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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8594 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish an Aviation Security 

Checkpoint Technology Fund in the Department of Homeland Security 

to fund investments in aviation security checkpoint technology, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 3, 2024 

Mr. LALOTA (for himself, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. 

THANEDAR, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, and Ms. LEE of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish an 

Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund in the 

Department of Homeland Security to fund investments 

in aviation security checkpoint technology, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop the Scam Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF AVIATION SECURITY CHECK2 POINT TECHNOLOGY FUND. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44923 of title 49, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 

6 (j); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol8 lowing new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(i) AVIATION SECURITY CHECKPOINT TECHNOLOGY

10 FUND.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 

12 the Department of Homeland Security a fund to be 

13 known as the Aviation Security Checkpoint Tech14 nology Fund (in this subsection referred to as the 

15 ‘ASCT Fund’). The second $250,000,000 from fees 

16 received under section 44940(a)(1) in each of fiscal 

17 years 2025 through 2029 shall be available to be de18 posited in the ASCT Fund. The Administrator of 

19 the Transportation Security Administration shall im20 pose the fee authorized by section 44940(a)(1) so as 

21 to collect not less than $250,000,000 in each of such 

22 fiscal years for deposit into the ASCT Fund. 

23 Amounts in the ASCT Fund shall be available until 

24 expended to the Administrator of the Transportation 

25 Security Administration to fund the procurement, 


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1 deployment, and sustainment of aviation security 

2 checkpoint technology. 

3 ‘‘(2) TSA BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days 

4 after the date of the enactment of this subsection 

5 and quarterly thereafter for five years, the Adminis6 trator of the Transportation Security Administration 

7 shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security and 

8 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

9 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

10 Science, and Transportation and the Committee on 

11 Appropriations of the Senate regarding planned pro12 curement, nationwide deployment, and sustainment 

13 efforts of aviation security checkpoint technology at 

14 airport checkpoints through amounts made available 

15 from the ASCT Fund.’’. 

16 (b) REPEAL.—Subsection (i) of section 44940 of title 

17 49, United States Code, is repealed. 

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