US Congress House Bill 4737 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Airport ALERT Act Airport Advanced Logistics, Emergency Response, and Training Act This bill requires airport air transportation security programs to include: training focused on active violence response, crowd management, mass evacuation, event recovery, and unified command, that is coordinated with security stakeholders, including all Transportation Security Administration employees at the airport; security and emergency preparedness training for all airport employees; a mass evacuation plan; a risk communications plan; a continuity of operations plan; and a family assistance and customer care plan. For a category X airport (a large airport that requires the highest level of security to address terrorist threats), such programs shall also include an integrated and unified operations center responsible for overseeing and directing security operations for the entire airport that is based on a formalized concept of operations and that provides direction and resources through a unified command structure. For smaller category I through IV airports, such programs shall include a formalized concept of operations and a unified command structure through which direction and resources are provided.

Airport ALERT Act Airport Advanced Logistics, Emergency Response, and Training Act

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security.
2018-01-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
2018-01-08	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4737/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4737/BILLS-115hr4737ih.pdf