Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 4.djvu/759

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PUBLIC LAW 101-604—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3075 "Sec. 316. Air transportation security." is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(g) Air carrier and airport security personnel. "(h) Employment standards. "(i) Human factors. "(j) Training of air carrier and airport security personnel. "(k) Foreign air carrier security programs.". (c) REGULATIONS. — Not later than 180 days after the date of the 49 USC app. enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 1357 note. Administration shall issue regulations implementing subsection (k)(2) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1357), as inserted by subsection (a) of this section. SEC. 106. ASSESSMENT OF THREATS TO DOMESTIC AIRPORT SECURITY. 49 USC app. (a) GENERAL ASSESSMENT. —The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall jointly conduct an assessment of current and potential threats to the domestic air transportation system. Such assessment shall include consideration of the extent to which there are individuals with the capability and intent to carry out terrorist or related unlawful acts against the domestic aviation system and the methods by which such individuals might carry out such acts. (b) ANALYSIS AND MONITORING.—The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall jointly determine and implement the most effective method for continually analyzing and monitoring security threats to the domestic air transportation system. (c) ASSESSMENTS WITH RESPECT TO INDIVIDUAL AIRPORTS.— In coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall conduct periodic threat and vulnerability assessments with respect to the security of individual airports which are part of the domestic air transportation system. Each such assessment shall include consideration of— (1) the adequacy of security procedures with respect to the handling and transport of checked baggage, cargo, and mail; (2) space requirements for security personnel and equipment; (3) separation of screened and unscreened passengers, baggage, cargo, and mail; (4) separation of the controlled and uncontrolled areas of airport facilities; and (5) coordination of the activities of security personnel of the United States Customs Service, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Federal Aviation Administration, air carriers, and of other law enforcement personnel. (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS. — The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress for each of calendar years 1991 and 1992 an annual report on the progress being made and the problems occurring in implementation of this section, together with recommendations for improving domestic air transportation security. (e) REMEDYING SECURITY DEFICIENCIES.—The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall take such actions as may be necessary to improve domestic air transportation security by remedying any deficiencies in such security discovered as a result of the assessments, analyses, and monitoring conducted under this section. if) SURVEY.—In developing airport construction guidelines under subsection (d) of section 612 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as