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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 trans-
fer 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. GRIF-
FITH 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 Assist-
ant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Se-
curity Administration) to transfer unclaimed money re-
covered at airport security checkpoints to United Service 
Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED MONEY RECOV-
ERED AT AIRPORT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS. 
(a) DONATION TO USO.—Section 44945 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘shall be re-
tained by the Transportation Security Administration’’ 
and all that follows before the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘shall be annually transferred, without further ap-
propriation, by the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity (Transportation Security Administration) to United 
Service Organizations, Incorporated, to provide funding 
for its activities in support of USO airport centers’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 515(b) of the De-
partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 
(118 Stat. 1318) is amended by striking ‘‘and specifically 
how the unclaimed money is being used to provide civil 
aviation security’’ and inserting ‘‘and the amount of un-
claimed money transferred to United Service Organiza-
tions, Incorporated, and the dates of such transfers’’. 
SECTION 1. DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED MONEY AND 
CLOTHING RECOVERED AT AIRPORT SECU-
RITY CHECKPOINTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44945 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 44945. Disposition of unclaimed money and cloth-
ing 
‘‘(a) UNCLAIMED MONEY.—Notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, unclaimed money recovered at any airport 
security checkpoint shall be annually transferred, without 
further appropriation, by the Assistant Secretary of Home-
land Security (Transportation Security Administration) to 
United Service Organizations, Incorporated, to provide 
funding for the activities of United Service Organizations, 
Incorporated, in support of USO airport centers. 
‘‘(b) UNCLAIMED CLOTHING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In disposing of unclaimed 
clothing recovered at any airport security checkpoint, 
the Assistant Secretary shall make every reasonable 
effort, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, to transfer the clothing to local veterans orga-
nizations or other local charitable organizations for 
distribution to homeless or needy veterans and vet-
eran families. 
‘‘(2) AGREEMENTS.—In implementing para-
graph (1), the Assistant Secretary may enter into 
agreements with airport authorities. 
‘‘(3) OTHER
CHARITABLE
ARRANGEMENTS.— 
Nothing in this subsection shall prevent an airport or 
the Transportation Security Administration from do-
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