[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4037 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4037

 To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to submissions of 
 certain Employee Assault Prevention and Response Plans, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2023

Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Garbarino, and Mr. Garamendi) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to submissions of 
 certain Employee Assault Prevention and Response Plans, 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 ``Airline Employee Assault Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF EMPLOYEE ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE 
              PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 551(a) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 
2018 (49 U.S.C. 44903 note) is amended by inserting ``of the Federal 
Aviation Administration and the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration'' after ``Administrator''.
    (b) Notice and Cure.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, air carriers described in subsection (a) of 
section 551 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (49 U.S.C. 44903 
note) shall comply with the requirements of such subsection with 
respect to submission to the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration, shall submit to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives a report on all the Employee Assault Prevention and 
Response Plans submitted pursuant to section 551 of the FAA 
Reauthorization Act of 2018 (49 U.S.C. 44903 note), to date, listed by 
each air carrier described in subsection (a) of such section.

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION REGARDING PASSENGER SERVICE AGENTS.

    Section 46503 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``, including employees performing ticketing, check-in or 
baggage claim, or boarding functions,'' after ``air carrier employee''.
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