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 115 STAT. 608 PUBLIC LAW 107-71—NOV. 19, 2001 "(ii) received after September 11, 2001, by a Federal air marshal of the Department of Transportation, subject to all restrictions and earning limitations imposed on criminal investigators under section 5545a;". SEC. 106. IMPROVED AIRPORT PERIMETER ACCESS SECURITY. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 44903 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(h) IMPROVED AIRPORT PERIMETER ACCESS SECURITY.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary, in consultation with the airport operator and law enforcement authorities, may order the deployment of such personnel at any secure area of the airport as necessary to counter the risk of criminal violence, the risk of aircraft piracy at the airport, the risk to air carrier aircraft operations at the airport, or to meet national security concerns. " (2) SECURITY OF AIRCRAFT AND GROUND ACCESS TO SECURE AREAS.—In determining where to deploy such personnel, the Under Secretary shall consider the physical security needs of air traffic control facilities, parked aircraft, aircraft servicing equipment, aircraft supplies (including fuel), automobile parking facilities within airport perimeters or adjacent to secured facilities, and access and transition areas at airports served by other means of ground or water transportation. " (3) DEPLOYMENT OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PER- SONNEL.— The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of understanding or other agreement with the Attorney.General or the head of any other appropriate Federal law enforcement agency to deploy Federal law enforcement personnel at an airport in order to meet aviation safety and security concerns. "(4) AIRPORT PERIMETER SCREENING.—The Under Secretary— "(A) shall require, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this subsection, screening or inspection of all individuals, goods, property, vehicles, and other equipment before entry into a secured area of an airport in the United States described in section 44903(c); "(B) shall prescribe specific requirements for such screening and inspection that will assure at least the same level of protection as will result from screening of passengers and their baggage; "(C) shall establish procedures to ensure the safety and integrity of— "(i) all persons providing services with respect to aircraft providing passenger air transportation or intrastate air transportation and facilities of such persons at an airport in the United States described in section 44903(c); "(ii) all supplies, including catering and passenger amenities, placed aboard such aircraft, including the sealing of supplies to ensure easy visual detection of tampering; and "(iii) all persons providing such supplies and facilities of such persons; "(D) shall require vendors having direct access to the airfield and aircraft to develop security programs; and

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