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.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
See H.R.1659.
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