110 STAT. 3250 PUBLIC LAW 104-264—OCT. 9, 1996 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. —The table of sections for chapter 417 is amended by striking the item relating to section 41742 and inserting the following: "41742. Essential air service authorization.". TITLE III—AVIATION SECURITY 49 USC 44935 note. 49 USC 44913 note. SEC. 301. REPORT INCLUDING PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON FUNDING FOR AIRPORT SECURITY. (a) IN GENERAL. —Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in cooperation with other appropriate persons, shall conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on whether, and if so how, to transfer certain responsibilities of air carriers under Federal law for security activities conducted onsite at commercial service airports to airport operators or to the Federal Government or to provide for shared responsibilities between air carriers and airport operators or the Federal Government. (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT. — The report submitted under this section shall— (1) examine potential sources of Federal and non-Federal revenue that may be used to fund security activities, including providing grants from funds received as fees collected under a fee system established under subtitle C of title II of this Act and the amendments made by that subtitle; and (2) provide legislative proposals, if necessary, for accomplishing the transfer of responsibilities referred to in subsection (a). SEC. 302. CERTIFICATION OF SCREENING COMPANIES. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration is directed to certify companies providing security screening and to improve the training and testing of security screeners through development of uniform performance standards for providing security screening services. SEC. 303. WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVE DETECTION STUDY. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall enter into an arrangement with the Director of the National Academy of Sciences (or if the National Academy of Sciences is not available, the head of another equivalent entity) to conduct a study in accordance to this section. (b) PANEL OF EXPERTS.— (1) IN GENERAL. — In carrying out a study under this section, the Director of the National Academy of Sciences (or the head of another equivalent entity) shall establish a panel (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "panel"). (2) EXPERTISE.— Each member of the panel shall have expertise in weapons and explosive detection technology, security, air carrier and airport operations, or another appropriate Eirea. The Director of the National Academy of Sciences (or the head of another equivalent entity) shall ensure that the panel has an appropriate number of representatives of the areas specified in the preceding sentence. (c) STUDY.— The panel, in consultation with the National Science and Technology Council, representatives of appropriate
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