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 PUBLIC LAW 107-71—NOV. 19, 2001 115 STAT. 613 only if the Under Secretary determines and certifies to Congress that- 'll) the level of screening services and protection provided at the airport under the contract will be equal to or greater than the level that would be provided at the airport by Federal Government personnel under this chapter; and "(2) the private screening company is owned and controlled by a citizen of the United States, to the extent that the Under Secretary determines that there are private screening companies owned and controlled by such citizens. "(e) SUPERVISION OF SCREENED PERSONNEL.— The Under Secretary shall provide Federal Government supervisors to oversee all screening at each airport at which screening services are provided under this section and provide Federal Government law enforcement officers at the airport pursuant to this chapter. "(f) TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS.—The Under Secretary may terminate any contract entered into with a private screening company to provide screening services at an airport under this section if the Under Secretary finds that the company has failed repeatedly to comply with any standard, regulation, directive, order, law, or contract applicable to the hiring or training of personnel to provide such services or to the provision of screening at the airport.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.— The analysis for such subchapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 44918 the following: "4 4919. Security screening pilot program. "4 4920. Security screening opt-out program. ". SEC. 109. ENHANCED SECURITY MEASURES. 49 USC 114 note. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Under Secretary of Transportation for Security may take the following actions: (1) Require effective 911 emergency call capability for telephones serving passenger aircraft and passenger trains. (2) Establish a uniform system of identification for all State and local law enforcement personnel for use in obtaining permission to carry weapons in aircraft cabins and in obtaining access to a secured area of an airport, if otherwise authorized to carry such weapons. (3) Establish requirements to implement trusted passenger programs and use available technologies to expedite the security screening of passengers who participate in such programs, thereby allowing security screening personnel to focus on those passengers who should be subject to more extensive screening. (4) In consultation with the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, develop alternative security procedures under which a medical product to be transported on a flight of an air carrier would not be subject to an inspection that would irreversibly damage the product. (5) Provide for the use of technologies, including wireless and wire line data technologies, to enable the private and secure communication of threats to aid in the screening of passengers and other individuals on airport property who are identified on any State or Federal security-related data base for the purpose of having an integrated response coordination of various authorized airport security forces. (6) In consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, consider whether to require all pilot

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