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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4478 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4478

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit access by certain 
   individuals to certain areas of airports, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2024

    Mr. Rubio (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit access by certain 
   individuals to certain areas of airports, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Airports From Enemies Act'' 
or the ``SAFE Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ACCESS BY CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO CERTAIN AREAS 
              OF AIRPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 449 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 44930. Prohibition on certain access by certain individuals
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `secured area', 
`Security Identification Display Area', and `sterile area' have the 
meanings given such terms in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations.
    ``(b) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration may not 
permit any access to the locations specified in subsection (c) to any 
individual who is a representative of, or acting on behalf of, a 
country specified in subsection (d).
    ``(c) Locations Specified.--The locations specified in this 
subsection are the following:
            ``(1) The secured area of an airport.
            ``(2) The Security Identification Display Area of an 
        airport.
            ``(3) The sterile area of an airport.
            ``(4) The air cargo area of an airport.
    ``(d) Countries Specified.--A country specified in this subsection 
is a country the government of which the Secretary of State determines, 
or has determined at any time during the immediately preceding 3 years, 
has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism pursuant 
to--
            ``(1) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform 
        Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A));
            ``(2) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
        (22 U.S.C. 2371);
            ``(3) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
        2780); or
            ``(4) any other provision of law.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for subchapter I of 
chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the following:

``44930. Prohibition on certain access by certain individuals.''.
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