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SCREEN Act
1/24/2024, 9:00 PM
Summary of Bill HR 1456
The SCREEN Act proposes several key measures to achieve this goal. Firstly, it requires airports to conduct more thorough background checks on all employees with access to secure areas, including fingerprint-based criminal history checks. This is intended to ensure that individuals with criminal backgrounds or ties to terrorist organizations are not able to work in sensitive areas of airports.
Additionally, the bill mandates that airports implement random security screenings for employees with access to secure areas. This is meant to serve as a deterrent to potential threats and to ensure that employees are not using their access to smuggle prohibited items or engage in other illicit activities. Furthermore, the SCREEN Act calls for increased coordination between airports and law enforcement agencies in order to share information and intelligence related to potential security threats. This is intended to improve the overall security posture of airports and enhance the ability to detect and prevent security breaches. Overall, the SCREEN Act seeks to strengthen security measures at airports by enhancing the screening process for airport employees. By implementing more rigorous background checks, random security screenings, and improved information sharing, the bill aims to reduce the risk of security threats posed by airport employees with access to secure areas.
Congressional Summary of HR 1456
Stopping Communist Regimes from Engaging in Edits Now Act or the SCREEN Act
This bill restricts the federal government from providing certain types of support to U.S. companies that make films with alterations or content conditions imposed by the Chinese government or Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The bill prohibits the Department of State from providing technical support or access to State Department assets to a U.S. company producing or funding films unless the company meets certain conditions (including entering into a written agreement with the State Department not to alter the content of the film in response to, or in anticipation of, a request from Chinese or CCP officials).
The bill also prohibits the President from authorizing technical support, access to federal assets, or film-related contracts for films by certain U.S. companies. This prohibition applies to U.S. companies that (1) submitted films to Chinese or CCP officials for evaluation after the date of enactment of this bill or within the past 3 years (whichever time period is shorter), and (2) altered the films in response to, or in anticipation of, a request by such officials. The prohibition also applies to companies that submitted films up to 10 years prior if the films were altered after the company had signed an agreement with the State Department not to alter content. Additionally, such support may not be provided for films co-produced by an entity located in China that is subject to content conditions imposed by the Chinese government or the CCP.
