Rick Larsen: “The FAA recently issued a final rule on requiring secondary barriers to protect the flight deck in newly manufactured…”

“The FAA recently issued a final rule on requiring secondary barriers to protect the flight deck in newly manufactured aircraft. The underlying text of this bill creates a rulemaking committee to consider how to apply this requirement to existing aircraft, and this amendment adds a rulemaking requirement to that text. Secondary barriers are a critical tool to keeping our pilots and flight decks safe and secure in the event of a horrible, horrible intrusion. Mr. Chair, therefore, I rise to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.”