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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1245 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that individuals seeking 

training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked against the 

terrorist watchlist to ensure that such individuals are non-threats to 

aviation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 19, 2013 

Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. MEEHAN, and Mr. RICHMOND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that 

individuals seeking training in the operation of certain 

aircraft be checked against the terrorist watchlist to ensure that such individuals are non-threats to aviation. 

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 ‘‘Flight School Security 

5 Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT INDIVIDUALS SEEKING 

2 FLIGHT TRAINING ARE CHECKED AGAINST 

3 THE TERRORIST WATCHLIST. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44939 of title 49, United 

5 States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)— 

7 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

8 through (F) of paragraph (1) as clauses (i) 

9 through (vi), respectively; 

10 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

11 (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

12 (C) by striking ‘‘12,500 pounds’’ and in13 serting ‘‘12,500 pounds—’’; 

14 (D) by inserting before subparagraph (A), 

15 as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this sub16 section, a new paragraph (2); 

17 (E) by moving the text beginning with ‘‘to 

18 an’’ and all that follows through ‘‘only if—’’ to 

19 such paragraph (2); 

20 (F) by inserting before such paragraph (2) 

21 the following new paragraph (1): 

22 ‘‘(1) to an individual seeking such training who 

23 does not hold a valid airman’s certification issued by 

24 the Federal Aviation Administration only upon re25 ceipt of information from the Assistant Secretary 

26 that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the individual has been checked 

2 against the terrorist watchlist to ascertain if the 

3 individual may pose a threat to aviation or na4 tional security or a threat of terrorism; and 

5 ‘‘(B) the Assistant Secretary has deter6 mined that the individual does not pose a threat 

7 that warrants denial of access to such training; 

8 and’’; and 

9 (G) in the subsection heading by striking 

10 ‘‘WAITING PERIOD.—’’ and inserting ‘‘RE11 QUIREMENTS; WAITING PERIOD.—’’; and 

12 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub13 section: 

14 ‘‘(j) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of 

15 each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 

16 on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 

17 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor18 tation of the Senate a report on the total number of indi19 viduals checked against the terrorist watchlist and total 

20 number of individuals denied access to flight training dur21 ing the calendar year preceding the year in which the re22 port is submitted, in accordance with this section.’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (B) 

24 of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 44949, as 


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1 redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking 

2 ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’. 

3 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The amendments made 

4 by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to an individual 

5 seeking flight training on or after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act. 

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