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S 1421 107th Congress Senate

Emergency Aviation Security Act of 2001

Official title: A bill to direct the Federal Aviation Administration to re-implement the sky marshal program within 30 days.

Introduced: September 19, 2001 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 13, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 13, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9396-9397)
Sep 13, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 13, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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 American 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.
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1421: Emergency Aviation Security Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1421/
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"S. 1421: Emergency Aviation Security Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1421/.
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S. 1421, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1421/.
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