Air Transportation Security Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Air Transportation Security Act - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to establish, maintain, and direct a coordinated national police effort to curb acts of aircraft piracy and destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities. Provides for cooperation and coordination with the efforts of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Requires the Director to maintain an air transportation security force, composed of agents of the Bureau, of sufficient size to provide a Federal law enforcement presence and capability adequate to insure the safety from criminal violence and air piracy of persons traveling in air transportation or intrastate air transportation. Provides for semiannual reports to Congress by the Director and the Administrator on their activities under this Act. Authorizes annual appropriations of $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and for each succeeding fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this Act.…