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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2335 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Homeland 

Security to carry out a program to ensure fair treatment in the security 

screening of individuals with metal implants traveling in air transportation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2009 

Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out a program 

to ensure fair treatment in the security screening of 

individuals with metal implants traveling in air transportation. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SECURITY SCREENING OF INDIVIDUALS WITH 

4 METAL IMPLANTS TRAVELING IN AIR TRANS5 PORTATION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44903(g) of title 49, 

7 United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para2 graph (8); and 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(7) SECURITY SCREENING OF INDIVIDUALS

6 WITH METAL IMPLANTS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

8 Homeland Security shall carry out a program 

9 to ensure fair treatment in the screening of in10 dividuals with metal implants traveling in air 

11 transportation. 

12 ‘‘(B) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the pro13 gram shall be to limit disruptions for individ14 uals with metal implants traveling in air trans15 portation in a manner that is consistent with 

16 aviation security needs. 

17 ‘‘(C) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—In es18 tablishing the program, the Secretary shall de19 velop a travel credential or system that incor20 porates biometric technology and other applica21 ble technologies to verify the identity of an indi22 vidual who has a metal implant. 

23 ‘‘(D) PROCEDURES.—In establishing the 

24 program, the Secretary shall develop proce25 dures— 


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1 ‘‘(i) to develop credentials to verify 

2 the identity of an individual who has a 

3 metal implant; 

4 ‘‘(ii) to resolve false matches and false 

5 nonmatches relating to the use of the trav6 el credential or system; 

7 ‘‘(iii) to determine the method for 

8 issuance of the travel credential or system 

9 to individuals; and 

10 ‘‘(iv) to invalidate any credential or 

11 system issued to an individual under the 

12 program that is lost, stolen, or no longer 

13 authorized for use. 

14 ‘‘(E) METAL IMPLANT DEFINED.—In this 

15 paragraph, the term ‘metal implant’ means a 

16 metal device or object that has been surgically 

17 implanted or otherwise placed in the body of an 

18 individual, including any metal device used in a 

19 hip or knee replacement, metal plate, metal 

20 screw, metal rod inside a bone, and other metal 

21 orthopedic implants.’’. 

22 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Not later than 18 months 

23 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

24 Homeland Security shall establish the program required 


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1 by the amendment made by subsection (a) and publish a 

2 description of the program in the Federal Register. 

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