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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6139 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose requirements for 
the improvement of security camera and video surveillance systems at 
certain airports, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 
Mr. ANDREWS
(for himself, Mr. WELDON
of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
PASCRELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose 
requirements for the improvement of security camera 
and video surveillance systems 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, 
SECTION 1. AIRPORT SECURITY CAMERA AND VIDEO SUR-
VEILLANCE SYSTEMS. 
(a) MODIFICATION
OF AIRPORT SECURITY PRO-
GRAMS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall re-
quire the operator of a category X or category 1 airport, 
as designated by the Transportation Security Administra-
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tion, to modify the airport security program of the airport 
to meet the requirements of subsection (b). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS
FOR SECURITY CAMERA
AND 
VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS.—The airport security 
program of a category X or category 1 airport shall pro-
vide for the following: 
(1) Each security camera and video surveillance 
system at the airport, including cameras and sys-
tems for control points into and out of the airport 
perimeter, public areas, and all points of secured 
areas (including air operations areas, secure identi-
fication display areas, and sterile areas), shall be 
connected to an operating analog or digital video re-
cording system and storage device. 
(2) All public access areas of the airport, both 
secure and non-secure, shall be monitored by secu-
rity cameras. 
(3) The airport shall have in effect a data re-
tention policy under which the airport, at a min-
imum— 
(A) retains all full-screen images at 30 
frames per second for 3 days per camera for 
each camera and video surveillance system at 
the airport; and 
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(B) retains such images at 5 frames per 
second for 7 additional days. 
(4) The airport shall have sufficient digital or 
analog storage capacity to meet the requirements of 
the data retention policy described in paragraph (3). 
(5) The airport shall, to the extent practicable, 
use motion-detection activation of recording, and 
other appropriate technologies, at remote locations 
of the airport. 
(6) The airport shall have in effect consistent, 
valid, and verifiable procedures for controlling access 
to and authenticating digitally-stored imagery. 
(7) The airport shall not remove or deactivate 
a security camera that was installed under the air-
port’s most recent airport security program, as ap-
proved before the date of enactment of this Act, 
without the approval of the Secretary (or the Sec-
retary’s designee). 
(c) DEADLINES.— 
(1) MODIFICATION OF AIRPORT SECURITY PRO-
GRAMS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, each airport operator that is 
required to modify an airport security program 
under this section shall submit the required modi-
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fications to the Secretary (or the Secretary’s des-
ignee) for approval. 
(2) COMPLIANCE WITH AIRPORT SECURITY PRO-
GRAM MODIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall require 
an airport operator to be in full compliance with the 
modifications not later than the 545th day following 
the date of approval of the modifications. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION BY TRANSPORTATION SECU-
RITY ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall carry out 
this section acting through the Assistant Secretary of 
Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administra-
tion). 
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