S 1710 — AIR Security Act

Summary

Airport Infrastructure Resources Security Act of 2019 or the AIR Security Act This bill prohibits airport improvement project grant amounts from being used to enter into a contract for the procurement of infrastructure or equipment for a passenger boarding bridge at an airport with any entity that has violated the intellectual property rights of U.S. entities.

Bill Text

• Introduced Introduced in Senate Current html June 04, 2019

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The bill prohibits the use of airport improvement program grant funds for contracts with entities that have violated U.S. intellectual property rights.

• 49 U.S.C. § 47145

  Sec. 47145. Prohibition on provision of grant funds to entities that have violated intellectual property rights of United States entities

  Establishes a new section that restricts grant funds for certain contracts with entities violating intellectual property rights.

• 49 U.S.C. § 47145(a)

  Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section, amounts provided as project grants under this subchapter may not be used to enter into a contract described in subsection (b) with any entity on the list required by subsection (c).

  Prohibits grant funds from being used for contracts with entities on a specified list for violations of intellectual property rights.

• 49 U.S.C. § 47145(b)

  A contract described in this subsection is a contract or other agreement for the procurement of infrastructure or equipment for a passenger boarding bridge at an airport.

  Defines the type of contracts that are affected by the prohibition.

• 49 U.S.C. § 47145(c)

  Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section, and thereafter as required by paragraphs (2) and (3), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative and the Attorney General, make available to the public a list of entities that...

  Establishes a requirement for creating and publicizing a list of entities that have violated intellectual property rights.

• 49 U.S.C. § 47145(c)(1)(A)

  (i) are owned or controlled by, or receive subsidies from, the government of a country--(I) identified by the Trade Representative under subsection (a)(1) of section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) in the most recent report required by that section; and...

  Specifies the criteria for entities that will be listed under the intellectual property rights violation prohibitions.

• 49 U.S.C. § 47145(c)(2)

  The Administrator shall update the list required by paragraph (1)--(A) not less frequently than every 90 days during the 180-day period following the initial publication of the list under paragraph (1); and...

  Mandates regular updates to the list of entities violating intellectual property rights.

• 49 U.S.C. § 47145(c)(3)

  In general.--Not later than the end of the 5-year period described in paragraph (2)(B), the Administrator shall make a determination with respect to whether continuing to update the list required by paragraph (1) is necessary to carry out this section.

  Requires the Administrator to evaluate the necessity of continued updates to the entity list after five years.

Action History

1. June 04, 2019

   Introduced in Senate

2. June 04, 2019

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Sponsors

• Gary C. Peters · Cosponsor
• Marco Rubio · Cosponsor
• John Cornyn · Primary

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