[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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