thority, provides for the screening of passengers 
and carry-on baggage. 
‘‘(B) PASSENGER TERMINAL ENTRANCE.— 
The term ‘passenger terminal entrance’ means 
the area at each airport located in the United 
States where individuals arriving to the airport 
by means other than a flight first enter the ter-
minal or other comparable enclosure containing 
passenger facilities of the airport located prior 
to the passenger screening checkpoint. 
‘‘(C) STERILE
AREA.—The term ‘sterile 
area’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.’’. 
SEC. 3. PUBLIC AWARENESS INITIATIVES. 
(a) CAMPAIGN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration shall implement a public awareness campaign 
to inform the public of the potential criminal and 
civil consequences of carrying a firearm in the sterile 
area of an airport that includes actual examples of 
the criminal and civil consequences imposed on indi-
viduals who violated such prohibition. 
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(2) ELEMENTS.—The campaign required under 
paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum, involve— 
(A) the use of Transportation Security Ad-
ministration websites, social media channels, 
press releases, and other means of external 
communication; 
(B) the production of audiovisual materials 
to be distributed via online video sharing plat-
forms; 
(C) engagement with external organiza-
tions, including local and national organizations 
with memberships that could benefit from infor-
mation regarding how to lawfully travel with a 
firearm in checked baggage; and 
(D) engagement with press and media, in-
cluding, to the extent practicable, local press 
and media in at least those cities that host air-
ports identified biennially pursuant to para-
graph (3) of subsection (m) of section 44901 of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by 
section 2. 
(3) EXISTING
EFFORTS.—The campaign re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall supplement and 
not supplant any other related existing campaign. 
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(b) TARGETED ADVERTISING.—The Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration may purchase 
or otherwise place advertisements describing the potential 
criminal and civil consequences of carrying a firearm in 
the sterile area of an airport or on or about one’s person 
or property that would be accessible in flight, and actual 
examples of the criminal and civil consequences faced by 
individuals who violated such prohibition, on websites and 
in publications (or on or in such other advertising medi-
ums as the Administrator determines appropriate) that 
target audiences seeking information concerning— 
(1) firearms or related activities; 
(2) travel, tourism, or related matters; and 
(3) such other matters the Administrator deter-
mines appropriate. 
SEC. 4. FINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 449 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 44930. Minimum civil monetary penalties for cer-
tain firearm-related violations 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator 
of the Transportation Security Administration shall estab-
lish minimum civil monetary penalty amounts for repeat 
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or egregious violations of subsection (a) of section 
1540.111 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, relating 
to the carriage of firearms on or in an individual’s person 
or accessible property into the sterile area of an airport 
or onboard an aircraft. 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR 
REPEAT VIOLATIONS.—The minimum civil monetary pen-
alty amount for a repeat violation of subsection (a) of sec-
tion 1540.111 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
involving a firearm shall be— 
‘‘(1) in the case of an individual with respect to 
whom such a repeat violation occurs within five 
years of the date of the final adjudication of a pre-
vious such violation— 
‘‘(A) $10,000 for any such repeat violation 
involving an unloaded firearm; and 
‘‘(B) $12,500 for any such repeat violation 
involving a loaded firearm or unloaded firearm 
with accessible ammunition; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of an individual with respect to 
whom such a repeat violation occurs more than five 
years after the date of the final adjudication of a 
previous such violation— 
‘‘(A) $5,000 for any such repeat violation 
involving an unloaded firearm; and 
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