Amendment109th Congress
Amendment requires the the Secretary of Homeland Security to initiate a pilot program to evaluate the use of automated systems for the immediate prescreening of passengers on flights in foreign air transportation, as defined by section 40102 of title 49, United States Code, that are bound for the United States.
- Amendment Number
- 649
- Description
- Amendment requires the the Secretary of Homeland Security to initiate a pilot program to evaluate the use of automated systems for the immediate prescreening of passengers on flights in foreign air transportation, as defined by section 40102 of title 49, United States Code, that are bound for the United States.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 12 printed in Part B of House Report 109-347 to direct Customs and Border Protection (CPB) to conduct a pilot program to evaluate the use of automated systems for immediate prescreening of individual airline passengers bound for the U.S. before they board a plane. Pilot would use at least one airline in two foreign airports and evaluate up to three automated systems. CBP would be required to report to Congress no later than 30 days after completion of the pilot and provide a plan to fully deploy the most preferable prescreening system no later than January 1, 2007.
- Congress
- 109
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Dec 15, 2005
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the DeFazio amendment (A012) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 20:57:13
- Submitted Date
- Dec 15, 2005
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Feb 3, 2022