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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2895
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that the screening of
passengers and property on flights in air transportation be carried out
by employees of the Federal Aviation Administration, to expand the
Federal Air Marshal program of the Federal Aviation Administration,
to establish requirements for carry-on baggage on flights in air transpor-
tation, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. COSTELLO, and Mr. KIRK) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that
the screening of passengers and property on flights in
air transportation be carried out by employees of the
Federal Aviation Administration, to expand the Federal
Air Marshal program of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration, to establish requirements for carry-on baggage
on flights in air transportation, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Aviation Security En-
hancement Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. SCREENING OF AIR PASSENGERS AND PROPERTY
BY FAA.
Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (a) by
striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection
(c), the’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) SCREENING TO BE CONDUCTED BY FAA EM-
PLOYEES.—As soon as practicable after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, the screening of passengers and
property under subsection (a) shall be carried out by em-
ployees of the Federal Aviation Administration. The Ad-
ministrator may prioritize the undertaking of screening re-
sponsibilities with respect to an airport based on the Ad-
ministrator’s assessment of the security threat to the air-
port.’’.
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL.
The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration shall expand the Federal Air Marshal program of
the Administration to increase the number of air marshals
on domestic and international flights of United States air
carriers.
SEC. 4. CARRY-ON BAGGAGE.
(a) REGULATIONS.—As soon as practicable after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration shall modify regulations
contained in section 121.589 of title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, to require that each certificate holder (as the
term is used in that section) include in the certificate hold-
er’s carry-on baggage program a requirement that each
passenger boarding an airplane of the certificate holder
be limited to 1 piece of carry-on baggage, the aggregate
sum of each dimension of which does not exceed 9 inches
by 14 inches by 22 inches.
(b) EXCLUSIONS FROM CARRY-ON BAGGAGE LIMITA-
TION.—In this section, the term ‘‘carry-on baggage’’ does
not include any of the following items:
(1) Child safety seats for children holding a
ticket for a flight segment.
(2) Baggage and equipment required for the
transportation of any child under the age of 2, as
determined by the Administrator.
(3) Assistive devices for disabled passengers, in-
cluding canes and crutches.
(4) Outer garments, including coats and hats.
(5) Purses that are no larger than 25 linear
inches.
(c) PASSENGER DEFINED.—In this section, the term
‘‘passenger’’ includes any child under the age of 2 who
boards an airplane of a certificate holder, without regard
to whether a ticket for air transportation was purchased
for the child.
SEC. 5. FUNDING.
The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration may impose a fee under section 45301 of title 49,
United States Code, of not more than $3.00 per domestic
flight segment, the receipts from which shall be available
immediately for obligation and expenditure to carry out
sections 2 and 3 of this Act (including the amendments
made by such sections).
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