,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,israel 7for himself and ,mr4 ,king
 of ,new ,york7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,administrator of the ,federal      
,aviation ,administration to issue      
regulations regarding secondary cockpit 
barriers4  #a4 ,findings ,congress makes
 the following findings3  7#a7 ,the     
safety and security of the civil air    
transportation system is critical to the
 ,united ,states security and its       
national defense4  7#b7 ,a safe and     
secure ,united ,states civil air        
transportation system is essential to   
the basic freedom of ,americans to move 
in intrastate1 interstate1 and          
international transportation4  7#c7     
,terrorists have previously used airline
 aircraft as weapons and exploited      
,united ,states aviation security4  7#d7

 ,reinforced cockpit doors that must be 
opened for physiological and operational
 needs present a clear vulnerability    
when the doors are open and this        
compromises the security and safety of  
the aircraft and its passengers4  7#e7  
,many all-cargo aircraft do not have a  
cockpit door installed for protection   
from passenger aggressors and stowaways4
  #b4 ,improved ,flight ,deck ,integrity
 ,measures  7a7 ,in general ,not later  
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration shall issue            
regulations--  7#a7 requiring the       
installation of secondary barriers      
preventing access to the flight deck of 
any commercial aircraft operating under 
part #aba of title #ad1 ,code of        
,federal ,regulations2 and  7#b7 7,a7   
for an aircraft that is equipped with a 
cockpit door1 requiring that such       
secondary barriers remain locked while  
the aircraft is in flight and the       

cockpit door separating the flight deck 
and the passenger area is open2 and     
7,b7 for an aircraft that is not        
equipped with a cockpit door1 requiring 
that such secondary barriers remain     
locked as determined by the pilot in    
command4  7b7 ,considerations ,in       
issuing regulations under this section1 
the ,administrator shall take into      
account--  7#a7 the most promising and  
cost effective of the available         
technologies relating to secondary      
barriers described in subsection 7a72   
and  7#b7 the cost and time schedule for
 deploying such barriers4