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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1095 

To require airports to screen all individuals with access to the secure areas 

of an airport upon arrival. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 12, 2007 

Mr. SCHUMER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To require airports to screen all individuals with access to 

the secure areas of an airport upon arrival. 

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 ‘‘Airport Security En5 hancement Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AIRPORT EMPLOYEE AND CONTRACTOR SCREEN7 ING. 

8 (a) SCREENING AIR CARRIER EMPLOYEES.—Section 

9 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, air carrier 

2 employees,’’ after ‘‘passengers’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, air carrier 

4 employees,’’ after ‘‘passengers’’. 

5 (b) SCREENING EMPLOYEES WITH ACCESS TO SE6 CURED AREAS.—Section 44903(h)(4)(A) of title 49, 

7 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘(including 

8 airport and air carrier employees, contractors, and ven9 dors)’’ after ‘‘individuals’’. 

10 SEC. 3. AIRPORT SCREENING PLANS. 

11 Section 44903(h) of title 49, United States Code, is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para14 graph (8); and 

15 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(7) AIRPORT SCREENING PLANS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) LARGE HUB AIRPORTS.—Not later 

19 than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

20 of the Airport Security Enhancement Act of 

21 2007, the head of each large hub airport shall 

22 submit a plan for comprehensive screening of 

23 all individuals entering the secure area of such 

24 airport to the Administrator of the Transpor25 tation Security Administration. 


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1 ‘‘(B) MEDIUM HUB AIRPORTS.—Not later 

2 than September 30, 2008, the head of each me3 dium hub airport shall submit a plan for com4 prehensive screening of all individuals entering 

5 the secure area of such airport to the Adminis6 trator of the Transportation Security Adminis7 tration. 

8 ‘‘(C) SMALL HUB AIRPORTS.—Not later 

9 than September 30, 2009, the head of each 

10 small hub airport shall submit a plan for com11 prehensive screening of all individuals entering 

12 the secure area of such airport to the Adminis13 trator of the Transportation Security Adminis14 tration. 

15 ‘‘(D) NONHUB AIRPORTS.—Not later than 

16 September 30, 2010, the head of each nonhub 

17 airport shall submit a plan for comprehensive 

18 screening of all individuals entering the secure 

19 area of such airport to the Administrator of the 

20 Transportation Security Administration. 

21 ‘‘(E) IMPLEMENTATION OF PLANS.—Not 

22 later than 60 days after the submission of a 

23 comprehensive screening plan for an airport 

24 under this paragraph, the plan shall be imple25 mented at such airport.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

3 as may be necessary to carry out this Act and the amend4 ments made by this Act. 

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