I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3484 
To prohibit certain individuals from possessing a firearm in an airport, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2013 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mr. MORAN, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. CAR-
SON of Indiana, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. GRAYSON, 
Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit certain individuals from possessing a firearm 
in an airport, 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 ‘‘Airport Security Act 
of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AT 
AIRPORTS. 
(a) PROGRAM TO PROHIBIT POSSESSION.—Section 
44903 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(n) PROGRAM TO PROHIBIT POSSESSION OF FIRE-
ARMS AT AIRPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Assistant Sec-
retary of Homeland Security (Transportation Secu-
rity Administration) shall establish and carry out a 
program to prohibit, except as provided in para-
graph (3), any individual from possessing a firearm 
at a covered airport, including any individual who 
enters the airport, or who exits public transportation 
at the airport, for the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) Air travel. 
‘‘(B) Meeting another individual. 
‘‘(C) Picking up cargo. 
‘‘(D) Employment at the airport. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
AIRPORT
OPERA-
TORS.—In carrying out the program established 
under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary shall 
require each airport operator to— 
‘‘(A) conspicuously display notices summa-
rizing the program— 
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‘‘(i) at each entrance to the airport; 
and 
‘‘(ii) in such form, and containing 
such information, as the Assistant Sec-
retary shall by regulation prescribe; and 
‘‘(B) require law enforcement personnel 
to— 
‘‘(i) monitor the airport to prevent 
violations of paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) escort any individual described in 
paragraph (3)(B)(ii) who is discovered by 
such personnel to be in possession of a 
firearm referred to in paragraph (3)(B)(i), 
to ensure that such individual continues to 
be excepted from paragraph (1) by reason 
of paragraph (3)(B). 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The following individuals 
shall not be prohibited by paragraph (1) from pos-
sessing a firearm under such paragraph: 
‘‘(A) INDIVIDUALS AUTHORIZED TO CARRY 
A FIREARM.—An individual who, by regulation, 
is authorized by the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration or the Assistant 
Secretary to carry a firearm at the covered air-
port. 
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‘‘(B) TRAVELERS.—An individual who pos-
sesses a firearm, if— 
‘‘(i) the firearm is unloaded, carried 
in a hard-sided container that is locked, 
and the key or combination to the lock is 
in the exclusive possession of the indi-
vidual; and 
‘‘(ii) the individual— 
‘‘(I) is carrying a ticket in the 
name of the individual for a flight 
that is scheduled for departure from 
the covered airport within 24 hours or 
that has arrived at the airport within 
the preceding 24 hours; or 
‘‘(II) communicates the intention 
to obtain a ticket for departure re-
ferred to in subclause (I) at the cov-
ered airport and obtains and carries 
such ticket or does not obtain such 
ticket for a compelling reason. 
‘‘(C) INDIVIDUALS SHIPPING FIREARMS.— 
An individual who possesses a firearm in a ca-
pacity relating to the shipment of the firearm 
in air commerce and who, by regulation, is au-
thorized by the Administrator of the Federal 
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