IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4549 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 14, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To require the Transportation Security Administration to 
conduct security screening at certain airports, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treating Small Air-
ports with Fairness Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. CONDUCT OF SECURITY SCREENING BY THE TRANS-
PORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AT 
CERTAIN AIRPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration shall provide for secu-
rity screening to be conducted by the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration at, and provide all necessary staff and 
equipment to, any airport— 
(1) that lost commercial air service on or after 
January 1, 2013; and 
(2) the operator of which, following the loss de-
scribed in paragraph (1), submits to the Adminis-
trator— 
(A) a request for security screening to be 
conducted at such airport by the Transpor-
tation Security Administration; and 
(B) written confirmation of a commitment 
from a commercial air carrier— 
(i) that such air carrier intends to re-
sume commercial air service at such air-
port; and 
(ii) to resume such service not later 
than the date that is one year after the 
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date of the submission of the request 
under subparagraph (A). 
(b) DEADLINE.—Subject to the one-year limitation 
described in subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii), the Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration shall ensure 
that the process of implementing security screening by the 
Transportation Security Administration at an airport de-
scribed in subsection (a) is complete not later than the 
later of— 
(1) the date that is 90 days after the date on 
which the operator of such airport submits to the 
Administrator a request for such screening under 
paragraph (2)(A) of such subsection; or 
(2) the date on which the commercial air car-
rier that is the subject of such a request intends to 
resume commercial air service at such airport. 
(c) EFFECTS ON OTHER AIRPORTS.—The Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration shall 
carry out this section in a manner that does not negatively 
affect operations at airports not described in this section 
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that are otherwise provided security screening conducted 
by the Transportation Security Administration. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 13, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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