To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the screening of all property carried in aircraft in air transportation and intrastate air transportation, and for other purposes.

October 4, 2001

Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. KING, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MORELLA, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. DICKS, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, and Mr. BACA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the screening of all property carried in aircraft in air transportation and intrastate air transportation, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Baggage Screening Act'.

SEC. 2. SCREENING OF PROPERTY.

Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a)--

(A) by striking `and property'; and

(B) by inserting before the period at the end the following: `and all property that will be carried in the aircraft';

(2) in the second sentence of subsection (a) by inserting `or loading, or both,' after `before boarding'; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

`(d) ASSUMPTION OF SCREENING FUNCTION BY UNDER SECRETARY- The requirement in subsection (a) that the screening of passengers and property be carried before boarding or loading an aircraft by an employee or agent of any air carrier or foreign air carrier shall be assumed, after the 60th day following the date of enactment of this subsection, by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.'.

SEC. 3. DEADLINE FOR ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.

The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall prescribe the regulations required by the amendments made by section 1 of this Act not later than the 30th day following the date of enactment of this Act.

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