Sec. 106. IMPROVED AIRPORT PERIMETER ACCESS SECURITY
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## SEC. 106 IMPROVED AIRPORT PERIMETER ACCESS SECURITY ###
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(b)Small and Medium Airports **[**[49 U.S.C. 44903 note](/us/usc/t49/s44903)**]** ####
(1)Technical support and financial assistance The Under Secretary of Transportation for Security shall develop a plan to— #####
(A)provide technical support to airports, each of which had less than 1 percent of the total annual enplanements in the United States for the most recent calendar year for which data is available, to enhance security operations; and #####
(B)provide financial assistance to those airports to defray the costs of enhancing security. ####
(2)Removal of certain restrictions #####
(A)Certification by operator If the operator of an airport described in paragraph (1), after consultation with the appropriate State and local law enforcement authorities, determines that safeguards are in place to sufficiently protect public safety, and so certifies in writing to the Under Secretary, then any security rule, order, or other directive restricting the parking of passenger vehicles shall not apply at that airport after the applicable time period specified in subparagraph (B), unless the Under Secretary, taking into account individual airport circumstances, notifies the airport operator that the safeguards in place do not adequately respond to specific security risks and that the restriction must be continued in order to ensure public safety. #####
(B)Countermand period The time period within which the Secretary may notify an airport operator, after receiving a certification under subparagraph (A), that a restriction must be continued in order to ensure public safety at the airport is— ######
(i)15 days for a nonhub airport (as defined in section 41714(h) of title 49, United States Code); ######
(ii)30 days for a small hub airport (as defined in such section); ######
(iii)60 days for a medium hub airport (as defined in such section); and ######
(iv)120 days for an airport that had at least 1 percent of the total annual enplanements in the United States for the most recent calendar year for which data is available. * * * * * * * ###
(e)Airport Security Awareness Programs **[**[49 U.S.C. 44903 note](/us/usc/t49/s44903)**]** The Under Secretary of Transportation for Security shall require scheduled passenger air carriers, and airports in the United States described in section 44903(c) to develop security awareness programs for airport employees, ground crews, gate, ticket, and curbside agents of the air carriers, and other individuals employed at such airports. * * * * * * *
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