S 516
108th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Aircraft pilots
Airlines
Aviation safety
Commercial aircraft
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
EBB Terrorism
Firearms
Labor and Employment
Terrorism
Arming Cargo Pilots Against Terrorism Act
Introduced: March 5, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 13, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3721)
Mar 5, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3165-3166)
Mar 5, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3165)
Mar 5, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3721)
Committees of jurisdiction
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