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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§5512 Antiterrorism Measures

Title 22 › Chapter 64— UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO TERRORISM AFFECTING AMERICANS ABROAD › § 5512

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of State, working with the Secretary of Transportation, must write and publish rules to stop terrorists from tricking international air travelers into helping them. Notices about those rules must be posted clearly in U.S. and foreign international airports. The two Secretaries must also seek international agreements, especially in aviation talks, to make common global standards for those rules. The Secretary of State must also tell the public when U.S. government rewards are available for tips about international terrorist acts, including rewards listed in section 2708(a) and in title 18, chapter 204. When appropriate and possible, those notices should also be posted in international airports. Congress thinks the Secretary of Transportation should properly use and train officers and employees of other U.S. agencies who work at international airports to detect explosives and firearms that could threaten international air travel.

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Title 22, §5512

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(a)For the purpose of notifying the public, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall develop and publish guidelines for thwarting efforts by international terrorists to enlist the unwitting assistance of international aviation travelers in terrorist activities. Notices concerning such guidelines shall be posted and prominently displayed domestically and abroad in international airports.
(b)The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Transportation in all appropriate fora, particularly talks and meetings related to international civil aviation, shall enter into negotiations with other nations for the establishment of international standards regarding guidelines for thwarting efforts by international terrorists to enlist the unwitting assistance of international aviation travelers in terrorist activities.
(c)For the purpose of notifying the public, the Secretary of State shall publish the availability of United States Government rewards for information on international terrorist-related activities, including rewards available under section 2708(a) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title and chapter 204 of title 18. To the extent appropriate and feasible, notices making such publication shall be posted and prominently displayed domestically and abroad in international airports.
(d)It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Transportation should take appropriate measures to utilize and train properly the officers and employees of other United States Government agencies who have functions at international airports in the United States and abroad in the detection of explosives and firearms which could be a threat to international civil aviation.

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section 2708 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), was amended generally by Pub. L. 105–323, title I, § 101, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 3029, and, as so amended, provisions authorizing awards, formerly contained in section 2708(a), are now contained in section 2708(b).

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22 U.S.C. § 5512

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60