Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning security at United States and international airports.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Transportation should ensure that: (1) the highest level security standards currently in use in international aviation are applied by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to all international airlines and airports; (2) enhanced procedures are adopted at the February 16th meeting of the directors of the ICAO; (3) the ICAO requires all international airport authorities to take specified security measures, including detailed passenger profile checks, extensive background checks for personnel with access to secure areas, and acceleration of research and development of technology to detect plastic explosives; (4) specified ICAO security standards are implemented by all U.S. airlines and airports; (5) the Department of Transportation works with the Department of State to enhance the Anti-Terrorist Assistance Program; (6) the threat assessment capability of the U.S. intelligence community pertaining to international airport security is enhanced, and where a threat is deemed substantial, the affected passengers are informed; and (7) the ICAO establishes a task force to develop regulations to combat unlawful interference with any international flight.

 
HCON 52 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 52
Expressing the sense of Congress concerning security at United States and
international airports.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 9, 1989
Mr. KENNEDY submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress concerning security at United States and
international airports.
  Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it
  is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Transportation should
  do everything in his power to ensure that--
  (1) the highest level security standards currently in use in international
  aviation are applied by the International Civil Aviation Organization
  (hereinafter in this resolution referred to as the `ICAO') to all
  international airlines and airports;
  (2) at the February 16th meeting of the directors of the ICAO, these enhanced
  procedures are adopted as a part of the minimum security regulations which
  are applied to all international airports by the ICAO;
  (3) the ICAO requires all international airport authorities--
  (A) to engage in detailed passenger profile checks for all ticketed
  passengers both in advance of the flight departure date and at the gate,
  (B) to carefully physically examine and subject to metal detector and
  explosive detector examination all passengers and the baggage of those
  passengers (and x-ray the baggage of those passengers) who are identified
  as suspicious by profile checks and to ensure that the officials conducting
  profile checks and searches and examinations be carefully and thoroughly
  trained and supervised,
  (C) to adopt passenger and checked bag reconciliation procedures regardless
  of whether or not other security measures have already been taken,
  (D) to adopt extensive background criminal and employment history checks
  for all personnel with access to secure areas,
  (E) to implement security check points through which all airport and
  airline personnel must pass each time upon entering or leaving a secure area,
  (F) to implement automated access control points controlling individual
  entries to all secure areas,
  (G) to enhance procedures for ensuring the security of all cargo, small
  parcels, express packages, and mail traveling on passenger carrying aircraft,
  (H) to require security sweeps of all passenger carrying aircraft after
  the aircraft has been serviced and before boarding,
  (I) to accelerate the research, development, and implementation of
  new technology used to detect plastic explosives and, in the meantime,
  to require the use of new technology x-rays having the capability of
  discriminating between organic and inorganic substances, and
  (J) to comply with all other standards contained in the Annex 17 Security
  Standards and Recommended Practices of the ICAO;
  (4) the standards contained in the Annex 17 Security Standards and
  Recommended Practices of the ICAO are implemented by all United States
  airlines and airports;
  (5) the Department of Transportation works in cooperation with the Department
  of State to enhance and expand the `Anti-Terrorist Assistance Program'
  currently run by the Department of State in conjunction with the Federal
  Aviation Administration;
  (6) the threat assessment capability of the United States intelligence
  community pertaining to international airport security is enhanced,
  and that, in situations where a threat is deemed to be substantial, the
  affected passengers are informed; and
  (7) the ICAO establishes a special task force charged with developing
  a set of regulations to be applied under Annex 17 Security Standards and
  Recommended Practices and related provisions to effectively combat unlawful
  interference with any international airline flight.