

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Gardner) 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 provide for the use of passenger facility charge revenue to enhance 
   security at airports and to make projects for the installation of 
     security cameras eligible for the airport improvement program.

    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 ``Secure Airport Public Spaces Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. USE OF PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE REVENUE TO ENHANCE SECURITY AT 
              AIRPORTS.

    Section 40117(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) A project for the construction, repair, or 
                improvement of facilities at an airport, or for the 
                acquisition or installation of equipment at an airport, 
                to enhance the security of any area of the airport 
                directly and substantially related to the movement of 
                passengers and baggage in air transportation. Such a 
                project shall not include the acquisition, 
                installation, operation, or maintenance of screening 
                equipment and technology or the functions or activities 
                of the Transportation Security Administration under 
                subsections (d) and (e) of section 114.''.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF CCTV PROJECTS FOR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

    Section 47119(a)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``directly related to moving passengers'' 
        and inserting the following: ``directly related to--
                            ``(i) moving passengers'';
            (2) by striking ``; and'' at the end and inserting ``; 
        or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) installing security cameras in the 
                        public area of the interior and exterior of the 
                        terminal; and''.
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