Mahan Air and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to submit an annual report to Congress through 2020 that includes: (1) a list of all airports at which aircraft owned or controlled by Mahan Air (a Tehran-based commercial airline under U.S. sanctions) have landed during the preceding two years; and (2) for each such airport, an assessment of whether such aircraft continue operations at that airport, an assessment of whether any of the landings were emergency landings, a determination of whether additional security measures should be imposed on flights to the United States that originate from that airport, and an explanation of the rationale for such determination.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Aviation and airportsCongressional oversightGovernment information and archivesIranMiddle EastTerrorismTransportation safety and security
A bill to prevent the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from using Mahan Air for material support for terrorist activities.
USA115th CongressS-1011| Senate
| Updated: 5/2/2017
Mahan Air and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to submit an annual report to Congress through 2020 that includes: (1) a list of all airports at which aircraft owned or controlled by Mahan Air (a Tehran-based commercial airline under U.S. sanctions) have landed during the preceding two years; and (2) for each such airport, an assessment of whether such aircraft continue operations at that airport, an assessment of whether any of the landings were emergency landings, a determination of whether additional security measures should be imposed on flights to the United States that originate from that airport, and an explanation of the rationale for such determination.