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PUBLIC LAW 93.366-AUG. 5, 1974

[88 STAT.

" (B) consider whether any proposed rule or regulation is consistent with protection of passengers in air transportation or intrastate air transportation against acts of criminal violence and aircraft piracy and the public interest in the promotion of air transportation and intrastate air transportation; " (C) to the maximum extent practicable, require uniform procedures for the inspection, detention, and search of persons and property in air transportation and intrastate air transportation to assure their safety and to assure that they will receive courteous and efficient treatment, by air carriers, their agents and employees, and by Federal, State, and local law enforcement personnel engaged in carrying out any air transportation security program established under this section; and " (D) consider the extent to which any proposed rule or regulation will contribute to carrying out the purposes of this section. uP E R S O N N E L

"(b) Kegulations prescribed under subsection (a) of this section shall require operators of airports regularly serving air carriers certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board to establish air transportation security programs providing a law enforcement presence and capability at such airports adequate to insure the safety of persons traveling in air transportation or intrastate air transportation from acts of criminal violence and aircraft piracy. Such regulations shall authorize such airport operators to utilize the services of qualified State, local, and private law enforcement personnel whose services are made available by their employers. In any case in which the Administrator determines, after receipt of notification from an airport operator in such form as the Administrator may prescribe, that qualified State, local,.and private law enforcement personnel are not available in sufficient numbers to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator may, by order, authorize such airport operator to utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services of— "(1) personnel employed by any other Federal department or agency, with the consent of the head of such department or agency; and "(2) personnel employed directly by the Administrator; at the airport concerned in such numbers and for such period of time as the Administrator may deem necessary to supplement such State, local, and private law enforcement personnel. In making the determination referred to in the preceding sentence the Administrator shall take into consideration— " (A) the number of passengers enplaned at such airport; " (B) the extent of anticipated risk of criminal violence and aircraft piracy at such airport or to the air carrier aircraft operations at such airport; and " (C) the availability at such airport of qualified State or local law enforcement personnel. "TRAINING

"(c) The Administrator may provide training for personnel employed by him to carry out any air transportation security proorram established under this section and for other personnel, including State, local, and private law enforcement personnel, whose services may be utilized in carrying out any such air transportation security program. The Administrator shall prescribe uniform standards with respect to training provided personnel whose services are utilized to enforce any such air transportation security program, including State, local, and

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