[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 13, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 3692. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3679 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Thune (for
himself and Mr. Nelson)) to the bill H.R. 636, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing
limitations, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. AUTHORITY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND EXPLOSIVE
DETECTION CANINES AT AIRPORTS.
(a) In General.--The Administration of the Transportation
Security Administration shall require that the air
transportation security program required by section
44903(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, for each covered
airport include the following:
(1) Beginning not more than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, that a State or local law enforcement
officer is stationed not more than 300 feet from each
passenger screening checkpoint at each covered airport.
(2) Beginning not more than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, that an explosives detection canine
team of a State or local law enforcement agency is assigned
to each terminal at each covered airport.
(b) Technical Support.--The Administrator of the
Transportation Security Administration shall provide
technical and other support to State or local law enforcement
agencies providing the personnel described in paragraph (1)
or (2) of subsection (a).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Category i airport.--The term ``Category I airport''
means an airport subject to the security program requirements
of section 1542.103(a) of title 49, Code of Federal
Regulations (or similar successor regulation), where the
aircraft operator or foreign air carrier is subject to
section 1544.101(a)(1) or 1546.101(a) of such title (or
similar successor regulation) and the number of annual
enplanements is 5,000,000 or more and the number of
international enplanements is 1,000,000 or more.
(2) Category x airport.--The term ``Category X airport''
means an airport subject to the security program requirements
of section 1542.103(a) of title 49, Code of Federal
Regulations (or similar successor regulation), where the
aircraft operator or foreign air carrier is subject to
section 1544.101(a)(1) or 1546.101(a) of such title (or
similar successor regulation) and the number of annual
enplanements--
(A) is 1,250,000 or more and less than 5,000,000; or
(B) is 5,000,000 or more but the number of annual
international enplanements is less than 1,000,000.
(3) Covered airport.--The term ``covered airport'' means a
Category X airport or a Category I airport.
(d) Funding.--Out of funds made available to the
Transportation Security Administration for fiscal year 2016,
$20,000,000 shall be available for State and local law
enforcement agencies, as a transfer of funds, to train,
certify, and utilize explosives detection canines.
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