Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Secure Airport Public Spaces Act of 2018”.
Secure Airport Public Spaces Act of 2018
A BILL
To provide for the use of passenger facility charge revenue to enhance security at airports and to make projects for the installation of security cameras eligible for the airport improvement program.
Sec. 2 Use of passenger facility charge revenue to enhance security at airports
Section 40117(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(H) A project for the construction, repair, or improvement of facilities at an airport, or for the acquisition or installation of equipment at an airport, to enhance the security of any area of the airport directly and substantially related to the movement of passengers and baggage in air transportation. Such a project shall not include the acquisition, installation, operation, or maintenance of screening equipment and technology or the functions or activities of the Transportation Security Administration under subsections (d) and (e) of section 114.”
Sec. 3 Eligibility of CCTV projects for airport improvement program
Section 47119(a)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
by striking “directly related to moving passengers” and inserting the following: “directly related to—
“(i) moving passengers”
by striking “; and” at the end and inserting “; or”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(ii) installing security cameras in the public area of the interior and exterior of the terminal; and”