Air Passenger Security Act of 1985

Summary

Air Passenger Security Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency to employ United States Air Marshals to serve as unidentified armed passengers on unsecure foreign flights (a public charter passenger flight of a United States civil aircraft departing from a foreign airport not included on a certain list of secure foreign airports). Specifies the law enforcement duties of such Air Marshals. Requires the Administrator to continually review foreign airport security programs and to publish in the Federal Register those airports which the Administrator has determined to have an effective security program. Requires the President to take action as if he had determined a foreign nation was acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft whenever a foreign nation impedes United States Air Marshals from fulfilling their functions as unidentified armed passengers. Authorizes appropriations.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 19 June 1985

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