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Union Calendar No. 328 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2179 

[Report No. 112–468] 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary 

of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United 

Service Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 14, 2011 

Mr. MILLER of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Homeland Security 

MAY 8, 2012 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BONNER, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 

LONG, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. NUNNELEE, 

Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. COLE, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 

TURNER of Ohio, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. JONES, Mr. 

WITTMAN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. 

FARENTHOLD, Mr. REYES, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, Mrs. BLACK, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. WILSON of South 

Carolina, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. 

MEEHAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. LATTA, Mr. 

KLINE, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, and Mr. KISSELL

MAY 8, 2012 

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] 


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A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service 

Organizations, Incorporated, 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. DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED MONEY RECOV4 ERED AT AIRPORT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS. 

5 (a) DONATION TO USO.—Section 44945 of title 49, 

6 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘shall be re7 tained by the Transportation Security Administration’’ 

8 and all that follows before the period at the end and in9 serting ‘‘shall be annually transferred, without further ap10 propriation, by the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Secu11 rity (Transportation Security Administration) to United 

12 Service Organizations, Incorporated, to provide funding 

13 for its activities in support of USO airport centers’’. 

14 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 515(b) of the De15 partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 

16 (118 Stat. 1318) is amended by striking ‘‘and specifically 

17 how the unclaimed money is being used to provide civil 

18 aviation security’’ and inserting ‘‘and the amount of un19 claimed money transferred to United Service Organiza20 tions, Incorporated, and the dates of such transfers’’. 

21 SECTION 1. DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED MONEY AND 

22 CLOTHING RECOVERED AT AIRPORT SECU23 RITY CHECKPOINTS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44945 of title 49, United 

25 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘§ 44945. Disposition of unclaimed money and cloth2 ing 

3 ‘‘(a) UNCLAIMED MONEY.—Notwithstanding section 

4 3302 of title 31, unclaimed money recovered at any airport 

5 security checkpoint shall be annually transferred, without 

6 further appropriation, by the Assistant Secretary of Home7 land Security (Transportation Security Administration) to 

8 United Service Organizations, Incorporated, to provide 

9 funding for the activities of United Service Organizations, 

10 Incorporated, in support of USO airport centers. 

11 ‘‘(b) UNCLAIMED CLOTHING.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In disposing of unclaimed 

13 clothing recovered at any airport security checkpoint, 

14 the Assistant Secretary shall make every reasonable 

15 effort, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans 

16 Affairs, to transfer the clothing to local veterans orga17 nizations or other local charitable organizations for 

18 distribution to homeless or needy veterans and vet19 eran families. 

20 ‘‘(2) AGREEMENTS.—In implementing para21 graph (1), the Assistant Secretary may enter into 

22 agreements with airport authorities. 

23 ‘‘(3) OTHER CHARITABLE ARRANGEMENTS.— 

24 Nothing in this subsection shall prevent an airport or 

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1 nating unclaimed clothing to a charitable organiza2 tion of their choosing. 

3 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this subsection 

4 shall create a cost to the Government. 

5 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Assistant Secretary shall 

6 submit, on an annual basis, to the Committee on Homeland 

7 Security and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

8 House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

9 Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appro10 priations of the Senate a report that contains a detailed 

11 description of— 

12 ‘‘(1) the amount of unclaimed money described 

13 in subsection (a) recovered in total and at each indi14 vidual airport; and 

15 ‘‘(2) the amount of unclaimed money described 

16 in subsection (a) transferred to United Service Orga17 nizations, Incorporated, under this section and the 

18 dates of such transfers.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to 

20 such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chap21 ter 449 of such title is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘44945. Disposition of unclaimed money and clothing.’’. 

22 (c) REPEAL.—Section 515(b) of the Department of 

23 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 (118 Stat. 

24 1318; 49 U.S.C. 44945 note) is repealed. 


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Union Calendar No. 328 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2179 

[Report No. 112–468] 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct 

tions, Incorporated, and for other purposes. security checkpoints to United Service Organizatransfer unclaimed money recovered at airport (Transportation Security Administration) to the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security 

MAY 8, 2012 

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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