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Public Citizen Congress Watch
Aviation Security.
This vote was on whether to approve Senate bill S. 1447, a bill to improve aviation security, including making all airport security screeners federal employees. House Republican leaders engaged in a protracted battle against the Senate bill since the federalization of the Nation’s security screeners would have meant more unionized workers. After much arm twisting, House Republican leaders eventually succeeded and the House voted to reject the Senate bill. Their victory was short lived however, since the Senate’s stronger aviation security legislation was later adopted by the House in conference, and signed into law by President Bush (P.L. 107-71).
Defeated.American Conservative Union
Aviation Security.
Oberstar (D-MN) amendment that would federalize passenger and baggage screeners at the country's largest 140 airports and give the Justice Department responsibility for airport and airline security. This amendment was rejected.Republican Liberty Caucus (Civil Liberty)
Airport Security/Dem. Substitute.
To federalize airport security workers.Citizens Against Government Waste
H.R. 3150: Aviation Security - Democratic Substitute.
The House rejected the amendment offered by Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn) to federalize passenger and baggage screeners at the country's largest 140 airports.International Union, UAW
House Rejects Federalization of Airport Screeners.
During consideration of airline security legislation, Representative Oberstar (D-Minn.) offered an amendment that would have federalized passenger and baggage screeners at our nation’s airports. The UAW and most unions strongly supported this amendment in order to improve security. Unfortunately, the House GOP leaders vehemently opposed federalization of these workers because they didn’t want them to be unionized. In a mostly party line vote, the House rejected the Oberstar federalization amendment.
(R 8-211; D 205-6; I 1-1).
The John Birch Society
HR 3150: Aviation Security.
Amendment to require
that passenger and baggage screeners at major airports
be federal employees. Rejected. Estimated Cost: $300 Million/yearDemocrats.com
Professional Baggage Screening.
Requiring airport baggage screeners to meet the more stringent
requirements for Federal employment, rather than the lax requirements of
private subcontracters.Eagle Forum
Airport Security Federalization Act of 2001.
Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN) introduced an amendment to the Airport Security Federalization Act of 2001 (H.R. 3150) to replace the bill language with the Senate-passed Aviation Security Act (S. 1447), which created 28,000 new federal employees to handle airport security and screening. Amendment failed.