[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 16, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E47]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           GLOBAL AVIATION SYSTEM SECURITY REFORM ACT OF 2017

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                               speech of

                  HON. HENRY C. ``HANK'' JOHNSON, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, January 9, 2018

  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4559.
  H.R. 4559, the Global Aviation System Security Reform Act of 2017, 
aims to conduct a global aviation security review to improve global 
aviation security standards. H.R. 4559 directs the Transportation 
Security Administration (TSA) to comprehensively review challenges 
facing the global aviation system and review aviation security 
implementation. This legislation encourages cooperation between 
multiple agencies of the Federal Government, the Department of Homeland 
Security (DHS), and the TSA to ensure proper coordination and outreach 
both within and outside of the United States government.
  The DHS and the TSA have expressed concerns about threats to inbound 
civil aviation. To manage these threats, key aspects of H.R. 4559 would 
work to improve the security at last point of departure airports 
overseas and more generally improve security at airports across the 
world. We must establish global aviation security standards to create 
safer skies across the world.
  Additionally, as a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure 
committee, ensuring the safety of transportation mechanisms has been of 
paramount importance to me, and as a member of the subcommittee on 
Aviation, I am particularly concerned with this issue. Georgia is home 
to the busiest airport in the world; 55 million passengers annually 
travel through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International airport. I 
will do everything I can to protect passengers in Georgia, the United 
States, and the world. I wholeheartedly support H.R. 4559 and urge my 
fellow members to do the same.

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