I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6190 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require all-cargo aircraft to 
be equipped with cockpit doors that meet certain safety requirements, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2020 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
LYNCH, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, and Mr. 
CARSON of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require all-cargo 
aircraft to be equipped with cockpit doors that meet 
certain safety requirements, 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 ‘‘Cargo Flight Deck 
Security Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVED ALL-CARGO FLIGHT DECK INTEGRITY 
MEASURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 447 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 44741. All-cargo flight deck integrity measures 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for an air 
carrier to operate a covered aircraft after January 1, 
2023, regardless of the date of such aircraft’s type certifi-
cation, in a covered operation unless such aircraft is 
equipped with a cockpit door that— 
‘‘(1) 
meets 
the 
requirements 
of 
section 
25.795(a) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 
with respect to intrusion resistance; and 
‘‘(2) remains locked while the aircraft is in 
flight, as directed by the pilot in command of such 
aircraft. 
‘‘(b) EFFECT OF RULEMAKING.—The requirement of 
subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2023, re-
gardless of whether the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration has issued regulations to implement 
such requirement. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED AIRCRAFT.—The term ‘covered 
aircraft’ means an aircraft used in all-cargo air 
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transportation with a maximum certificated payload 
capacity that exceeds 6,500 pounds. 
‘‘(2) COVERED OPERATION.—The term ‘covered 
operation’ means an operation in all-cargo air trans-
portation under the provisions of part 121 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘44741. All-cargo flight deck integrity measures.’’. 
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) SECTION 44737.—Chapter 447 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amending by redesignating the second sec-
tion 44737 (as added by section 581 of the FAA Reau-
thorization Act of 2018) as section 44740. 
(b) ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 447 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to the second 
section 44737 (as added by section 581 of the FAA 
Reauthorization Act of 2018); and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 44739 the following new item: 
‘‘44740. Special rule for certain aircraft operations.’’. 
(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN AIRCRAFT OPER-
ATIONS.—Section 44740 of title 49, United States Code, 
(as redesignated by subsection (a)) is amended— 
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(1) in the heading, by striking the period at the 
end; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’ the 
second time it appears; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(2), by adding a period at 
the end. 
Æ 
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