Congress 107 - HR 2906 - Emergency Aviation Security Act of 2001

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Administrative fees Agriculture and Food Air piracy Airline passenger traffic Airlines Alcoholic beverage control Aviation agreements Aviation safety Commerce Commercial aircraft Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Extraterritoriality Federal law enforcement officers Fees Foreign corporations Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics International Affairs Labor and Employment Law Negotiations Personnel records Police training Security measures Terrorism Transportation and Public Works

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Emergency Aviation Security Act of 2001 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to implement a sky marshal program that: (1) provides for random deployment of sky marshals on domestic commercial air passenger flights and international flights on U.S. carriers into or out of the United States; (2) provides background and fitness checks for, and appropriate training, supervision, and equipment of, sky marshals; and (3) requires commercial air carriers to provide seating for a sky marshal on any selected air passenger flight without regard to the availability of seats on such flight. Authorizes the Administrator to impose a fee of not more than $1.00 per domestic flight segment to carry out such program.

Prohibits air carriers providing interstate and intrastate air transportation and domestic air carriers and foreign air carriers providing foreign transportation from serving more than two alcoholic beverages to an individual on a scheduled flight segment. Provides for an alternative alcoholic beverage prohibition if a foreign government objects to the maximum two drink limit.

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Sep 21, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Sep 20, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Sep 20, 2001

Introduced in House

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