Number: RL34390
Title: Aviation Security: Background and Policy Options for Screening and Securing Air Cargo
Authors: Bart Elias, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Appropriations legislation over the past four years has called for continued increases to the amounts of air cargo placed on passenger airplanes that is physically screened. The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-53) requires the DHS to establish a system to physically screen 100% of all air cargo within three years, with an interim requirement of screening 50% of air cargo within 18 months of enactment. The act also directs the TSA to implement a program for deploying blast-resistant cargo containers for use by air carriers on a risk-managed basis.
Pages: 41
Date: February 25, 2008