S.Amdt. 3716

SA 3716. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mr. Isakson) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3679 proposed by Mr.
McConnell (for Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Nelson)) to the bill H.R.
636, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend
increased expensing limitations, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. REQUIREMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND
EXPLOSIVE DETECTION CANINES AT AIRPORTS.

(a) Requirement.--The Administration of the Transportation
Security Administration shall require that the air
transportation security program required by section
44903(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, for each covered
airport include the following:
(1) Beginning not more than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, that a State or local law enforcement
officer is stationed not more than 300 feet from each
passenger screening checkpoint at each covered airport.
(2) Beginning not more than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, that an explosives detection canine
team of a State or local law enforcement agency is assigned
to each terminal at each covered airport.
(b) Technical Support.--The Administrator of the
Transportation Security Administration shall provide
technical and other support to State or local law enforcement
agencies providing the personnel described in paragraph (1)
or (2) of subsection (a).
(c) Covered Airport Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered airport'' means the 25 airports in the United
States with the highest numbers of passengers enplaned each
year.
(d) Funding.--Out of funds made available to the
Transportation Security Administration for fiscal year 2016,
$20,000,000 shall be available for State and local law
enforcement agencies, as a transfer of funds, to train,
certify, and utilize explosives detection canines.
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