United States · Bill · S
S. 1421 (107th)
Emergency Aviation Security Act of 2001
Introduced
13 September 2001
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Summary
Emergency Aviation Security Act of 2001 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to implement a sky marshal program that: (1) provides for random deployment of sky marshals on domestic commercial air passenger flights and international flights on American carriers into or out of the United States; (2) provides background and fitness checks for, and appropriate training, supervision, and equipment of, sky marshals; and (3) requires commercial air carriers to provide seating for a sky marshal on any selected air passenger flight without regard to the availability of seats on such flight. Authorizes the Administrator to impose a fee of not more than $1.00 per domestic flight segment to carry out such program.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 13 September 2001
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Introduced in Senate · EN · 13 September 2001
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 13 September 2001
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1421
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1421