To improve the passenger experience during aviation checkpoint security screening, without reducing security effectiveness, by encouraging the deployment of technological and other solutions, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · June 5, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration to develop strategies and conduct studies aimed at streamlining airport security screening, particularly by reducing the need for physical patdowns and requiring passengers to remove items like shoes, belts, and laptops. The TSA must submit a five-year strategy within one year addressing how to reduce patdowns and item divestiture through improved screening technology, including newer options like detection-at-range technology, while maintaining security effectiveness. The bill also requires a feasibility study on allowing passengers to carry larger quantities of liquids and gels currently banned under carry-on restrictions, and mandates the TSA collect and publicly report anonymized screening statistics broken down by airport and screening type. The legislation authorizes $20 million for fiscal year 2024 to research, test, and deploy these new screening technologies and processes, with the Government Accountability Office required to review implementation within two years.
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