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FM: JOHNRAIDT
RE: AVSEC ACTIVITIES IN THE 107th CONGRESS PRE 9-11

—A search of Thomas Legislative Information Service showed that of the bills

introduced in the 107th U.S. Congress in which both the words "aviation" and
"security" appeared, only two measures were introduced prior to 9-11-2001.
One of the bills sought to rename an FAA facility in Atlantic City, New Jersey
after Sen. Frank Lautenberg. The other bill was the Department of Justice
Appropriations bill.

—A search of the term "aviation security" in the Congressional Record

identified 394 references to the term in the 107th Congress. Only three of the
references appeared prior to 9-11-2001; they included:

1) A statement by Cong. LoBiondo regarding legislation to rename an

FAA facility after Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

2) A statement by Stephanie Bernstein, a Pan Am 103 family member,

submitted to the Record by Sen. Kennedy.

3) A reference to aviation security made by Sen. Fritz Rollings while

speaking about legislation he offered with respect to port security.

—A search of the Congressional Daily Digest through Thomas identified

approximately 26 hearings held on aviation topics in the 107th Congress prior to
9-11. No hearing was held specifically on the issue of aviation security.

--GAO oversight: The GAO issued one report in 2001 on aviation security prior
to 9-11 (Responses of Federal Agencies and Airports We surveyed About
Access Security Improvements (GAO-01-1069R) August 31, 2001). GAO
issued four major reports on aviation security in the year 2000.

--"The fact that there have been no major security incidents in recent years—
such as the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 101—could breed an attitude of
complacency." April 6, 2000 GAO report to Congress on Civil Aviation
Security (p. 3).
The following hearings/markups on aviation in the 1077th Congress prior to 9-
11-2001:

CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON AVIATION SECURITY IN THE

107th CONGRESS PRE 9-11. (DERIVED FROM THE DAILY
DIGEST PRINTED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD).

Thursday, August 2, 2001

House: Subcommittee on Transportation, on Airline Delays and Aviation System
Capacity, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn..

Wednesday, August 1, 2001

House: Subcommittee on Aviation , hearing on H.R. 2107, End Gridlock at Our Nation's
Critical Airports Act of 2001, 1:30 p.m., 2167 Rayburn. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Hyde, Gutierrez, Weller, Jackson of Illinois, and Davis of Illinois; from
the following officials of the State of Illinois: George H. Ryan, Governor; and John F.
Harris, 1st Deputy Commissioner, Department of Aviation , City of Chicago; and public
witnesses.

House: Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, on Airline

Delays and Aviation System Capacity, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.

Thursday, July 26, 2001

House: Subcommittee on Aviation , hearing on the Competitiveness of the U.S. Aircraft
Manufacturing Industry, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Testimony was heard from Grant D.
Aldonas, Under Secretary. International Trade, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce; Steve Falken, Director, Aerospace and Automotive Trade
Policy, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; Robert A. Rogowsky, Director, Office of
Operations, U.S. International Trade Commission; Samuel L. Venneri, Associate
Administrator, Aerospace Technology, NASA; Jeffrey L. Miller, Group Vice President,
Structured Trade and Finance Group, Export-Import Bank of the United States; and
public witnesses.
Wednesday, July 11, 2001

House: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation ,

oversight hearing on the GAO Report on the FAA Rulemaking Process. 2 p.m., 2167
Rayburn

Monday, July 9, 2001

House: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 11, Subcommittee

on Aviation , oversight hearing on the GAO Report on the FAA Rulemaking Process, 2
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.

Thursday, June 28, 2001

Senate: Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded

hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002, after receiving testimony
in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Senators Biden and McCain; Jane F.
Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, and George D. Warrington,
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak), both of the Department of Transportation.

Tuesday, June 26, 2001

House: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 26, Subcommittee on

Aviation , hearing on Runway Incursions, Focusing on the Technology to Prevent
Collisions, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn. Testimony was heard from Carol Carmody, Acting
Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; the following officials of the
Department of Transportation: Kenneth R. Mead, Inspector General; and William S.
Davis, Director, Runway Safety, FAA; and public witnesses.
Monday, June 25, 2001
House: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation ,
hearing on Runway Incursions, Focusing on the Technology to Prevent Collisions, 2
p.m., 2167Rayburn.

Wednesday, June 20, 2001

House: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation ,
hearing on Airline Customer Service Commitments: Status Report, 1 p.m., 2167
Rayburn.

Wednesday, June 13, 2001

House: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation held
a hearing on STARS Deployment Update and Review of FAA Operational Evolution
Plan. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Transportation: Monte R. Belger, Acting Deputy Administrator; and Steven Zaidman,
Associate Administrator, Research and Acquisitions, both with the FAA; and Alexis M.
Stefani, Assistant Inspector General, Auditing; and public witnesses.

Thursday, May 24, 2001

House: Subcommittee on Aviation , hearing on Airport Runway Construction
Challenges, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Testimony was heard from Jane F. Garvey,
Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation; David Krietor, Aviation Director,
Aviation Department, Phoenix, Arizona; Virginia Buckingham, Executive Director and
CEO, Massachusetts Port Authority; John Martin, Airport Director, San Francisco
International Airport; and public witnesses.

Thursday, May 10, 2001

Senate: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Aviation held hearings to examine the role of the Federal Aviation Administration
modernization program in reducing air traffic delays and congestion and its impact
on the aviation industry, receiving testimony from Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, Federal
Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; Gerald L. Dillingham, Director,
Physical Infrastructure Issues, General Accounting D429Office; John Carr, National Air
Traffic Controllers Association, and Edward A. Merlis, Air Transport Association of
America, both of Washington, D.C.; and Richard M. Vacar, Houston Airport System,
Houston, Texas.
House: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation
approved for full Committee H.R. 1407, to amend title 49, United States Code, to permit
air carriers to meet to discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays.

House: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation , to

mark up H.R. 1407, to amend title 49, United States Code, to permit air carriers to meet
to discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

Thursday, April 26, 2001

House: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation
held a hearing on H.R. 1407, to amend title 49, United States Code, to permit air carriers
to meet and discuss their schedules in order to reduce flight delays. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.

Wednesday, April 25, 2001

Senate: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to hold hearings on the
nomination of Brenda L. Becker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs; and the nomination of Michael P. Jackson,
of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation; to be followed by hearings to
examine labor problems facing the airline industry today, focusing on the balance
between labor and management in negotiations as well as the effect of a strike at a major
airline on the aviation system and the consumer, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.

House: Subcommittee on Aviation , oversight hearing on FAA's Capacity Benchmarks,

2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn. Testimony was heard from Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, FAA,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.

Thursday, March 29, 2001

Senate: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Aviation concluded hearings on S. 633, to provide for the review and management of
airport congestion, after receiving testimony from Susan McDermott, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs; Edward A. Merlis, Air
Transport Association of America, Deborah C. McElroy, Regional Airline Association,
and Ronald Swanda, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, all of Washington,
D.C.; Jeffrey P. Fegan, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas, Texas; and
Charles Barclay, Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of the American Association of Airport
Executives and the Airports Council International—North America.
Wednesday, March 21, 2001
Senate: Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and
Competition, to hold hearings on S. 520, to increase and maintain competition in the
domestic aviation industry, 10 a.m., SD-226.

Wednesday, March 14, 2001

House: Subcommittee on Aviation hearing on the FAA's efforts to modernize the Air
Traffic Control system, with emphasis on the Standard Terminal Automation
Replacement System (STARS), 1:30 p.m., 2167 Rayburn. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Transportation: Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector
General; and Steven Zaidman, Associate Administrator, Research and Acquisitions,
FAA; and public witnesses.

Tuesday, March 13, 2001

Senate: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings
on S. 415 to amend title 49, United States Code, to require that air carriers meet public
convenience and necessity requirements by ensuring competitive access by commercial
air carriers to major cities, receiving testimony from JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director,
Physical Infrastructure Issues, General Accounting Office; Iowa Attorney General
Thomas J. Miller, Des Moines; David D204Neeleman, JetBlue Airways Corporation,
Kew Gardens, New York; Mark Kahan, Spirit Air Lines, Miramar, Florida; and Glen W.
Hauenstein, Continental Airlines Inc., and Mark N. Cooper, Consumer Federation of
America, both of Washington D.C. Hearings recessed subject to call.

Senate: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded

hearings on S. 361, to establish age limitations for airmen, after receiving testimony
from Senator Murkowski; L. Nicholas Lacey, Director, Flight Standards Service, Federal
Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; Duane E. Woerth, Air Line
Pilots Association, International, Washington, D.C.; Paul Emens, Pilots Against Age
Discrimination, Annapolis, Maryland; and Robin Wilkening, Johns Hopkins University
School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Wednesday, March 7, 2001

House: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 6, Subcommittee on
Aviation , hearing on H.R. 3479, National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act, 2 p.m.,
2167 Rayburn
Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Senate: Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded
hearings on Department of Transportation management oversight issues, including
transportation safety, stewardship of transportation funding, immediate budget
issues, and aviation system performance, after receiving testimony from Kenneth M.
Mead, Inspector General, Department of Transportation; and John H. Anderson,
Managing Director, Physical Infrastructure, General Accounting Office.

Tuesday, February 13, 2001

Senate: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded

hearings to examine the Department of Transportation Inspector General's final report on
airline customer service, after receiving testimony from Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector
General, and Robin K. Hunt, Director, Aviation Security and Infrastructure, both of the
Department of Transportation; and Carol B. Hallett, Air Transport Association of
America, Washington, D.C.
AVSEC SECURITY HEARINGS IN 2000

Thursday, April 6, 2000

AVIATION SECURITY

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held

oversight hearings to examine issues dealing with aviation security , focusing on the
Federal Aviation Administration's efforts to implement and improve security in air traffic
control computer systems and airport passenger screening checkpoints, receiving
testimony from Cathal Flynn, Associate Administrator for Civil Aviation Security ,
Federal Aviation Administration, and Alexis M. Stefani, Assistant Inspector General for
Auditing, both of the Department of Transportation; Gerald L. Dillingham, Associate
Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development
Division, General Accounting Office; and Richard J. Doubrava, Air Transport
Association of America, Washington, D.C.

Hearings recessed subject to call.

Thursday, March 16, 2000

RETENTION OF SCREENERS

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation held a

hearing on Aviation Security , focusing on Training and Retention of Screeners.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Transportation:
Alexis M. Stefani, Assistant Inspector General, Auditing; and Adm. Cathal Flynn, USN,
Associate Administrator, Civil Aviation Security, FAA; Gerald L. Dillingham, Associate
Director, Transportation Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.

Wednesday, March 10,1999

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on

Aviation Safety and Security . Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Transportation: Alexis M. Stefani, Deputy Assistant Inspector General,
Aviation ; Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, FAA; and Cathal I. Flynn, Associate
Administrator, Civil Aviation Security , FAA; and James E. Hall, Chairman, National
Transportation Safety Board.