I 
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. RICH-
MOND) 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 en-
sure that such individuals are non-threats to aviation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Flight School Security 
Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
REQUIREMENT 
THAT 
INDIVIDUALS 
SEEKING 
FLIGHT TRAINING ARE CHECKED AGAINST 
THE TERRORIST WATCHLIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44939 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (F) of paragraph (1) as clauses (i) 
through (vi), respectively; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(C) by striking ‘‘12,500 pounds’’ and in-
serting ‘‘12,500 pounds—’’; 
(D) by inserting before subparagraph (A), 
as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this sub-
section, a new paragraph (2); 
(E) by moving the text beginning with ‘‘to 
an’’ and all that follows through ‘‘only if—’’ to 
such paragraph (2); 
(F) by inserting before such paragraph (2) 
the following new paragraph (1): 
‘‘(1) to an individual seeking such training who 
does not hold a valid airman’s certification issued by 
the Federal Aviation Administration only upon re-
ceipt of information from the Assistant Secretary 
that— 
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‘‘(A) the individual has been checked 
against the terrorist watchlist to ascertain if the 
individual may pose a threat to aviation or na-
tional security or a threat of terrorism; and 
‘‘(B) the Assistant Secretary has deter-
mined that the individual does not pose a threat 
that warrants denial of access to such training; 
and’’; and 
(G) in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘WAITING
PERIOD.—’’ and inserting ‘‘RE-
QUIREMENTS; WAITING PERIOD.—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of 
each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate a report on the total number of indi-
viduals checked against the terrorist watchlist and total 
number of individuals denied access to flight training dur-
ing the calendar year preceding the year in which the re-
port is submitted, in accordance with this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (B) 
of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 44949, as 
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redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking 
‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The amendments made 
by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to an individual 
seeking flight training on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
Æ 
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