STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN AIR TRANSPORTATION.

SEC. 551. SECURITY STANDARDS FOR FOREIGN AIR TRANSPORTATION. [Subsections (a) and (b) repealed by Public Law 103–272] (c) Closing of Beirut International Airport.—It is the sense of the Congress that the President is urged and encouraged to take all appropriate steps to carry forward his announced policy of seeking the effective closing of the international airport in Beirut, Lebanon, at least until such time as the Government of Lebanon has instituted measures and procedures designed to prevent the use of that airport by aircraft hijackers and other terrorists in attacking civilian airlines or their passengers, hijacking their aircraft, or taking or holding their passengers hostage.