S 39 · 93th Congress · Transportation and Public Works
An Act to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to implement the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft; to provide a more effective program to prevent aircraft piracy; and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Public law 93-366.(1974-08-05)
Recorded Votes
PassedSenate · 1973-02-21
Yea 89Nay 0
PassedSenate · 1973-02-21
Yea 89Nay 0
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Title I: Anti-Hijacking Act - Expands the definition of the term "special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States" when used in the Federal Aviation Act to include the following aircraft while in flight: (1) any aircraft outside the United States that has "an offense", as defined in the convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, committed aboard, if the aircraft lands in the United States with the alleged offender still aboard; and (2) other aircraft leased without crew to a lessee who has his principal place of business in the United States, or his permanent residence in the United States. Provides that whoever aboard an aircraft in flight outside the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States commits "an offense", as defined in the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, and is afterward found in the United States shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 20 years or for more than life. Provides that whenever the President determines that a foreign nation is acting in a manner inconsistent with the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, or is used as a base of operations for terrorist group…
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Cosponsors (5)
4 Democrats1 Republican