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49 U.S.C. § 44936

Employment investigations and restrictions

United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective

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49 U.S.C. § 44936, Employment investigations and restrictions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/491106
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The Administrator shall require by regulation that an employment investigation, including a criminal history record check and a review of available law enforcement data bases and records of other governmental and international agencies to the extent determined practicable by the Administrator, shall be conducted of each individual employed in, or applying for, a position as a security screener under section 44935(e) or a position in which the individual has unescorted access, or may permit other individuals to have unescorted access, to— The Administrator shall require by regulation that an employment investigation (including a criminal history record check and a review of available law enforcement data bases and records of other governmental and international agencies to the extent determined practicable by the Administrator) be conducted for— Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, an air carrier, foreign air carrier, airport operator, or government may not employ, or authorize or make a contract for the services of, an individual in a position described in subsection (a)(1) of this section if— the results of that investigation establish that, in the 10-year period ending on the date of the investigation, the individual was convicted (or found not guilty by reason of insanity) of— a felony involving— The Administrator shall prescribe regulations on— requirements for using information received from the Attorney General under paragraph (1) of this subsection— If an identification and criminal history record check is conducted as part of an investigation of an individual under this section, the individual—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 103-272(H.R. 1758)1994-07-05
    To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", and to make other technical improvements in the Code.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-264(H.R. 3539)1996-10-09
    Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-102(H.R. 1086)1997-11-20
    To codify without substantive change laws related to transportation and to improve the United States Code.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-142(H.R. 2626)1997-12-05
    To make clarifications to the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 106-181(H.R. 1000)2000-04-05
    Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century
  • Amended byPub. L. 106-528(S. 2440)2000-11-22
    Airport Security Improvement Act of 2000
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 107-71(S. 1447)2001-11-19
    Aviation and Transportation Security Act
  • Amended byPub. L. 115-254(H.R. 302)2018-10-05
    FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally