,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bedi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #aa1 
#bjaf ,mr4 ,merkley 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,enzi1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 and 
,mr4 ,hatch7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require the ,transportation       
,security ,administration to conduct    
security screening at certain airports1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,treating ,small ,airports with         
,fairness ,act of #bjaf4  #b4 ,conduct  
of security screening by the            
,transportation ,security               
,administration at certain airports  7a7
 ,in general ,the ,administrator of the 
,transportation ,security               
,administration shall provide for       
security screening to be conducted by   
the ,transportation ,security           
,administration at1 and provide all     

necessary staff and equipment to1 any   
airport--  7#a7 that lost commercial air
 service on or after ,january #a1 #bjac2
 and  7#b7 the operator of which1       
following the loss described in         
paragraph 7#a71 submits to the          
,administrator--  7,a7 a request for    
security screening to be conducted at   
the airport by the ,transportation      
,security ,administration2 and  7,b7    
written confirmation of a commitment    
from a commercial air carrier-- 7i7 that
 the air carrier desires to resume      
commercial air service at the airport2  
and  7ii7 to resume such service not    
later than one year after the date of   
the submission of the request under     
subparagraph 7,a74  7b7 ,deadline ,the  
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration shall ensure  
that the process of implementing        
security screening by the               
,transportation ,security               
,administration at an airport described 
in subsection 7a7 is complete not later 

than the later of--  7#a7 the date that 
is #ij days after the date on which the 
operator of the airport submits to the  
,administrator a request for such       
screening under paragraph 7#b77;,a7 of  
that subsection2 or  7#b7 the date on   
which the air carrier intends to resume 
commercial air service at the airport4