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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6420 

To improve the screening of transgender persons at airport security 

checkpoints, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 1, 2016 

Miss RICE of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To improve the screening of transgender persons at airport 

security checkpoints, 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 ‘‘Screening With Dig5 nity Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TSA SCREENING PROCEDURES AND TRAINING. 

7 (a) DEVELOPMENT OF PROCEDURES.—Not later 

8 than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

9 the Administrator shall develop procedures to appro10 priately screen self-identified transgender passengers. In 


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1 developing such procedures, the Administrator shall take 

2 into consideration the particular needs of persons whose 

3 gender identity is different or is perceived to be different 

4 from their assigned sex at birth and the disparate impact 

5 of screening on transgender passengers as opposed to the 

6 general population of passengers. 

7 (b) TRAINING OF TSOS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF

8 PROCEDURES.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

9 the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall conduct 

10 in-person training of all Transportation Security Officers 

11 on the screening procedures developed under subsection 

12 (a) and shall implement such procedures. 

13 SEC. 3. REPORT ON SCREENING EQUIPMENT. 

14 (a) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall con16 duct a study on the cost and feasibility of retrofitting ad17 vanced image technology screening equipment to distin18 guish between foreign objects and human body parts. 

19 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub21 mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

22 of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

23 and Transportation of the Senate, and the Comptroller 

24 General of the United States a report containing the re25 sults of the study conducted under subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 4. REPORT ON SECONDARY SCREENING PROCEDURES. 

2 (a) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

3 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall con4 duct a study that evaluates the disparate impact that ad5 vanced imaging technology has on self-identified 

6 transgender passengers as opposed to the general popu7 lation of passengers. Such study shall include an examina8 tion of instances since 2010 in which a self-identified 

9 transgender passenger was required to undergo a sec10 ondary screening procedure after alarming the advanced 

11 imaging technology involved. 

12 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

13 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub14 mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

15 of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

16 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report con17 taining the results of the study conducted under sub18 section (a). 

19 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act: 

21 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis22 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor23 tation Security Administration. 

24 (2) ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY.—The 

25 term ‘‘advanced imaging technology’’ has the mean26 ing given the term in section 826(l)(1)(A) of the 


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1 FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (49 

2 U.S.C 44901(l)(1)(A)). 

3 (3) GENDER IDENTITY.—The term ‘‘gender 

4 identity’’ means the gender-related identity, appear5 ance, mannerisms, or other gender-related character6 istics of an individual, regardless of the individual’s 

7 designated sex at birth. 

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