HR 1049
108th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Aircraft pilots
EBB Terrorism
Federal law enforcement officers
Firearms
Flight crews
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Police training
Social Welfare
Terrorism
Transport aircraft
Transportation and Public Works
Volunteer workers
Arming Cargo Pilots Against Terrorism Act
Introduced: March 4, 2003
Introduced by:
Wilson, Joe
Republican
· South Carolina
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 5, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Mar 4, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 4, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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