Transportation Security Administration, DHS
any firearm carried in the baggage is
unloaded;
(ii) The firearm is carried in a hardsided container;
(iii) The container in which it is carried is locked, and only the individual
checking the baggage retains the key
or combination; and
(iv) The checked baggage containing
the firearm is carried in an area that is
inaccessible to passengers, and is not
carried in the flightcrew compartment,.
(3) Any unauthorized explosive or incendiary.
(g) Ammunition. This section does not
prohibit the carriage of ammunition in
checked baggage or in the same container as a firearm. Title 49 CFR part
175 provides additional requirements
governing carriage of ammunition on
aircraft.

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Section 1544.205 Acceptance and screening of
cargo.
(a) Preventing or deterring the carriage
of any explosive or incendiary. Each aircraft operator operating under a full
program, a full all-cargo program, or a
twelve-five program in an all-cargo operation, must use the procedures, facilities, and equipment described in its
security program to prevent or deter
the carriage of any unauthorized persons, and any unauthorized explosives,
incendiaries, and other destructive substances or items in cargo onboard an
aircraft.
(b) Screening and inspection of cargo.
Each aircraft operator operating under
a full program or a full all-cargo program, or a twelve-five program in an
all-cargo operation, must ensure that
cargo is screened and inspected for any
unauthorized person, and any unauthorized explosive, incendiary, and
other destructive substance or item as
provided in the aircraft operator-s security program and Section 1544.207, and as
provided in Section 1544.239 for operations
under a full program, before loading it
on its aircraft.
(c) Control. Each aircraft operator operating under a full program or a full
all-cargo program must use the procedures in its security program to control cargo that it accepts for transport
on an aircraft in a manner that:

Section 1544.205

(1) Prevents the carriage of any unauthorized person, and any unauthorized explosive, incendiary, and other
destructive substance or item in cargo
onboard an aircraft.
(2) Prevents unescorted access by
persons other than an authorized aircraft operator employee or agent, or
persons authorized by the airport operator or host government.
(d) Refusal to transport. Except as otherwise provided in its program, each
aircraft operator operating under a full
program, a full all-cargo program, or a
twelve-five program in an all-cargo operation, must refuse to transport any
cargo if the shipper does not consent to
a search or inspection of that cargo in
accordance with the system prescribed
by this part.
(e) Acceptance of cargo only from specified persons. Each aircraft operator operating under a full program or a full
all-cargo program may accept cargo to
be loaded in the United States for air
transportation only from the shipper,
an aircraft operator, foreign air carrier, or indirect air carrier operating
under a security program under this
chapter with a comparable cargo security program, or, in the case of an operator under a full program, from a certified cargo screening facility, as provided in its security program.
(f) Acceptance and screening of cargo
outside the United States. For cargo to
be loaded on its aircraft outside the
United States, each aircraft operator
must carry out the requirements of its
security program.
(g) Screening of cargo loaded inside the
United States by a full program operator.
For cargo to be loaded in the United
States, each operator under a full program in Section 1544.101(a) must ensure that
all cargo is screened in the United
States as follows:
(1) Amount screened. (i) Not later than
February 3, 2009, each operator under a
full program must ensure that at least
50 percent of its cargo is screened prior
to transport on a passenger aircraft.
(ii) Not later than August 3, 2010,
each operator under a full program
must ensure that 100 percent of its
cargo is screened prior to transport on
a passenger aircraft.
(2) Methods of screening. For the purposes of this paragraph (g), the aircraft

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