US Congress House Bill 4559 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 10 2018 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-09-12 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 572.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Global Aviation System Security Reform Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to conduct a global aviation security review to address improving aviation security standards, including standards intended to mitigate cybersecurity threats, across the global aviation system. The security review shall establish best practices regarding: collaborating with foreign partners to improve global aviation security capabilities and standards; identifying foreign partners that have not successfully implemented security protocols from the International Civil Aviation Organization or the Department of Homeland Security and have not taken steps to implement such protocols; improving the development, outreach, and implementation process for security directives or emergency amendments issued to domestic and foreign air carriers; and assessing the cybersecurity and cyber espionage risk of security screening equipment. (Sec. 4) The TSA shall report to Congress: (1) within 90 days after enactment of this bill, on the organization, development, and progress of the security review; and (2) within 240 days after enactment, on best practices identified by the review and TSA actions to implement such practices.

Global Aviation System Security Reform Act of 2017

Rep. Ron Estes [R-KS]

Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]

Rep. John Katko [R-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-09-12	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 572.
2018-09-12	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. Without written report.
2018-06-27	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2018-01-10	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2018-01-09	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-01-09	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H41-42)
2018-01-09	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4559.
2018-01-09	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H41-43)
2018-01-09	House	Mr. Estes (KS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2018-01-09	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 370.
2018-01-09	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-497.
2017-12-13	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2017-12-13	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-12-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
2017-12-06	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4559/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4559/BILLS-115hr4559ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4559/BILLS-115hr4559rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4559/BILLS-115hr4559eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4559/BILLS-115hr4559rs.pdf