H.R. 8608

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8608 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8608

To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit access by certain 
individuals to certain areas of airports, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 4, 2024

Mr. Gimenez (for himself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Ms. 
Salazar, and Mr. Moskowitz) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit access by certain 
individuals to certain areas of airports, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Airports From Enemies Act'' 
or the ``SAFE Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ACCESS BY CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO CERTAIN AREAS 
OF AIRPORTS.

(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 449 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 44930. Prohibition on certain access by certain individuals
``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration may not 
permit any access to the locations specified in subsection (b) to any 
individual who is a representative of or acting on behalf of a country 
specified in subsection (c).
``(b) Locations Specified.--The locations specified in this 
subsection are the following:
``(1) The secured area of an airport.
``(2) The Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) of an 
airport.
``(3) The sterile area of an airport.
``(4) The air cargo area of an airport.
``(c) Countries Specified.--A country specified in this subsection 
is a country the government of which the Secretary of State determines, 
or has determined at any time in the immediately preceding three years, 
has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism pursuant 
to--
``(1) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform 
Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A));
``(2) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2371);
``(3) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2780); or
``(4) any other provision of law.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `secured area', 
`Security Identification Display Area (SIDA)', and `sterile area' have 
the meanings given such terms in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for subchapter I of 
chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the following new item:

``44930. Prohibition on certain access by certain individuals.''.
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