Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Treating Small Airports with Fairness Act of 2016”.
Treating Small Airports with Fairness Act of 2016
A BILL
To require the Transportation Security Administration to conduct security screening at certain airports, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Conduct of security screening by the Transportation Security Administration at certain airports
In general— The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall provide for security screening to be conducted by the Transportation Security Administration at, and provide all necessary staff and equipment to, any airport—
that lost commercial air service on or after January 1, 2013; and
the operator of which, following the loss described in paragraph (1), submits to the Administrator—
a request for security screening to be conducted at the airport by the Transportation Security Administration; and
written confirmation of a commitment from a commercial air carrier—
that the air carrier desires to resume commercial air service at the airport; and
to resume such service not later than one year after the date of the submission of the request under subparagraph (A).
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 (a) is complete not later than the later of—
the date that is 90 days after the date on which the operator of the airport submits to the Administrator a request for such screening under paragraph (2)(A) of that subsection; or
the date on which the air carrier intends to resume commercial air service at the airport.