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 115 STAT. 606 PUBLIC LAW 107-71 —NOV. 19, 2001 (1) issue an order (without regard to the provisions of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code)— (A) prohibiting access to the flight deck of aircraft engaged in passenger air transportation or intrastate air transportation that are required to have a door between the passenger and pilot compartments under title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, except to authorized persons; (B) requiring the strengthening of the flight deck door and locks on any such aircraft operating in air transportation or intrastate air transportation that has a rigid door in a bulkhead between the flight deck and the passenger area to ensure that the door cannot be forced open from the passenger compartment; (C) requiring that such flight deck doors remain locked while any such aircraft is in flight except when necessary to permit access and egress by authorized persons; and (D) prohibiting the possession of a key to any such flight deck door by any member of the flight crew who is not assigned to the flight deck; and (2) take such other action, including modification of safety and security procedures and flight deck redesign, as may be necessary to ensure the safety and security of the aircraft. (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER METHODS. —As soon as possible after such date of enactment, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may develop and implement methods— (1) to use video monitors or other devices to alert pilots in the flight deck to activity in the cabin, except that the use of such monitors or devices shall be subject to nondisclosure requirements applicable to cockpit video recordings under section 1114(c); (2) to ensure continuous operation of an aircraft transponder in the event of an emergency; and (3) to revise the procedures by which cabin crews of aircraft can notify flight deck crews of security breaches and other emergencies, including providing for the installation of switches or other devices or methods in an aircraft cabin to enable flight crews to discreetly notify the pilots in the case of a security breach occurring in the cabin. (c) COMMUTER AIRCRAFT.— The Administrator shall investigate means of securing the flight deck of scheduled passenger aircraft operating in air transportation or intrastate air transportation that do not have a rigid fixed door with a lock between the passenger compartment and the flight deck and issue such an order as the Administrator deems appropriate to ensure the inaccessibility, to the greatest extent feasible, of the flight deck while the aircraft is so operating, taking into consideration such aircraft operating in regions where there is minimal threat to aviation security or national security. SEC. 105. DEPLOYMENT OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS. (a) IN GENERAL. — Subchapter I of chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "§ 44917. Deployment of Federal air marshals "(a) IN GENERAL.— The Under Secretary of Transportation for Security under the authority provided by section 44903(d)—

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