To direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to address vulnerabilities in aviation security by carrying out a pilot program to screen airport workers with access to secure and sterile areas of airports, and for other purposes.

12/11/2007--Passed House amended. Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to:
(1) implement a pilot program at seven commercial service airports to screen all individuals with unescorted access to secure and sterile areas of the airport; and
(2) conduct a vulnerability assessment of, and an operational assessment at, each airport participating in such program. Requires:
(1) at least two of the participating airports to be large hub airports and at least one of the airports to be a category III airport, with each of the remaining airports representing a different airport security risk category;
(2) screening to be conducted under the same standards as apply to passengers at airport security screening checkpoints, to be carried out by private screeners, and, in addition, the designation of at least one lane to be used to screen individuals with unescorted access on a priority basis;
(3) deployment of alternative means of screening of all individuals at one of the participating airports;
(4) each participating airport operator to conduct an assessment of the screening technology used at the airport and to submit the results to the Assistant Secretary; and
(5) the program to be carried out for not less than 180 days. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Assistant Secretary to report to Congress on the results of the program.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
• and 17 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
  • Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R, FL-5]
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10]
  • Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9]
  • Rep. Adam Putnam [R, FL-12]
  • Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
  • Rep. David Weldon [R, FL-15]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
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Committees

• Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
• 2 more
  • House Homeland Security
  • House Homeland Security
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1413

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 08, 2007		December 11, 2007

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• Dec 12, 2007: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
• Added to calendar on Dec 11, 2007: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 297..
• Dec 11, 2007: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 110-482.
• Dec 11, 2007: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Dec 11, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Dec 11, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1413.
• Dec 11, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Dec 11, 2007: Mrs. Lowey moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Added to calendar on Aug 01, 2007: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
• Aug 01, 2007: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Jun 25, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7052)
• Added to calendar on Apr 24, 2007: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
• Apr 24, 2007: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Apr 24, 2007: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
• Apr 24, 2007: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Apr 24, 2007: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
• Mar 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
• Mar 08, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
• Introduced on Mar 08, 2007.

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