PUBLIC LAW 107-71—NOV. 19, 2001 115 STAT. 623 SEC. 114. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH SECU- RITY PERSONNEL. (a) IN GENERAL. —Chapter 465 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 46502 the following: "§ 46503. Interference with security screening personnel "An individual in an area within a commercial service airport in the United States who, by assaulting a Federal, airport, or air carrier employee who has security duties within the airport, interferes with the performance of the duties of the employee or lessens the ability of the employee to perform those duties, shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both. If the individual used a dangerous weapon in committing the assault or interference, the individual may be imprisoned for any term of years or life imprisonment.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis for chapter 465 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 46502 the following: "46503. Interference with security screening personnel. ". SEC. 115. PASSENGER MANIFESTS. Section 44909 is amended by adding at the end the following: "(c) FLIGHTS IN FOREIGN AIR TRANSPORTATION TO THE UNITED STATES. — "(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, each air carrier and foreign air carrier operating a passenger flight in foreign air transportation to the United States shall provide to the Commissioner of Customs by electronic transmission a passenger and crew manifest containing the information specified in paragraph (2). Carriers may use the advanced passenger information system established under section 431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1431) to provide the information required by the preceding sentence. "(2) INFORMATION.—^A passenger and crew manifest for a flight required under paragraph (1) shall contain the following information: "(A) The full name of each passenger and crew member. "(B) The date of birth and citizenship of each passenger and crew member. "(C) The sex of each passenger and crew member. "(D) The passport number and country of issuance of each passenger and crew member if required for travel. "(E) The United States visa number or resident alien card number of each passenger and crew member, as applicable. "(F) Such other information as the Under Secretary, in consultation with the Commissioner of Customs, determines is reasonably necessary to ensure aviation safety. "(3) PASSENGER NAME RECORDS.— The carriers shall make passenger name record information available to the Customs Service upon request. "(4) TRANSMISSION OF MANIFEST. — Subject to paragraph (5), a passenger and crew manifest required for a flight under paragraph (1) shall be transmitted to the Customs Service in advance of the aircraft landing in the United States in such manner, time, and form as the Customs Service prescribes. 49 USC 44909. Deadline.
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