Aviation Security Improvement Act

A bill to provide improved aviation security, and for other purposes.

2/6/2007--Introduced.
Aviation Security Improvement Act - Extends funding for aviation security. Provides for a system to screen all cargo transported on domestic and foreign passenger airlines. Directs the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA Administrator) to:
(1) evaluate the blast-resistant cargo container pilot program and then begin acquisition of containers to meet TSA cargo security program requirements; and
(2) develop a system to make such containers available for use by domestic and foreign passenger airlines. Sets forth requirements regarding:
(1) preventing explosive devices on passenger planes;
(2) deployment of explosive detection systems at airports;
(3) not applying certain TSA personnel limitations;
(4) specialized training for TSA officers;
(5) an appeal process for passengers wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight;
(6) a strategic plan to test and implement an advanced passenger prescreening system; and
(7) certification of foreign repair stations. Directs the Administrator to:
(1) develop and implement a standardized airport threat and vulnerability assessment program;
(2) based on a study, provide grants to airport operators for security upgrade projects;
(3) develop a system under which foreign registered aircraft submit specified information to TSA; and
(4) report on security credentials of airline crews.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
• and 5 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Kay Hutchison [R, TX]
  • Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
  • Trent Lott
  • Sen. John Rockefeller [D, WV]
  • Ted Stevens
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Committees

• Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.509

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 06, 2007

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• Mar 05, 2007: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-31.
• Added to calendar on Mar 05, 2007: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 68..
• Added to calendar on Feb 13, 2007: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably..
• Feb 13, 2007: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Date of scheduled consideration. SR-253. 10:00 a.m.
• Feb 13, 2007: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
• Feb 06, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
• Introduced on Feb 06, 2007.
• Feb 06, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1649)
• Feb 06, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1649)

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• Transportation
• Administrative procedure
• Administrative remedies
• Air cargo
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• Air piracy
• Airline employees
• Airline passenger traffic
• Airports
• Animals
• Authorization
• Aviation safety
• Bombs
• Budgets
• Commercial aircraft
• Congress
• Congressional investigations
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Criminal justice
• Department of Homeland Security
• Dogs
• Employee training
• Executive departments
• Explosives
• Federal aid to transportation
• Federal employees
• Flight crews
• Government employees
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Government procurement
• Identification of criminals
• Infrastructure
• Job training
• Labor
• Law
• Licenses
• Maintenance and repair
• Public contracts
• Recruiting of employees
• Research and development
• Science policy
• Security measures
• Standards
• Strategic planning
• Technology
• Technology assessment
• Terrorism
• Terrorists
• Transportation research

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February 13, 2007 Senate Panel Approves Air Security Bill

The aviation security bill, S. 509, approved by voice vote, would mandate the screening of all cargo on passenger aircraft within three years of the bill’s ...

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December 18, 2008 Maerz 2008: G.O. Mueller schreibt an 639 Staatsrechtslehrer über ...

Das Verzeichnis der Mitglieder (S. 509-608) enthält häufige offensichtliche Erfassungsfehler, die nach Möglichkeit korrigiert worden sind; es ist jedoch anzunehmen, daß nicht alle Erfassungsfehler erkannt werden konnten, insbesondere in ...

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December 01, 2008 Europeanization, Globalization, Americanization, Sovietization ...

[5] Weiterführend z.B. Richard Kuisel, Americanization for Historians, in: Diplomatic History 24 (2000), S. 509-515. [6] Weiterführend z.B. Michael Geyer / Charles Bright, World History in a Global Age, in: The American Historical ...

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November 02, 2008 hrr-strafrecht.de - BVerfG 2 BvR 1229/07 - 10. Januar 2008 (OLG ...

Juni 1996 - 2 BvR 2137/95 -, NStZ 1996, S. 509 ). 20. Schwierigkeiten bei der Überwachung der Gefangenen sind Lästigkeiten, die grundsätzlich hingenommen werden müssen; denn Grundrechte bestehen nicht nur nach Maßgabe dessen, ...

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