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PUBLIC LAW 93-366-AUG. 5, 1974

TITLE II — A I R T R A N S P O R T A T I O N S E C U R I T Y ACT O F 1974 SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "Air Transportation Security Act of 1974". SEC. 202. Title III of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1341-1355), relating to organization of the Federal Aviation Administration and the powers and duties of the Administrator, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections:

415 Air Transportation Security Act of 1974. 49 USC 1356 note.

"SCREENING OF PASSENGERS ii

PROCEDURES AND FACILITIES

"SEC. 315. (a) The Administrator shall prescribe or continue in effect reasonable regulations requiring that all passengers and all property intended to be carried in the aircraft cabin in air transportation or intrastate air transportation be screened by weapon-detecting procedures or facilities employed or operated by employees or agents of the air carrier, intrastate air carrier, or foreign air carrier prior to boarding the aircraft for such transportation. One year after the date of enactment of this section or after the effective date of such regulations, whichever is later, the Administrator may alter or amend such regulations, requiring a continuation of such screening only to the extent deemed necessary to assure security against acts of criminal violence and aircraft piracy in air transportation and intrastate air transportation. The Administrator shall submit semiannual reports to the Congress concerning the effectiveness of screening procedures under this subsection and shall advise the Congress of any regulations or amendments thereto to be prescribed pursuant to this subsection at least 30 days in advance of their effective date, unless he determines that an emergency exists which requires that such regulations or amendments take effect in less than 30 days and notifies the Congress of his determination.

Regulations. 49 USC 1356.

Reports to Congress.

Emergency, notification of Congress.

"EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

" (b) The Administrator may exempt from the provisions of this section, in whole or in part, air transportation operations, other than those scheduled passenger operations performed by air carriers engaging in interstate, overseas, or foreign air transportation under a certijficate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board under section 401 of this Act or under a foreign air carrier permit issued by the Board under section 402 of this Act.

49 USC 1371. 49 USC 1372.

" A I R TRANSPORTATION SECURITY II

RULES AND REGULATIONS

"SEC. 316. (a)(1) The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall prescribe such reasonable rules and regulations requiring such practices, methods, and procedures, or governing the design, materials, and construction of aircraft, as he may deem necessary to protect persons and property aboard aircraft operating in air transportation or intrastate air transportation against acts of criminal violence and aircraft piracy. "(2) I n prescribing and amending rules and regulations under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Administrator shall— " (A) consult with the Secretary of Transportation, the Attorney General, and such other Federal, State, and local agencies as he may deem appropriate;

49 USC 1357.

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