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Calendar No. 68 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 509 

[Report No. 110–31] 

To provide improved aviation security, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2007 

Mr. INOUYE (for himself, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. LOTT, Mr. 

LAUTENBERG, and Mrs. HUTCHISON) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

MARCH 5, 2007 

Reported by Mr. INOUYE, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To provide improved aviation security, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Aviation Security Improvement Act’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

TITLE—AVIATION SECURITY 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Extension of authorization for aviation security funding. 

Sec. 3. Passenger aircraft cargo screening. 

Sec. 4. Blast-resistant cargo containers. 

Sec. 5. Protection of air cargo on passenger planes from explosives. 

Sec. 6. In-line baggage screening. 

Sec. 7. Enhancement of in-line baggage system deployment. 

Sec. 8. Research and development of aviation transportation security technology. 

Sec. 9. Certain TSA personnel limitations not to apply. 

Sec. 10. Specialized training. 

Sec. 11. Explosive detection at passenger screening checkpoints. 

Sec. 12. Appeal and redress process for passengers wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight. 

Sec. 13. Repair station security. 

Sec. 14. Strategic plan to test and implement advanced passenger prescreening 

system. 

Sec. 15. General aviation security. 

Sec. 16. Security credentials for airline crews. 

Sec. 17. National explosives detection canine team training center. 

3 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR AVIATION SE4 CURITY FUNDING. 

5 Section 48301(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘and 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2006, 

7 2007, 2008, and 2009’’. 

8 SEC. 3. PASSENGER AIRCRAFT CARGO SCREENING. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44901 of title 49, United 

10 States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 

12 subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and 

13 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(g) AIR CARGO ON PASSENGER AIRCRAFT.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 

2 after the date of enactment of the Aviation Security 

3 Improvement Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu4 rity, acting through the Administrator of the Trans5 portation Security Administration, shall establish a 

6 system to screen all cargo transported on passenger 

7 aircraft operated by an air carrier or foreign air car8 rier in air transportation or intrastate air transpor9 tation to ensure the security of all such passenger 

10 aircraft carrying cargo. 

11 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—The system re12 ferred to in paragraph (1) shall require, at a min13 imum, that the equipment, technology, procedures, 

14 personnel, or other methods determined by the Ad15 ministrator of the Transportation Security Adminis16 tration, provide a level of security comparable to the 

17 level of security in effect for passenger checked bag18 gage. 

19 ‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) INTERIM FINAL RULE.—The Sec21 retary of Homeland Security may issue an in22 terim final rule as a temporary regulation to 

23 implement this subsection without regard to the 

24 provisions of chapter 5 of title 5. 

25 ‘‘(B) FINAL RULE.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary 

2 issues an interim final rule under subpara3 graph (A), the Secretary shall issue, not 

4 later than 1 year after the effective date of 

5 the interim final rule, a final rule as a per6 manent regulation to implement this sub7 section in accordance with the provisions of 

8 chapter 5 of title 5. 

9 ‘‘(ii) FAILURE TO ACT.—If the Sec10 retary does not issue a final rule in accord11 ance with clause (i) on or before the last 

12 day of the 1-year period referred to in 

13 clause (i), the Secretary shall submit a re14 port to the Congress explaining why the 

15 final rule was not timely issued and pro16 viding an estimate of the earliest date on 

17 which the final rule will be issued. The 

18 Secretary shall submit the first such report 

19 within 10 days after such last day and 

20 submit a report to the Congress containing 

21 updated information every 60 days there22 after until the final rule is issued. 

23 ‘‘(iii) SUPERSEDING OF INTERIM

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1 persede the interim final rule issued under 

2 subparagraph (A). 

3 ‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

4 date on which the system required by paragraph (1) 

5 is established, the Secretary shall transmit a report 

6 to Congress that details and explains the system.’’. 

7 (b) ASSESSMENT OF EXEMPTIONS.— 

8 (1) TSA ASSESSMENT OF EXEMPTIONS.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

10 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

11 the Secretary of Homeland Security, through 

12 the Administrator of the Transportation Secu13 rity Administration, shall submit a report to 

14 Congress and to the Comptroller General con15 taining an assessment of each exemption grant16 ed under section 44901(i) of title 49, United 

17 States Code, for the screening required by sec18 tion 44901(g)(1) of that title for cargo trans19 ported on passenger aircraft and an analysis to 

20 assess the risk of maintaining such exemption. 

21 The Secretary may submit the report in both 

22 classified and redacted formats if the Secretary 

23 determines that such action is appropriate or 

24 necessary. 


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1 (B) CONTENTS.—The report shall in2 clude— 

3 (i) the rationale for each exemption; 

4 (ii) a statement of the percentage of 

5 cargo that is not screened as a result of 

6 each exemption; 

7 (iii) the impact of each exemption on 

8 aviation security; 

9 (iv) the projected impact on the flow 

10 of commerce of eliminating such exemp11 tion; and 

12 (v) a statement of any plans, and the 

13 rationale, for maintaining, changing, or 

14 eliminating each exemption. 

15 (2) GAO ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 120 

16 days after the date on which the report required 

17 under paragraph (1) is submitted, the Comptroller 

18 General shall review the report and provide to Con19 gress an assessment of the methodology used for de20 terminations made by the Secretary for maintaining, 

21 changing, or eliminating an exemption. 

22 SEC. 4. BLAST-RESISTANT CARGO CONTAINERS. 

23 Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, as 

24 amended by section 3, is amended by adding at the end 

25 thereof the following: 


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1 ‘‘(i) (j) BLAST-RESISTANT CARGO CONTAINERS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before January 1, 2008, 

3 the Administrator of the Transportation Security 

4 Administration shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) evaluate the results of the blast-re6 sistant cargo container pilot program instituted 

7 before the date of enactment of the Aviation Se8 curity Improvement Act; 

9 ‘‘(B) based on that evaluation, begin the 

10 acquisition of a sufficient number of blast-re11 sistant cargo containers to meet the require12 ments of the Transportation Security Adminis13 tration’s cargo security program under para14 graph (2); subsection (g); and 

15 ‘‘(C) develop a system under which the Ad16 ministrator— 

17 ‘‘(i) will make such containers avail18 able for use by passenger aircraft operated 

19 by air carriers or foreign air carriers in air 

20 transportation or intrastate air transpor21 tation on a random or risk-assessment 

22 basis as determined by the Administrator, 

23 in sufficient number to enable the carriers 

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1 ‘‘(ii) provide for the storage, mainte2 nance, and distribution of such containers. 

3 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION TO AIR CARRIERS.—Within 

4 90 days after the date on which the Administrator 

5 completes development of the system required by 

6 paragraph (1)(C), the Administrator of the Trans7 portation Security Administration shall implement 

8 that system and begin making blast-resistant cargo 

9 containers available to such carriers as necessary.’’. 

10 SEC. 5. PROTECTION OF AIR CARGO ON PASSENGER 

11 PLANES FROM EXPLOSIVES. 

12 (a) TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND PILOT

13 PROJECTS.— 

14 (1) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—The Sec15 retary of Homeland Security shall expedite research 

16 and development for technology that can disrupt or 

17 prevent an explosive device from being introduced 

18 onto a passenger plane or from damaging a pas19 senger plane while in flight or on the ground. The 

20 research shall include blast resistant cargo con21 tainers and other promising technology and will be 

22 used in concert with implementation of section 4 of 

23 this Act. 


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1 (2) PILOT PROJECTS.—The Secretary, in con2 junction with the Secretary of Transportation, shall 

3 establish a grant program to fund pilot projects— 

4 (A) to deploy technologies described in 

5 paragraph (1); and 

6 (B) to test technology to expedite the re7 covery, development, and analysis of informa8 tion from aircraft accidents to determine the 

9 cause of the accident, including deployable 

10 flight deck and voice recorders and remote loca11 tion recording devices. 

12 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 

14 Homeland Security for fiscal year 2008 such sums as may 

15 be necessary to carry out this section, such funds to re16 main available until expended. 

17 SEC. 6. IN-LINE BAGGAGE SCREENING. 

18 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION.—Section 

19 44923(i)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

20 by striking ‘‘2007.’’ and inserting ‘‘2007, and 

21 $450,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009.’’. 

22 (b) REPORT.—Within 30 days after the date of enact23 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

24 submit the report the Secretary was required by section 

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1 tion Act of 2004 (49 U.S.C. 44901 note) to have sub2 mitted in conjunction with the submission of the budget 

3 for fiscal year 2006. 

4 SEC. 7. ENHANCEMENT OF IN-LINE BAGGAGE SYSTEM DE5 PLOYMENT. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44923 of title 49, United 

7 States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘may’’ in subsection (a) and in9 serting ‘‘shall’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘may’’ in subsection (d)(1) and 

11 inserting ‘‘shall’’; 

12 (3) by striking ‘‘2007’’ in subsection (h)(1) and 

13 inserting ‘‘2028’’; 

14 (4) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) of sub15 section (h) and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount made avail17 able under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, not less 

18 than $200,000,000 shall be allocated to fulfill letters 

19 of intent issued under subsection (d). 

20 ‘‘(3) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Of the amount 

21 made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, 

22 up to $50,000,000 shall be used to make discre23 tionary grants, with priority given to small hub air24 ports and non-hub airports.’’; and 


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1 (5) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 

2 (j) and inserting after subsection (h) the following: 

3 ‘‘(i) LEVERAGED FUNDING.—For purposes of this 

4 section, a grant under subsection (a) to an airport sponsor 

5 to service an obligation issued by or on behalf of that spon6 sor to fund a project described in subsection (a) shall be 

7 considered to be a grant for that project.’’. 

8 (b) PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall cre10 ate a prioritization schedule for airport security im11 provement projects described in section 44923(b) of 

12 title 49, United States Code, based on risk and 

13 other relevant factors, to be funded under the grant 

14 program provided by that section. The schedule shall 

15 include both hub airports (as defined in section 

16 41731(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code) and 

17 nonhub airports (as defined in section 41731(a)4) of 

18 title 49, United States Code). 

19 (2) AIRPORTS THAT HAVE COMMENCED

20 PROJECTS.—The schedule shall include airports that 

21 have incurred eligible costs associated with develop22 ment of partial in-line baggage systems before the 

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1 49, United States Code, in reimbursement of those 

2 costs but that have not received such a grant. 

3 (3) REPORT.—Within 180 days after the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 

5 provide a copy of the prioritization schedule, a cor6 responding timeline, and a description of the funding 

7 allocation under section 44923 of title 49, United 

8 States Code, to the Senate Committee on Commerce, 

9 Science, and Transportation and the House of Rep10 resentatives Committee on Homeland Security. 

11 SEC. 8. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AVIATION 

12 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY TECHNOLOGY. 

13 Section 137(a) of the Aviation and Transportation 

14 Security Act (49 U.S.C. 44912 note) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘2002 through 2006,’’ and in16 serting ‘‘2006 through 2009,’’; 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘aviation’’ and inserting ‘‘trans18 portation’’; and 

19 (3) by striking ‘‘2002 and 2003’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘2006 through 2009’’. 

21 SEC. 9. CERTAIN TSA PERSONNEL LIMITATIONS NOT TO 

22 APPLY. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 

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1 tration, before or after its transfer to the Department of 

2 Homeland Security from the Department of Transpor3 tation, does not apply after fiscal year 2007. 

4 (b) AVIATION SECURITY.—Notwithstanding any pro5 vision of law imposing a limitation on the recruiting or 

6 hiring of personnel into the Transportation Security Ad7 ministration to a maximum number of permanent posi8 tions, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall recruit 

9 and hire such personnel into the Administration as may 

10 be necessary— 

11 (1) to provide appropriate levels of aviation se12 curity; and 

13 (2) to accomplish that goal in such a manner 

14 that the average aviation security-related delay expe15 rienced by airline passengers is reduced to a level of 

16 less than 10 minutes. 

17 SEC. 10. SPECIALIZED TRAINING. 

18 The Administrator of the Transportation Security 

19 Administration shall provide advanced training to trans20 portation security officers for the development of special21 ized security skills, including behavior observation and 

22 analysis, explosives detection, and document examination, 

23 in order to enhance the effectiveness of layered transpor24 tation security measures. 


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1 SEC. 11. EXPLOSIVE DETECTION AT PASSENGER SCREEN2 ING CHECKPOINTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the date of 

4 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

5 shall issue the strategic plan the Secretary was required 

6 by section 44925(a) of title 49, United States Code, to 

7 have issued within 90 days after the date of enactment 

8 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 

9 of 2004. 

10 (b) DEPLOYMENT.—Section 44925(b) of title 49, 

11 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

12 thereof the following: 

13 ‘‘(3) FULL DEPLOYMENT.—The Secretary shall 

14 fully implement the strategic plan within 1 year 

15 after the date of enactment of the Aviation Security 

16 Improvement Act.’’. 

17 SEC. 12. APPEAL AND REDRESS PROCESS FOR PAS18 SENGERS WRONGLY DELAYED OR PROHIB19 ITED FROM BOARDING A FLIGHT. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 

21 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 

22 is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 431. APPEAL AND REDRESS PROCESS FOR PAS2 SENGERS WRONGLY DELAYED OR PROHIB3 ITED FROM BOARDING A FLIGHT. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

5 timely and fair process for individuals who believe they 

6 have been delayed or prohibited from boarding a commer7 cial aircraft because they were wrongly identified as a 

8 threat under the regimes utilized by the Transportation 

9 Security Administration, the Bureau of Customs and Bor10 der Protection, or any other Department entity. 

11 ‘‘(b) OFFICE OF APPEALS AND REDRESS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es13 tablish an Office of Appeals and Redress to oversee 

14 the process established by the Secretary pursuant to 

15 subsection (a). 

16 ‘‘(2) RECORDS.—The process established by the 

17 Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) shall include 

18 the establishment of a method by which the Office 

19 of Appeals and Redress, under the direction of the 

20 Secretary, will be able to maintain a record of air 

21 carrier passengers and other individuals who have 

22 been misidentified and have corrected erroneous in23 formation. 

24 ‘‘(3) INFORMATION.—To prevent repeated 

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1 ‘‘(A) ensure that the records maintained 

2 under this subsection contain information deter3 mined by the Secretary to authenticate the 

4 identity of such a passenger or individual; and 

5 ‘‘(B) furnish to the Transportation Secu6 rity Administration, the Bureau of Customs 

7 and Border Protection, or any other appro8 priate Department entity, upon request, such 

9 information as may be necessary to allow such 

10 agencies to assist air carriers in improving their 

11 administration of the advanced passenger 

12 prescreening system and reduce the number of 

13 false positives.’’. 

14 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

15 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 

16 the item relating to section 430 the following: 

‘‘431. Appeal and redress process for passengers wrongly delayed or prohibited 

from boarding a flight.’’. 

17 SEC. 13. STRATEGIC PLAN TO TEST AND IMPLEMENT AD18 VANCED PASSENGER PRESCREENING SYS19 TEM. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

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

22 Security, in consultation with the Administrator of the 

23 Transportation Security Administration, shall submit to 

24 the Congress a plan that— 


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1 (1) describes the system to be utilized by the 

2 Department of Homeland Security to assume the 

3 performance of comparing passenger information, as 

4 defined by the Administrator of the Transportation 

5 Security Administration, to the automatic selectee 

6 and no-fly lists, utilizing appropriate records in the 

7 consolidated and integrated terrorist watchlist main8 tained by the Federal government; 

9 (2) provides a projected timeline for each phase 

10 of testing and implementation of the system; 

11 (3) explains how the system will be integrated 

12 with the prescreening system for passengers on 

13 international flights; and 

14 (4) describes how the system complies with sec15 tion 552a of title 5, United States Code. 

16 (b) GAO ASSESSMENT.—No later than 90 days after 

17 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

18 shall submit a report to the Senate Committee on Com19 merce, Science, and Transportation and the House Com20 mittee on Homeland Security that— 

21 (1) describes the progress made by the Transpor22 tation Security Administration in implementing the 

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1 (2) describes the effectiveness of the current ap2 peals process for passengers wrongly assigned to the 

3 no-fly and terrorist watch lists; 

4 (3) describes the Transportation Security Ad5 ministration’s plan to protect private passenger infor6 mation and progress made in integrating the system 

7 with the pre-screening program for international 

8 flights operated by the Bureau of Customs and Border 

9 Protection; 

10 (4) provides a realistic determination of when 

11 the system will be completed; and 

12 (5) includes any other relevant observations or 

13 recommendations the Comptroller General deems ap14 propriate. 

15 SEC. 14. REPAIR STATION SECURITY. 

16 (a) CERTIFICATION OF FOREIGN REPAIR STATIONS

17 SUSPENSION.—If the regulations required by section 

18 44924(f) of title 49, United States Code, are not issued 

19 within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

20 the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 

21 may not certify any foreign repair station under part 145 

22 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, after such 90th 

23 day unless the station was previously certified by the Ad24 ministration under that part. 


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1 (b) 6-MONTH DEADLINE FOR SECURITY REVIEW

2 AND AUDIT.—Subsections (a) and (d) of section 44924 

3 of title 49, United States Code, are each amended by strik4 ing ‘‘18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘6 months’’. 

5 SEC. 15. GENERAL AVIATION SECURITY. 

6 Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, as 

7 amended by section 4, is amended by adding at the end 

8 thereof the following: 

9 ‘‘(i) (k) GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT SECURITY

10 PROGRAM.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 1 year after the 

12 date of enactment of the Aviation Security Improve13 ment Act the Administrator of the Transportation 

14 Security Administration shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) develop a standardized threat and 

16 vulnerability assessment program for general 

17 aviation airports (as defined in section 

18 47135(m)); 47134(m)); and 

19 ‘‘(B) implement a program to perform 

20 such assessments on a risk-assessment basis at 

21 general aviation airports. 

22 ‘‘(2) GRANT PROGRAM.—Within 6 months after 

23 date of enactment of the Aviation Security Improve24 ment Act the Administrator shall initiate and com25 plete a study of the feasibility of a program, based 


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1 on a risk-managed approach, to provide grants to 

2 general aviation airport operators for projects to up3 grade security at general aviation airports (as de4 fined in section 47135(m)). 47134(m)). If the Ad5 ministrator determines that such a program is fea6 sible, the Administrator shall establish such a pro7 gram. 

8 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO FOREIGN-REGISTERED

9 GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT.—Within 180 days 

10 after the date of enactment of the Aviation Security 

11 Improvement Act, the Administrator shall develop a 

12 risk-based system under which— 

13 ‘‘(A) foreign-registered general aviation 

14 aircraft, as identified by the Administrator, in 

15 coordination with the Administrator of the Fed16 eral Aviation Administration, are required to 

17 submit passenger information to the Transpor18 tation Security Administration before entering 

19 United States airspace; and 

20 ‘‘(B) such information is checked against 

21 appropriate databases maintained by the Trans22 portation Security Administration.’’. 

23 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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1 necessary to carry out any program established 

2 under paragraph (2).’’. 

3 SEC. 16. SECURITY CREDENTIALS FOR AIRLINE CREWS. 

4 Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

5 Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad6 ministration shall, after consultation with airline, airport, 

7 and flight crew representatives, transmit a report to the 

8 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor9 tation and the House of Representatives Committee on 

10 Transportation and Infrastructure on the status of its ef11 forts to institute a sterile area access system or method 

12 that will enhance security by properly identifying author13 ized airline flight deck and cabin crew members at screen14 ing checkpoints and granting them expedited access 

15 through screening checkpoints. The Administrator shall 

16 include in the report recommendations on the feasibility 

17 of implementing the system for the domestic aviation in18 dustry beginning 1 year after the date on which the report 

19 is submitted. The Administrator shall begin full implemen20 tation of the system or method not later than 1 year after 

21 the date on which the Administrator transmits the report. 

22 SEC. 17. NATIONAL EXPLOSIVES DETECTION CANINE TEAM 

23 TRAINING CENTER. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 

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1 Security shall enhance and maximize the Department of 

2 Homeland Security’s National Explosives Detection Canine 

3 Team Program by doubling its existing capacity so that 

4 up to 100 additional canine teams can be brought on each 

5 year, a certain number of which shall be dedicated to high 

6 risk areas, as determined by the Secretary. 

7 (b) DEPLOYMENT.—The Secretary shall use the canine 

8 teams as part of the Department’s layers of defense across 

9 all modes of the transportation network and in other areas, 

10 as deemed appropriate by the Secretary. 

11 (c) CANINE PROCUREMENT.—The Secretary of Home12 land Security is encouraged to consider the potential bene13 fits of establishing new canine procurement partnerships 

14 throughout the United States in order to provide a reliable 

15 and consistent source of dogs for the Department’s national 

16 explosive detection canine team program. 

17 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

18 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such 

19 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 and 

20 2009. 


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Calendar No. 68 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 509 

[Report No. 110

–31] 

A BILL 

To provide improved aviation security, and for 

M

other purposes. 

ARCH 5, 2007 

Reported with amendments 


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