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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4442 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study and submit 

a report to Congress on the use of explosives detection technologies 

in air transportation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2010 

Mr. BRALEY of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct 

a study and submit a report to Congress on the use 

of explosives detection technologies in air transportation, 

and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect the Lives of 

5 Americans Now through Enhanced Screening Act of 

6 2010’’ or the ‘‘PLANES Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES 

2 DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES. 

3 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 

4 shall conduct a study on the following: 

5 (1) The use of explosives detection technologies, 

6 including whole-body imaging technology, explosives 

7 trace detection technology, and explosives detection 

8 canine teams, for screening cargo, passenger checked 

9 and carry-on baggage, and passengers with respect 

10 to all aircraft operated by an air carrier or foreign 

11 air carrier in air transportation or intrastate air 

12 transportation. 

13 (2) The effectiveness of such explosives detec14 tion technologies. 

15 (3) Privacy concerns and privacy protection ac16 tivities relating to such explosives detection tech17 nologies. 

18 (4) Strategies for and obstacles to rapidly in19 creasing and enhancing the use of such explosives 

20 detection technologies. 

21 (5) The potential for using explosives trace de22 tection technologies, including technologies other 

23 than explosives trace portals, for screening pas24 sengers. 

25 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

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1 rity shall submit to Congress a report comprised of the 

2 following: 

3 (1) The results of the study conducted under 

4 subsection (a). 

5 (2) A plan to rapidly increase and enhance the 

6 use of explosives detection technologies for screening 

7 cargo, passenger checked and carry-on baggage, and 

8 passengers with respect to all aircraft operated by 

9 an air carrier or foreign air carrier in air transpor10 tation or intrastate air transportation. 

11 (3) A plan to ensure that explosives detection 

12 technologies are rapidly deployed and used in a man13 ner that provides, with respect to all foreign air 

14 transportation, protection equal to or exceeding the 

15 protection provided with respect to interstate air 

16 transportation. 

17 (c) TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

18 INVOLVEMENT.—In carrying out the requirements under 

19 this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall act 

20 through the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security 

21 (Transportation Security Administration). 

22 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘air 

23 carrier’’, ‘‘air transportation’’, ‘‘aircraft’’, ‘‘cargo’’, ‘‘for24 eign air carrier’’, ‘‘foreign air transportation’’, ‘‘interstate 

25 air transportation’’, and ‘‘intrastate air transportation’’ 


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1 have the meanings given such terms in section 40102 of 

2 title 49, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 3. EXPLOSIVES DETECTION CANINE TEAMS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 

6 Security shall ensure that— 

7 (1) each commercial service airport in the 

8 United States has at least one explosives detection 

9 canine team for purposes of enhancing aviation secu10 rity; and 

11 (2) a sufficient number of canine detection 

12 teams are deployed for purposes of meeting the 100 

13 percent air cargo screening requirement under sec14 tion 44901(g) of title 49, United States Code. 

15 (b) COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORT DEFINED.—In 

16 this section, the term ‘‘commercial service airport’’ has the 

17 meaning given such term in section 47102(7) of title 49, 

18 United States Code. 

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