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Union Calendar No. 11 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1877 

[Report No. 117–24] 

To require the Transportation Security Administration to issue a plan to 

improve security screening procedures at airports during the COVID– 

19 national emergency, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 12, 2021 

Mr. CLEAVER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

APRIL 30, 2021 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 12, 2021] 


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A BILL 

To require the Transportation Security Administration to 

issue a plan to improve security screening procedures 

at airports during the COVID–19 national emergency, 

and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Security Screening Dur5 ing COVID–19 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PLAN. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in co9 ordination with the Chief Medical Officer of the Department 

10 of Homeland Security, and in consultation with the Sec11 retary of Health and Human Services and the Director of 

12 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall issue 

13 and commence implementing a plan to enhance, as appro14 priate, security operations at airports during the COVID– 

15 19 national emergency in order to reduce risk of the spread 

16 of the coronavirus at passenger screening checkpoints and 

17 among the TSA workforce. 

18 (b) CONTENTS.—The plan required under subsection 

19 (a) shall include the following: 

20 (1) An identification of best practices developed 

21 in response to the coronavirus among foreign govern22 ments, airports, and air carriers conducting aviation 

23 security screening operations, as well as among Fed24 eral agencies conducting similar security screening 

25 operations outside of airports, including in locations 


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1 where the spread of the coronavirus has been success2 fully contained, that could be further integrated into 

3 the United States aviation security system. 

4 (2) Specific operational changes to aviation secu5 rity screening operations informed by the identifica6 tion of best practices under paragraph (1) that could 

7 be implemented without degrading aviation security 

8 and a corresponding timeline and costs for imple9 menting such changes. 

10 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the identifica11 tion of best practices under subsection (b), the Adminis12 trator shall take into consideration the following: 

13 (1) Aviation security screening procedures and 

14 practices in place at security screening locations, in15 cluding procedures and practices implemented in re16 sponse to the coronavirus. 

17 (2) Volume and average wait times at each such 

18 security screening location. 

19 (3) Public health measures already in place at 

20 each such security screening location. 

21 (4) The feasibility and effectiveness of imple22 menting similar procedures and practices in locations 

23 where such are not already in place. 

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1 tinuing any procedures and practices implemented in 

2 response to the COVID–19 national emergency beyond 

3 the end of such emergency. 

4 (d) CONSULTATION.—In developing the plan required 

5 under subsection (a), the Administrator may consult with 

6 public and private stakeholders and the TSA workforce, in7 cluding through the labor organization certified as the ex8 clusive representative of full- and part-time non-super9 visory TSA personnel carrying out screening functions 

10 under section 44901 of title 49, U.S. Code. 

11 (e) SUBMISSION.—Upon issuance of the plan required 

12 under subsection (a), the Administrator shall submit the 

13 plan to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

14 of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

15 Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 

16 (f) ISSUANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION.—The Adminis17 trator shall not be required to issue or implement, as the 

18 case may be, the plan required under subsection (a) upon 

19 the termination of the COVID–19 national emergency ex20 cept to the extent the Administrator determines such 

21 issuance or implementation, as the case may be, to be fea22 sible and beneficial to security screening operations. 

23 (g) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than one year after the 

24 issuance of the plan required under subsection (a) (if such 

25 plan is issued in accordance with subsection (f)), the CompVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:46 Apr 30, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1877.RH H1877

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1 troller General of the United States shall submit to the Com2 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa3 tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans4 portation of the Senate a review, if appropriate, of such 

5 plan and any efforts to implement such plan. 

6 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis8 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor9 tation Security Administration. 

10 (2) CORONAVIRUS.—The term ‘‘coronavirus’’ has 

11 the meaning given such term in section 506 of the 

12 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supple13 mental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 

14 123). 

15 (3) COVID–19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY.—The 

16 term ‘‘COVID–19 national emergency’’ means the na17 tional emergency declared by the President under the 

18 National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on 

19 March 13, 2020, with respect to the coronavirus. 

20 (4) PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS.—The 

21 term ‘‘public and private stakeholders’’ has the mean22 ing given such term in section 114(t)(1)(C) of title 49, 

23 United States Code. 

24 (5) TSA.—The term ‘‘TSA’’ means the Trans25 portation Security Administration. 


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Union Calendar No. 11 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1877 

[Report No. 117–24] 

A BILL 

To require the Transportation Security Administrational emergency, and for other purposes. procedures at airports during the COVID–19 na- tion to issue a plan to improve security screening 

APRIL 30, 2021 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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