I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3416 
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, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi 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, 
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 ‘‘Flight School Security 
Act of 2015’’. 
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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) in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘WAITING
PERIOD.—’’ and inserting ‘‘RE-
QUIREMENTS; WAITING PERIOD.—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by redesignating 
subparagraphs (A) through (F) as clauses (i) 
through (vi), respectively, and moving such 
clauses two ems to the right; 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 
and moving such subparagraphs two ems to the 
right; 
(D) by striking ‘‘12,500 pounds’’ and in-
serting ‘‘12,500 pounds—’’; 
(E) by inserting before subparagraph (A), 
as redesignated by subparagraph (B) of this 
paragraph, a new paragraph (2); 
(F) by moving the text beginning with ‘‘to 
an alien’’ and all that follows through ‘‘only 
if—’’ to such new paragraph (2); 
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(G) by inserting before such new para-
graph (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 Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration that— 
‘‘(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 Administrator has determined 
that the individual does not pose a threat that 
warrants denial of access to such training; 
and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of 
each year, the Administrator of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a report on the total number 
of individuals checked against the terrorist watchlist and 
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