PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 1209 § 44907. Security standards at foreign airports (a) ASSESSMENT.— (1) At intervals the Secretary of Transportation considers necessary, the Secretary shall assess the effectiveness of the security measures maintained at— (A) a foreign aiiport— (i) served by an air carrier; (ii) from which a foreign air carrier serves the United States; or (iii) that poses a high risk of introducing danger to international air travel; and (B) other foreign airports the Secretary considers appropriate. (2) The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct an assessment under paragraph (1) of this subsection— (A) in consultation with appropriate aeronautic authorities of the government of a foreign country concerned and each air carrier serving the foreign airport for which the Secretary is conducting the assessment; (B) to establish the extent to which a foreign airport effec- - tively maintains and carries out security measures; and (C) by using a standard that will result in an analysis of the security measures at the airport based at least on the standards and appropriate recommended practices contained in Annex 17 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation in effect on the date of the assessment. (3) Each report to Congress required under section 44938(b) of this title shall contain a summary of the assessments conducted under this subsection. (b) CONSULTATION.— In carrying out subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall consult with the Secretary of State— (1) on the terrorist threat that exists in each country; and (2) to establish which foreign airports are not under the de facto control of the government of the foreign country in which they are located and pose a high risk of introducing danger to international air travel. (c) NOTIFYING FOREIGN AUTHORITIES.— When the Secretary of Transportation, after conducting an assessment under subsection (a) of this section, decides that an airport does not maintain and carry out effective security measures, the Secretary of Transportation, after advising the Secretary of State, shall notify the appropriate authorities of the government of the foreign country of the decision and recommend the steps necessary to bring the security measures in use at the airport up to the standard used by the Secretary of Transportation in making the assessment. (d) ACTIONS WHEN AIRPORTS NOT MAINTAINING AND CARRYING OUT EFFECTIVE SECURITY MEASURES. — (1) When the Secretary of Transportation decides under this section that an airport does not maintain and carry out effective security measures— (A) the Secretary of Transportation shall— (i) publish the identity of the airport in the Federal Federal Register; Register, (ii) have the identity of the airport posted and displayed Publication, prominently at all United States airports at which scheduled air carrier operations are provided regularly; and (iii) notify the news media of the identity of the airport;
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