To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
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Latest Action · July 31, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
The FASTER Act would redirect aviation security fee revenues entirely to fund airport screening operations instead of sending some of that money to the general Treasury. Currently, airlines and passengers pay security fees that are supposed to finance the Transportation Security Administration's screening activities, but federal law requires a portion of these fees to be credited back to the general Treasury fund. This bill eliminates that requirement, ensuring all collected security fees stay dedicated to their intended purpose of paying for baggage screening, metal detectors, and related security personnel and equipment at airports. The legislation affects the TSA, airlines, and ultimately airline passengers who pay these security fees. There is no specific funding amount mentioned in the bill, as it simply redirects existing fee revenues rather than appropriating new money.
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