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 108 STAT. 1208 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 (B) ensuring that public notice is provided in a timely and effective way, including the use of a toll-free telephone number; and (C) canceling the departure of a flight or series of flights under subsection (b) of this section. (2) The guidelines shall provide for consideration of— (A) the specificity of the threat; (B) the credibility of intelligence information related to the threat; (C) the ability to counter the threat effectively; (D) the protection of intelligence information sources and methods; (E) cancellation, by an air carrier or the Administrator, of a flight or series of flights instead of public notice; (F) the ability of passengers and crew to take steps to reduce the risk to their safety after receiving public notice of a threat; and (G) other factors the Administrator considers appropriate. (d) GUIDELINES ON NOTICE TO CREWS.—The Administrator shall develop guidelines for ensuring that notice in appropriate cases of threats to the security of an air carrier flight is provided to the flight crew and cabin crew of that flight. (e) LIMITATION ON NOTICE TO SELECTIVE TRAVELERS.—Notice of a threat to civil aviation may be provided to selective potential travelers only if the threat applies only to those travelers. (0 RESTRICTING ACCESS TO INFORMATION. —In cooperation with the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government that collect, receive, and analyze intelligence information related to aviation security, the Administrator shall develop procedures to minimize the number of individuals who have access to information about threats. However, a restriction on access to that information may be imposed only if the restriction does not diminish the ability of the Government to carry out its duties and powers related to aviation security effectively, including providing notice to the public and flight and cabin crews under this section. (g) DISTRIBUTION OF GUIDELINES. —The guidelines developed under this section shall be distributed for use by appropriate officials of the Department of Transportation, the Department of State, the Department of Justice, and air carriers. § 44906. Foreign air carrier security programs The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall continue in effect the requirement of section 129.25 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, that a foreign air carrier must adopt and use a security program approved by the Administrator. The Administrator may approve a security program of a foreign air carrier under section 129.25 only if the Administrator decides the security program provides passengers of the foreign air carrier a level of protection similar to the level those passengers would receive under the security programs of air carriers serving the same airport. The Administrator shall require a foreign air carrier to use procedures equivalent to those required of air carriers serving the same airport if the Administrator decides that the procedures are necessary to provide a level of protection similar to that provided Regulations. passengers of the air carriers serving the same airport. The Administrator shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

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