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PUBLIC LAW 93-366-AUG. 5, 1974

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private law enforcement personnel, and uniform standards with respect to minimum qualifications for personnel eligible to receive such training. "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; CONITDENTIAL INFORMATION

" (d)(1) The Administrator shall conduct such research (including behavioral research) and development as he may deem appropriate to develop, modify, test, and evaluate systems, procedures, facilities, and devices to protect persons and property aboard aircraft in air transportation or intrastate air transportation against acts of criminal violence and aircraft piracy. "(2) Notwithstanding section 552 of title 5, United States Code, relating to freedom of information, the Administrator shall prescribe such regulations as he may deem necessary to prohibit disclosure of any information obtained or developed in the conduct of research and development activities under this subsection if, in the opinion of the Administrator, the disclosure of such information— " (A) would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy (including, but not limited to, information contained in any personnel, medical, or similar file); " (B) would reveal trade secrets or privileged or confidential commercial or financial information obtained from any person; or " (C) would be detrimental to the safety of persons traveling in air transportation. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the withholding of information from the duly authorized committees of the Congress.

Regulations.

"OVERALL FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY

" (e)(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, no power, function, or duty of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration under this section shall be assigned or transferred to any other Federal department or agency. " (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall have exclusive responsibility for the direction of any law enforcement activity affecting the safety of persons aboard aircraft in flight involved in the commission of an offense under section 902(i) or 902 (n) of this Act. Other Federal ^^l"^^' ^^- ^^°' departments and agencies shall, upon request by the Administrator, provide such assistance as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this paragraph. " (3) For the purposes of this subsection, an aircraft is considered in flight from the moment when all external doors are closed following embarkation until the moment when one such door is opened for disembarkation. "DEFINITION

"(f) For the purposes of this section, the term 'law enforcement personnel' means individuals— "(1) authorized to carry and use firearms, "(2) vested with such police power of arrest as the Administrator deems necessary to carry out this section, and "(3) identifiable by appropriate indicia of authority.". SEC. 203. Section 902(1) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 is amended to read as follows: II

CARRYING WEAPONS OR EXPLOSIVES ABOARD AIRCRAFT

"(1)(1) Whoever, while aboard, or while attempting to board, any aircraft in, or intended for operation in, air transportation or intra-

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