§ 46503. Interference with security screening personnel

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2001

   Aviation and Transportation Security Act

   Pub. L. 107–71 title I § 114(a) · 115 Stat. 597

   Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 46503

   Added Pub. L. 107–71, title I, § 114(a), Nov. 19, 2001, 115 Stat. 623

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 107–71, title I, § 114(a), Nov. 19, 2001, 115 Stat. 623

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 465 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 46502 the following: “§ 46503. Interference with security screening personnel “An individual in an area within a commercial service airport in the United States who, by assaulting a Federal, airport, or air carrier employee who has security duties within the airport, interferes with the performance of the duties of the employee or lessens the ability of the employee to perform those duties, shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both. If the individual used a dangerous weapon in committing the assault or interference, the individual may be imprisoned for any term of years or life imprisonment” .

2. 2024

   Pub. L. 118–63 title IV § 436 · 138 Stat. 1176

   1. Amended · 49 U.S.C. § 46503

      Pub. L. 118–63 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Inserted · 49 U.S.C. § 46503

      Pub. L. 118–63 inserted heading

   3. Added · 49 U.S.C. § 46503

      Pub. L. 118–63 added subsec. (b)

   Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–63 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 118–63 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

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