A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, in order to provide criminal penalties for kidnaping by seizing an aircraft, and to provide for an air transportation security force.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Provides criminal penalties of up to life imprisonment or death, if the jury so recommends, for kidnapping and harming a person by means of taking unlawful control of an aircraft. Establishes an air transportation and security force at airports throughout the United States. Empowers this force to: (1) detain and search any person going aboard an aircraft; (2) search or inspect any property; (3) arrest any person on reasonable cause; and (4) carry firearms. Allows the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to provide training for State and local law enforcement personnel, and to utilize the air transportation security force to furnish assistance to an airport operator.…