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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
November 1, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Carpenter and Boyle.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AJR70,1,3 1Relating to: strongly urging the former members of the Wisconsin legislature who
2are members of Congress to work to immediately enact the Aviation Security
3Act.
AJR70,1,64 Whereas, the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (Public
5Law 107-42 107th Congress) was approved by the President on September 22, 2001,
6only 11 days after the airline hijacking attacks on America; and
AJR70,1,87 Whereas, that federal act provided $15,000,000,000 in federal benefits to air
8carriers; and
AJR70,1,109 Whereas, on October 11, 2001, the U.S. senate unanimously passed and sent to
10the U.S. house of representatives the Aviation Security Act, S. 1447; and
AJR70,1,1111 Whereas, Section 101 of the bill states:
AJR70,1,12 12"The Congress finds the following:
AJR70,1,1413 (1) The safety and security of the civil air transportation system is critical to
14the United States' security and its national defense.
AJR70,2,3
1(2) A safe and secure United States civil air transportation system is essential
2to the basic freedom of Americans to move in intrastate, interstate, and international
3transportation.
AJR70,2,84 (3) The terrorist hijackings and crashes of passenger aircraft on September 11,
52001, converting civil aircraft into guided bombs for strikes against civilian and
6military targets requires the United States to change fundamentally the way it
7approaches the task of ensuring the safety and security of the civil air transportation
8system.
AJR70,2,129 (4) The existing fragmentation of responsibility for that safety and security
10among government agencies and between government and nongovernment entities
11is inefficient and unacceptable in light of the hijackings and crashes on September
1211, 2001.
AJR70,2,1513 (5) The General Accounting Office has recommended that security functions
14and security personnel at United States airports should become a Federal
15government responsibility.
AJR70,2,1816 (6) Although the number of Federal air marshals is classified, their presence
17on both international and domestic flights would have a deterrent effect on hijacking
18and would further bolster public confidence in the safety of air travel.
AJR70,2,2319 (7) The effectiveness of existing security measures, including employee
20background checks and passenger pre-screening, is impaired because of the
21inaccessibility of, or the failure to share information among, data bases maintained
22by different Federal and international agencies for criminal behavior or pertinent
23intelligence information."; and
AJR70,3,924 Whereas, the Aviation Security Act is a very strong and comprehensive bill
25addressing all aspects of aviation security throughout the nation, including:

1improved flight deck integrity measures; deployment of Federal air marshals;
2improved airport perimeter access security, enhanced anti-hijacking training for
3flight crews; passenger and property screening; training and employment of security
4screening personnel; flight school security; increased penalties for interference with
5security personnel; airline computer reservation systems; encouraging airline
6employees to report suspicious activities; less-than-lethal weaponry for flight deck
7crews; safety and security of on-board supplies; flight deck security; voluntary
8provision of emergency services during commercial flights; enhanced security for
9aircraft; and implementation of certain detection technologies; and
AJR70,3,1110 Whereas, the considerable expense of implementing the Aviation Security Act
11will not be borne by the states, which are faced with very tight fiscal conditions; and
AJR70,3,1612 Whereas, it is very clear that the strong, comprehensive, and nationwide
13aviation security measures in the Aviation Security Act are the necessary
14prerequisite for the airline industry, including Midwest Express and Air Wisconsin,
15to regain the trust of the flying public, which, in turn, is the necessary prerequisite
16for the airline industry to regain its financial health; and
AJR70,3,2017 Whereas, it is just as clear that strong, comprehensive, and nationwide aviation
18security measures can be effective only if they apply throughout the entire nation
19and to the entire airline industry in the nation, including Midwest Express and Air
20Wisconsin, and can only be enacted by Congress, not the states; and
AJR70,3,2221 Whereas, it is critical that this strong, comprehensive, national legislation be
22enacted immediately; now, therefore, be it
AJR70,4,2 23Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the
24Wisconsin legislature strongly urge the former members of the Wisconsin legislature

1who are members of Congress to work to immediately enact the Aviation Security
2Act; and, be it further
AJR70,4,5 3Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk shall transmit copies of this joint
4resolution to each former member of the Wisconsin legislature who is a member of
5Congress.
AJR70,4,66 (End)
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