[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 13, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2039]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3716. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mr. Isakson) 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. __. REQUIREMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND 
                   EXPLOSIVE DETECTION CANINES AT AIRPORTS.

       (a) Requirement.--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) Covered Airport Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered airport'' means the 25 airports in the United 
     States with the highest numbers of passengers enplaned each 
     year.
       (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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