COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION JAMES J. HOWARD, New Jersey, Chairman GLENN M. ANDERSON, California FOFO I.F. SUNIA, American Samoa TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina CHESTER G. ATKINS, Massachusetts CATHY (MRS. GILLIS) LONG, Louisiana JIM CHAPMAN, Texas CARL C. PERKINS, Kentucky GENE SNYDER, Kentucky JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas ARLAN STANGELAND, Minnesota WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania E. CLAY SHAW, JR., Florida THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama HELEN DELICH BENTLEY, Maryland DAVID S. MONSON, Utah JOHN G. ROWLAND, Connecticut SALVATORE J. D'AMICO, Special Counsel to the Chairman and Staff Director RICHARD J. SULLIVAN, Chief Counsel MICHAEL J. TOOHEY, Minority Staff Director JACK L. SCHENENDORF, Minority Chief Counsel CONTENTS WITNESSES REVIEW OF FOREIGN AIRPORT SECURITY ACT AND CONSIDERATION OF H. CON. RES. Wednesday, February 19, 1986: 270 Page Hon. Parker W. Borg, Deputy, Office of the Ambassador-at-Large for 4 Jeffrey Shane, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Transportation Affairs, 26 31 Richard Noble, Deputy Director, Civil Aviation Security Office, Federal 42 TERRORISM AND TOURISM: TWA 840 BOMBING AND OVERSIGHT OF THE Thursday, April 17, 1986: Capt. Henry Duffy, president, Air Line Pilots Association. Harold Olson, Engineering and Air Safety Department, Air Line Pilots Richard Lally, assistant vice president of security, Air Transport Associa- Joseph H. Hallissey, CTC, chairman of the board, American Society of John H. Steele, director of security, Trans World Airlines EFFECTIVENESS OF U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO Tuesday, April 22, 1986: Hon. John Whitehead, Deputy Secretary of State.... 136 Hon. Matthew V. Scocozza, Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, Department of Transportation 141 Anthony J. Broderick, Associate Administrator for Aviation Standards, 178 ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TERRORISM Thursday, May 15, 1986: Hon. Donna F. Tuttle, Under Secretary, Travel and Tourism, Department of Commerce.... 207 Hon. Joan M. Clark, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 237 H. Wayne Berens, president, Revere Travel, Inc., member at large, Travelers Security Policy Council. 245 Cord D. Hansen-Sturm, vice president for government affairs, First 264 MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Statement on Department of Transportation activities before the International Maritime Organization..... APPENDIXES 1. Department of State report to the Congress on the antiterrorism assistance program, February 19, 1986....... Page 31 289 2. International Maritime Organization report of the Working Group on Safeguarding Ships, Passengers and Crews Against Unlawful Acts, January 31, 1986 299 3. Responses by Mr. Scocozza to additional questions submitted for the record by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 338 4. Text of H. Con. Res. 270.. 342 5. Title V of International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985, Public Law 99-33, August 8, 1985. 345 6. "Libya Under Qadhafi: A Pattern of Aggression," special report No. 138, 353 9. Letter to Chairman Fascell from European Parliament concerning security of tourists abroad........... 10. New York Times article of April 8, 1986, entitled "12 Months of Terror: The Mideast Connection". 11. Letter from Air Transport Association of America regarding airlines policy on carry-on baggage 12. Letter from Cord D. Hansen-Sturm and articles from the Travel Agent, April 17 and 21, 1986, entitled "Terrorism: Why We Can't Shoot Our Way Out" 13. Paper by Cord D. Hansen-Sturm entitled: "Counter-Terrorism: Alternatives to Violence" 361 368 375 376 377 381 386 14. Letter from French Ambassador to the United States to Speaker O'Neill concerning the American military operation against Libya.......... 391 15. Responses by Under Secretary Tuttle to additional questions submitted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs........... 394 16. Responses by Assistant Secretary Clark to additional questions submitted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs....... 407 17. Responses by Cord D. Hansen-Sturm to additional questions submitted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs 18. Responses by H. Wayne Berens to additional questions submitted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 19. Tom Fenton report on Americans still doing business with Libya, aired 411 422 426 21. Text of President Reagan's address of April 14, 1986, concerning the American attack on Libya....... 430 432 REVIEW OF FOREIGN AIRPORT SECURITY ACT AND CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE RENT RESOLUTION 270 CONCUR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1986 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AF- Washington, DC. The subcommittees met at 2:18 p.m., in room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Dan Mica (chairman of the Subcommittee on International Operations) presiding. Mr. MICA. Today I have the pleasure of cochairing with Chairman Fascell the first of a series of hearings to be held by the Subcommittees on International Operations, which I chair, and Arms Control, International Security and Science, to review efforts to improve security of Americans abroad, to strengthen diplomatic security and to bolster U.S. counterterrorism policies. Specifically today's hearing will focus on the status of implementation of part B of title V of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985, which we passed out of this committee and into law last year, after some very difficult times, and the progress that has been made in achieving greater security at international airports. Without any further delay we are going to begin the hearing and I will introduce the witnesses. But I would just like to indicate for the record that we have with us Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt, and we expect with us Congressman Norm Mineta, both who have been active on their subcommittees in these areas. When Congressman Mineta arrives I will introduce him. We're pleased to have them here with us. This is an area that doesn't really belong in any one jurisdiction but probably a number of jurisdictions in the Congress. Our witnesses will be Ambassador Parker Borg, Deputy Director of the Office of Counterterrorism Policy; Mr. Jeff Shane, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Affairs at the Department of State; Assistant Secretary Matt Scocozza at the Department of Transportation; and Mr. Richard Nobel from the Federal Aviation Administration. Before I ask Ambassador Borg to proceed, I might invite each of you to take your places at the table. I will ask my ranking minority member, Ms. Snowe, if she has any opening comments. Ms. SNOWE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to ask consent to include the entire text of my statement in the record. Mr. MICA. Without objection. [Ms. Snowe's statement follows:] PREPARED OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. OLYMPIA J. SNOWE Mr. Chairman, I would like to congratulate you for pushing forward the airport security legislation that originated from this committee last year. This committee has an obligation to continue these oversight hearings on this landmark legislation. The airport security legislation that Congress passed as part of the foreign aid bill last year gave the Administration an important tool to ensure that the newly strengthened international standards are actually followed. Studies show that 30 to 35 percent of all terrorist incidents involve U.S. citizens or property, so uniform adherence to those standards are the least that we can expect of other countries for free access to American tourist revenues. And yet, the two hijackings out of the Athens Airport last year, which helped spur Congress on to passing this legislation, continue_to_raise serious questions about the adequacy of even the tightened standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization. Because of our technical successes against skyjacking, it appears that terrorists may be working through accomplices among airport personnel to circumvent the screening process. I hope that the witnesses will comment on this problem, and will comment on the adequacy of existing international standards. I would like to thank the witnesses for testifying before us today, and I look forward to your comments. Ms. SNOWE. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. I certainly would like to congratulate you, Mr. Chairman, for being instrumental and making sure that this legislation was enacted and that it emerged from this committee last year. We have an obligation as a committee to review the legislation in terms of its adequacy. So I am pleased that we are holding these oversight hearings today on this landmark legislation. It was clear that Congress intended to give the administration the tools by which we could make sure that strengthened international standards are pursued and implemented by other countries. And so I think that uniform adherence to these standards are the very least that we should require of other countries. I would hope that we will receive comments from our witnesses here today that will tell us how we can improve upon the legislation, and how it has been progressing since the time it was enacted by the Congress. Again, Mr. Chairman, thank you for the time. Mr. MICA. Thank you. Mr. Hammerschmidt, do you have any opening comments? Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT.1 Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. As we all know, 6 months ago the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Public Works Committee combined forces to pass legislation dealing with security at foreign airports. This action was really prompted by the hijacking of TWA flight 847. I think it is important that we continue to monitor the security situation at foreign airports and the U.S. Government's response to shortcomings in foreign airport security. Therefore, I commend the chairman, certainly for calling these hearings and thank him for inviting those of us on the Public Works and Transportation Committee to participate. I'm glad to 1 Hon. John Paul Hammerschmidt, a Representative in Congress from the State of Arkansas. |