S 516 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Arming Cargo Pilots Against Terrorism Act

Introduced Mar 5, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Jim Bunning R-KY

Latest action · Mar 13, 2003 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3721)

Progress

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IntroducedMar 5, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Arming Cargo Pilots Against Terrorism Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that a flight deck crew member of a cargo aircraft should be armed with a firearm to defend such aircraft against attacks by terrorists that could use the aircraft as a weapon of mass destruction or for other terrorist purposes.

Amends Federal transportation law to authorize the training and arming of flight deck crew members (pilots) of all-cargo air transportation flights to prevent acts of criminal violence or air piracy.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2003 to Apr 29, 2003; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-CO	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-MT	Conrad R. Burns	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-WY	Craig Thomas	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-OK	Don Nickles	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-VA	George Allen	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-OK	James M. Inhofe	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-AL	Jeff Sessions	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-ID	Larry E. Craig	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-KS	Sam Brownback	Original	Mar 5, 2003
D-GA	Zell Miller	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski		Mar 6, 2003
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi		Mar 6, 2003
R-PA	Rick Santorum		Mar 6, 2003
D-MA	John F. Kerry		Mar 11, 2003
R-NV	John Ensign		Mar 12, 2003
R-IL	Peter Fitzgerald		Mar 12, 2003
R-NM	Pete V. Domenici		Mar 18, 2003
D-SD	Tim Johnson		Apr 8, 2003
R-TX	John Cornyn		Apr 28, 2003
D-ND	Kent Conrad		Apr 29, 2003

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Referred Mar 5, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 13, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3721)
Mar 5, 2003Introduced in Senate
Mar 5, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3165)
Mar 5, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3165-3166)

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S3165Text printed S3165	Jim Bunning R-KY (text)	Mar 5, 2003

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 108-990	OVERSIGHT ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY138 pages	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Sep 9, 2003

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1049	Arming Cargo Pilots Against Terrorism Act	Related bill	Mar 5, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to allow the arming of pilots of cargo aircraft, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Arming Cargo Pilots Against Terrorism Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 5, 2003Introduced in Senate

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