Senate Chair Plans Bill to Require Data on All Air Cargo Before Loading Overseas
Senator Joseph Lieberman (I), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, stated during the November 2, 2011 hearing, "Ten Years After 9/11: The Next Wave in Aviation Security", that he and Senator Susan Collins (R) were…
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working on legislation that would require data to be collected on all cargo shipments before loading onto planes. While Lieberman noted that DHS was working with shippers and air carriers to obtain descriptions of cargo earlier in the process (in order to determine the risk and the type of screening needed), enacting a new law would ensure that all high risk cargo is screened properly before it is airborne. On international flights, current law only requires cargo details once the plane has taken off, but before it arrives in U.S.