S 1436 · 99th Congress · Transportation and Public Works

Air Traveler Protection Act of 1985

Introduced 1985-07-16· Sponsored by Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Committee on Commerce. Measure incorporated into measure H.R. 2796 ordered to be reported.(1985-07-18)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Air Traveler Protection Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to assess the efficacy of security measures at foreign airports which serve U.S. carriers or from which foreign air carriers serve the U.S. Requires the Secretary to: (1) use security criteria equal to or above certain internationally established standards; (2) report to the Congress regarding such assessments; (3) notify the appropriate authorities if a foreign airport does not administer effective security measures; (4) publish in the Federal Register all foreign airports which have failed to bring their security measures up to an acceptable level of effectiveness; and (5) prominently display at all U.S. airports from which air carriers provide foreign air transportation the identity of foreign airports whose security measures have not reached an acceptable level of effectiveness. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance concerning aviation security to a foreign government; and (2) withhold or impose conditions on the operating authority of any carrier to engage in foreign air transportation utilizing a foreign airport with deficient securit…

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Cosponsors (10)

8 Democrats2 Republicans