Mahan Air and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1011
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-05-02
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aviation and airports

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Iran

Middle East

Terrorism

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Mahan Air and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to submit an annual report to Congress through 2020 that includes: (1) a list of all airports at which aircraft owned or controlled by Mahan Air (a Tehran-based commercial airline under U.S. sanctions) have landed during the preceding two years; and (2) for each such airport, an assessment of whether such aircraft continue operations at that airport, an assessment of whether any of the landings were emergency landings, a determination of whether additional security measures should be imposed on flights to the United States that originate from that airport, and an explanation of the rationale for such determination. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1011 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 2, 2017 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Rubio , Mr. Portman , Mr. Warner , Mr. Blumenthal , and Mr. Coons ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To prevent the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from using Mahan Air for material support for terrorist activities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mahan Air and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2017 . 2. Report on airports used by Mahan Air (a) In general Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 2020, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a report that includes— (1) a list of all airports at which aircraft owned or controlled by Mahan Air have landed during the 2 years preceding the submission of the report; and (2) for each such airport— (A) an assessment of whether aircraft owned or controlled by Mahan Air continue to conduct operations at that airport; (B) an assessment of whether any of the landings of aircraft owned or controlled by Mahan Air were necessitated by an emergency situation; (C) a determination regarding whether additional security measures should be imposed on flights to the United States that originate from that airport; and (D) an explanation of the rationale for that determination. (b) Form of report Each report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (c) Publication of list The list required by subsection (a)(1) shall be publicly and prominently posted on the website of the Department of Homeland Security on the date on which the report required by subsection (a) is submitted to Congress.