104th CONGRESS

          2d Session

          To improve aviation security by requiring the installation of

          certain explosive detection equipment at certain airports, by

          requiring the installation of explosive resistant cargo containers

          on aircraft, to provide assistance for the acquisition of such

          equipment, and for other purposes.

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                      July 26, 1996

          Mr. NADLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

              Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

                                         A BILL

          To improve aviation security by requiring the installation of

          certain explosive detection equipment at certain airports, by

          requiring the installation of explosive resistant cargo containers

          on aircraft, to provide assistance for the acquisition of such

          equipment, 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 `Aviation Antiterrorism Act of 1996'.

          SEC. 2. INSTALLATION AND USE OF EXPLOSIVE DETECTION EQUIPMENT.

            Section 44913 of Title 49, United States Code is amended by to

          read as follows:

          `SEC. 44913. EXPLOSIVE DETECTION AND CONTAINMENT.

            `(a) INSTALLATION AND USE OF EXPLOSIVE DETECTION EQUIPMENT- Not

          later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section,

          the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall--

                `(1) set minimum standards for equipment that, alone or as

              part of an integrated system, can detect under realistic air

              carrier operating conditions, the amounts, configurations, and

              types of explosive material that would likely be used to cause

              catastrophic damage to commercial aircraft, and

                `(2) require all commercial air carriers, including foreign

              air carriers, on all flights providing service to from or 

              within the United States, to install and use, as expeditiously

              as possible, such equipment to screen all passenger baggage and

              all other cargo for explosives at airports (whether located

              within or outside the United States) that serve commercial

              aviation.

            `(b) INSTALLATION OF EXPLOSIVE RESISTANT CARGO CONTAINERS- Not

          later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section,

          the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall--

                `(1) set minimum standards for cargo containers that can

              withstand explosions caused by the types of explosive material

              that would likely be used to cause catastrophic damage to

              commercial aircraft, and

                `(2) require all commercial air carriers to install and use,

              as expeditiously as possible, such equipment.

            `(c) GRANTS- The Secretary of Transportation may provide grants 

          to continue the Explosive Detection K-9 Team Training Program to

          detect explosives at airports and on aircraft.'.

          SEC. 3. AVIATION SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

            The Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C.

          47101-47131) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following

          new section:

          `SEC. 47132. AVIATION SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

            `(a) AIR CARRIER SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM- Subject to such

          terms and conditions as the Administrator may establish, the

          Administrator is authorized to make grants from the Trust Fund to

          air carriers required to--

                `(1) install and use explosive detection equipment, or

                `(2) explosive resistant cargo containers under section 2 of

              the Aviation Antiterrorism Act of 1996 to pay up to 100 percent

              of the cost of acquiring such equipment.

            `(b) FUNDING- 

                `(1) CONTRACT AUTHORITY- The administrator is authorized to

              incur obligations to make grants from funds made available 

              under this section.

                `(3) INAPPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION CEILINGS- Funds made

              available by this subsection shall not be subject to any

              obligation ceiling.'.