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Aviation and Transportation Security Act

1/16/2023, 8:18 AM

Congressional Summary of S 1447

Aviation Security Act - Amends Federal transportation law to establish within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) a Deputy Administrator for Aviation Security who shall be responsible for aviation-related security at all U.S. airports and air navigation facilities involved in interstate or intrastate air transportation by civil aircraft.

Establishes the Aviation Security Coordination Council, which shall, among other things, coordinate intelligence, security, and criminal enforcement activities affecting the safety and security of aviation at all U.S. airports and air navigation facilities involved in interstate or intrastate air transportation by public aircraft.

Sets forth requirements to: (1) prohibit access to the flight deck (cockpit) of commercial aircraft by any person other than a flight deck crew member; (2) require the strengthening of the cockpit door and locks to prevent entry into such area by non-flight deck crew members (including requiring commuter aircraft that do not have doors to get doors to prevent public access to the cockpit area); (3) provide for random deployment of Federal marshals on domestic commercial air passenger flights and all international flights on U.S. carriers into or out of the United States (including requirements for background and fitness checks and training); (4) federalize airport security operations by deploying law enforcement personnel at each airport (including armed personnel at airport security screening locations of the 100 largest airports); (5) train flight crews in anti-hijacking procedures; (6) make the FAA responsible for screening of air passengers and property boarding each aircraft; (7) establish a program to hire and train airport security screening personnel; (8) require criminal background checks of heavy plane flight training applicants; and (9) collect a $1 per-one-way revenue passenger user (security) fee from commercial air carriers.

Current Status of Bill S 1447

Bill S 1447 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since September 21, 2001. Bill S 1447 was introduced during Congress 107 and was introduced to the Senate on September 21, 2001.  Bill S 1447's most recent activity was Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-1110. as of May 21, 2002

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 1447

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
30
Democrat Cosponsors
22
Republican Cosponsors
8
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 1447

Primary Policy Focus

Transportation and Public Works

Potential Impact Areas

- Access to airports
- Administrative fees
- Administrative procedure
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Aeronautics
- Air cargo
- Air piracy
- Air routes
- Air traffic
- Aircraft construction
- Aircraft pilots
- Airline employees
- Airline passenger traffic
- Airlines
- Airports
- Airspace (Law)
- Alien labor
- Aliens
- Ambulances
- Animals
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arrest
- Authorization
- Aviation fuels
- Aviation insurance
- Aviation safety
- Bankruptcy
- Biological warfare
- Biological weapons
- Bombings
- Charter airlines
- Chemical warfare
- Chemical weapons
- Citizenship
- Commerce
- Commercial aircraft
- Compensation (Law)
- Computer crimes
- Computer matching
- Computer networks
- Computer security measures
- Concessions
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Criminal justice information
- Criminal justice information systems
- Customs administration
- Damages
- Data banks
- Department of Transportation
- Drug abuse
- Drug law enforcement
- Drug testing
- Drug traffic
- Drugs and transportation workers
- EBB Terrorism
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic surveillance
- Emergency Management
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency medical personnel
- Emergency medical services
- Employee selection
- Employee training
- Employment tests
- Energy
- Executive reorganization
- Explosives
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to hospitals
- Federal aid to transportation
- Federal employees
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Federal officials
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fire fighters
- Firearms
- Flight crews
- Flight training
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Foreign students
- Good samaritan laws
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government liability
- Governmental investigations
- Harbors
- Health
- Identification devices
- Identification of criminals
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Jet aircraft
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Layoffs
- Leases
- Liability (Law)
- Liability for aircraft accidents
- Local employees
- Local service airlines
- Marine safety
- Marine transportation
- Medical supplies
- Municipal politics and government
- Navigation (Aeronautics)
- New York City
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- Office buildings
- Parking facilities
- Performance measurement
- Personnel records
- Police
- Police training
- Postal service
- Presidential appointments
- Punitive damages
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Railroad safety
- Rating of employees
- Recruiting of employees
- Reinsurance
- Rent
- Research and development
- Research grants
- Retired military personnel
- Revolving funds
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- September 11, 2001
- Smart cards
- State employees
- Subcontractors
- Technological innovations
- Technology assessment
- Telephone
- Terrorism
- Tourism
- Transportation planning
- Transportation safety
- User charges
- Veterans' employment
- Video tape recording
- Voiceprints
- War risk insurance
- Weapons
- Weapons of mass destruction

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 1447

Aviation and Transportation Security Act
Federalize Aviation Security bill
Aviation and Transportation Security Act
Flight Deck Security Act of 2001
Sky Marshals bill
Aviation Security Act
A bill to improve aviation security, and for other purposes.
Aviation Security Act

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