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(e) TIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The training of pi-
lots as Federal flight deck officers required in the amend-
ments made by subsection (d) shall begin as soon as prac-
ticable and no later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
(f) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—The requirements of
subsection (e) shall have no effect on the deadlines for imple-
mentation contained in section 44921 of title 49, United
States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 406. GENERAL AVIATION AND AIR CHARTERS.
Section 132(a) of the Aviation and Transportation Se-
curity Act (49 U.S.C. 44944 note) is amended by striking
‘‘12,500 pounds or more’’ and inserting ‘‘more than 12,500
pounds’’.
SEC. 407. AIR DEFENSE IDENTIFICATION ZONE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration establishes an Air Defense Identi-
fication Zone (in this section referred as an ‘‘ADIZ’’), the
Administrator shall, not later than 60 days after the date
of establishing the ADIZ, transmit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate, a report containing an expla-
nation of the need for the ADIZ. The Administrator shall
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provide the Committees an updated report every 60 days
until the establishment of the ADIZ is rescinded. The re-
ports and updates shall be transmitted in classified form.
(b) EXISTING ADIZ.—If an ADIZ is in effect on the
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall trans-
mit an initial report under subsection (a) to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate not later than 30 days after
the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—If a report required
under subsection (a) or (b) indicates that the ADIZ is to
be continued, the Administrator shall outline changes in
procedures and requirements to improve operational effi-
ciency and minimize the operational impacts of the ADIZ
on pilots and air traffic controllers.
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Air De-
fense Identification Zone’’ and ‘‘ADIZ’’ mean a zone estab-
lished by the Administrator with respect to airspace under
18,000 feet in approximately a 15 to 38 mile radius around
Washington, District of Columbia, for which security meas-
ures are extended beyond the existing 15-mile-no-fly zone
around Washington and in which general aviation aircraft
are required to adhere to certain procedures issued by the
Administrator.
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SEC. 408. REPORT ON PASSENGER PRESCREENING PRO-
GRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
after consultation with the Attorney General, shall submit
a report in writing to the Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation and the House of Representa-
tives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on
the potential impact of the Transportation Security Admin-
istration’s 
proposed 
Computer 
Assisted 
Passenger
Prescreening system, commonly known as CAPPS II, on
the privacy and civil liberties of United States citizens.
(b) SPECIFIC ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED.—The report
shall address the following:
(1) Whether and for what period of time data
gathered on individual travelers will be retained, who
will have access to such data, and who will make de-
cisions concerning access to such data.
(2) How the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration will treat the scores assigned to individual
travelers to measure the likelihood they may pose a
security threat, including how long such scores will be
retained and whether and under what circumstances
they may be shared with other governmental, non-
governmental, or commercial entities.
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(3) The role airlines and outside vendors or con-
tractors will have in implementing and operating the
system, and to what extent will they have access, or
the means to obtain access, to data, scores, or other
information generated by the system.
(4) The safeguards that will be implemented to
ensure that data, scores, or other information gen-
erated by the system will be used only as officially in-
tended.
(5) The procedures that will be implemented to
mitigate the effect of any errors, and what procedural
recourse will be available to passengers who believe
the system has wrongly barred them from taking
flights.
(6) The oversight procedures that will be imple-
mented to ensure that, on an ongoing basis, privacy
and civil liberties issues will continue to be considered
and addressed with high priority as the system is in-
stalled, operated and updated.
SEC. 409. REMOVAL OF CAP ON TSA STAFFING LEVEL.
The matter appearing under the heading ‘‘AVIATION
SECURITY’’ in the appropriations for the Transportation
Security Administration in the Transportation and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriation Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–
7; 117 Stat. 386) is amended by striking the fifth proviso.
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SEC. 410. FOREIGN REPAIR STATION SAFETY AND SECU-
RITY.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration.
(2) DOMESTIC REPAIR STATION.—The term ‘‘do-
mestic repair station’’ means a repair station or shop
that—
(A) is described in section 44707(2) of title
49, United States Code; and
(B) is located in the United States.
(3) FOREIGN REPAIR STATION.—The term ‘‘for-
eign repair station’’ means a repair station or shop
that—
(A) is described in section 44707(2) of title
49, United States Code; and
(B) is located outside of the United States.
(4) UNDER SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under Sec-
retary’’ means the Under Secretary for Border and
Transportation Security of the Department of Home-
land Security.
(b) APPLICABILITY OF STANDARDS.—Within 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall issue regulations to ensure that foreign repair stations
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by the United States Government as posing the most
significant security risks.
(6) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this section, the Under
Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator,
shall issue final regulations to ensure the security of
foreign and domestic repair stations. If final regula-
tions are not issued within 180 days of the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator may not cer-
tify, or renew the certification of, any foreign repair
station until such regulations have been issued.
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 501. EXTENSION OF WAR RISK INSURANCE AUTHOR-
ITY.
Section 44310 is amended by striking ‘‘2004.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2006.’’.
SEC. 502. COST-SHARING OF AIR TRAFFIC MODERNIZATION
PROJECTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 445 is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘§ 44517. Program to permit cost-sharing of air traf-
fic modernization projects
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the requirements of this
section, the Secretary may carry out a program under
which the Secretary may make grants to project sponsors
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for not more than 10 eligible projects per fiscal year for
the purpose of improving aviation safety and enhancing
mobility of the Nation’s air transportation system by en-
couraging non-Federal investment in critical air traffic
control facilities and equipment.
‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost
of an eligible project carried out under the program shall
not exceed 33 percent. The non-Federal share of the cost of
an eligible project shall be provided from non-Federal
sources, including revenues collected pursuant to section
40117 of this title.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—No eligible
project may receive more than $5,000,000 in Federal funds
under the program.
‘‘(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use amounts ap-
propriated under section 48101(a) of this title to carry out
this program.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
PROJECT.—The term ‘eligible
project’ means a project relating to the Nation’s air
traffic control system that is certified or approved by
the Administrator and that promotes safety, effi-
ciency, or mobility. Such projects may include—
‘‘(A) airport-specific air traffic facilities
and equipment, including local area augmenta-
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tion systems, instrument landing systems, weath-
er and wind shear detection equipment, lighting
improvements, and control towers;
‘‘(B) automation tools to effect improve-
ments in airport capacity, including passive
final approach spacing tools and traffic manage-
ment advisory equipment; and
‘‘(C) facilities and equipment that enhance
airspace control procedures, including consolida-
tion of terminal radar control facilities and
equipment, or assist in en route surveillance, in-
cluding oceanic and offshore flight tracking.
‘‘(2) PROJECT
SPONSOR.—The term ‘project
sponsor’ means any major user of the National Air-
space System, as determined by the Secretary, includ-
ing a public-use airport or a joint venture between a
public-use airport and one or more air carriers.
‘‘(f) TRANSFERS
OF EQUIPMENT.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, and upon agreement by the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, project
sponsors may transfer, without consideration, to the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration, facilities, equipment, or au-
tomation tools, the purchase of which was assisted by a
grant made under this section, if such facilities, equipment
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or tools meet Federal Aviation Administration operation
and maintenance criteria.
‘‘(g) GUIDELINES.—The Administrator shall issue ad-
visory guidelines on the implementation of the program,
which shall not be subject to administrative rulemaking re-
quirements under subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The chapter analyses
for chapter 445 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘44517. Program to permit cost-sharing of air traffic modernization projects.’’.
SEC. 503. COUNTERFEIT OR FRAUDULENTLY REPRESENTED
PARTS VIOLATIONS.
Section 44726(a)(1) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon in sub-
paragraph (A);
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (D);
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(B) who knowingly, and with intent to de-
fraud, carried out or facilitated an activity pun-
ishable under a law described in subparagraph
(A);
‘‘(C) whose certificate is revoked under sub-
section (b) of this section; or’’; and
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(4) by striking ‘‘convicted of such a violation.’’
in subparagraph (D), as redesignated, and inserting
‘‘described in subparagraph (A), (B) or (C).’’.
SEC. 504. CLARIFICATIONS TO PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.
(a) UPDATE AND CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.—
(1) Section 40110(c) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(c) DUTIES AND POWERS.—When carrying out sub-
section (a) of this section, the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration may—
‘‘(1) notwithstanding section 1341(a)(1) of title
31, lease an interest in property for not more than 20
years;
‘‘(2) consider the reasonable probable future use
of the underlying land in making an award for a
condemnation of an interest in airspace; and
‘‘(3) dispose of property under subsection (a)(2)
of this section, except for airport and airway prop-
erty and technical equipment used for the special pur-
poses of the Administration, only under subchapter
III of chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code.’’.
(2) Section 40110(d)(1) is amended by striking
‘‘implement, not later than January 1, 1996,’’ and
inserting ‘‘implement’’.
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(b) 
CLARIFICATION.—Section 
106(f)(2)(A)(ii) 
is
amended by striking ‘‘property’’ and inserting ‘‘property,
services,’’.
SEC. 505. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Section 46110(c) is amended by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle,
judicial review of an order issued, in whole or in part, pur-
suant to this part, part B of this subtitle , or subsection
(l) or (s) of section 114 of this title, shall be in accordance
with the provisions of this section.’’.
SEC. 506. CIVIL PENALTIES.
(a) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM CIVIL PENALTY.—Section
46301(a) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ in paragraph (1) and
inserting ‘‘$25,000’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘or’’ the last time it appears in
paragraph (1)(A);
(3) by striking ‘‘section )’’ in paragraph (1)(A),
and inserting ‘‘section), or section 47133’’;
(4) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (6), and (7)
and redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (8) as
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and
(5) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’ in
paragraph (4), as redesignated, and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (1)’’.