Airline Employee Assault Prevention Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4037 To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to submissions of certain Employee Assault Prevention and Response Plans, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 12, 2023 Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. GARBARINO, and Mr. GARAMENDI) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans- portation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to submissions of certain Employee Assault Prevention and Response Plans, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airline Employee As- 4 sault Prevention Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF EMPLOYEE ASSAULT PRE- 6 VENTION AND RESPONSE PLANS. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 551(a) of the FAA Reau- 8 thorization Act of 2018 (49 U.S.C. 44903 note) is amend- 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:35 Jul 12, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4037.IH H4037 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 4037 IH ed by inserting ‘‘of the Federal Aviation Administration 1 and the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad- 2 ministration’’ after ‘‘Administrator’’. 3 (b) NOTICE AND CURE.—Not later than 90 days 4 after the date of enactment of this Act, air carriers de- 5 scribed in subsection (a) of section 551 of the FAA Reau- 6 thorization Act of 2018 (49 U.S.C. 44903 note) shall com- 7 ply with the requirements of such subsection with respect 8 to submission to the Administrator of the Transportation 9 Security Administration. 10 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 11 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 12 of the Federal Aviation Administration, in consultation 13 with the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad- 14 ministration, shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 15 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com- 16 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 17 of Representatives a report on all the Employee Assault 18 Prevention and Response Plans submitted pursuant to 19 section 551 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (49 20 U.S.C. 44903 note), to date, listed by each air carrier de- 21 scribed in subsection (a) of such section. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:35 Jul 12, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4037.IH H4037 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 4037 IH SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION REGARDING PASSENGER SERVICE 1 AGENTS. 2 Section 46503 of title 49, United States Code, is 3 amended by inserting ‘‘, including employees performing 4 ticketing, check-in or baggage claim, or boarding func- 5 tions,’’ after ‘‘air carrier employee’’. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:35 Jul 12, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4037.IH H4037 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB