identified biennially pursuant to paragraph (3) 
of subsection (m) of section 44901 of title 49, 
United States Code, as amended by section 2; 
and 
(E) engagement with transportation stake-
holders, such as taxi services, public transpor-
tation systems, online platforms for ridesharing, 
air carriers, airport operators, and law enforce-
ment organizations, regarding potential partner-
ships, including the possibility of integrating 
into mobile applications and websites used by 
passengers to reserve ground transportation to 
the airport, check into flights, and perform other 
travel-related functions warnings regarding po-
tential criminal and civil consequences of car-
rying a firearm into the sterile area of an air-
port. 
(3) EXISTING EFFORTS.—The campaign required 
under paragraph (1) shall supplement and not sup-
plant any other related existing campaign. 
(b) TARGETED ADVERTISING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration may pur-
chase or otherwise place advertisements describing the 
potential criminal and civil consequences of carrying 
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a firearm in the sterile area of an airport or on or 
about one’s person or property that would be acces-
sible in flight, and actual examples of the criminal 
and civil consequences faced by individuals who vio-
lated such prohibition, on websites and in publica-
tions (or on or in such other advertising mediums as 
the Administrator determines appropriate) that target 
audiences seeking information concerning— 
(A) firearms or related activities; 
(B) travel, tourism, or related matters; and 
(C) such other matters the Administrator 
determines appropriate. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—Actual examples under para-
graph (1) may not include any personally identifiable 
information regarding individuals described in such 
paragraph. 
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 establish 
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minimum civil monetary penalty amounts for repeat or 
egregious violations of subsection (a) of section 1540.111 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, relating to the car-
riage of firearms on or in an individual’s person or acces-
sible property into the sterile area of an airport or onboard 
an aircraft. 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR RE-
PEAT VIOLATIONS.—The minimum civil monetary penalty 
amount for a repeat violation of subsection (a) of section 
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 previous 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 pre-
vious such violation— 
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‘‘(A) $5,000 for any such repeat violation 
involving an unloaded firearm; and 
‘‘(B) $10,000 for any such repeat violation 
involving a loaded firearm or unloaded firearm 
with accessible ammunition. 
‘‘(c) MINIMUM CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES
FOR 
EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS.—The minimum civil monetary 
penalty amount for an intentional or otherwise egregious 
violation of subsection (a) of section 1540.111 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, involving a firearm shall be— 
‘‘(1) $10,000 for any knowing violation in the 
case of a deliberate attempt to conceal such firearm; 
and 
‘‘(2) $5,000 for any violation which the Admin-
istrator of the Transportation Security Administra-
tion determines is otherwise egregious, including if 
the firearm at issue— 
‘‘(A) is known to the Administrator to— 
‘‘(i) not contain a serial number when 
required by law; or 
‘‘(ii) have been manufactured using 
additive layer manufacturing (commonly 
known as ‘3-D printing’); or 
‘‘(B) is— 
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