Title: Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund Act of 2022
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund Act of 2022
This bill establishes the Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund within the Department of Homeland Security to fund the procurement, deployment, and sustainment of aviation security checkpoint technology.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9625 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9625

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish an Aviation 
   Security Checkpoint Technology Fund in the Department of Homeland 
     Security to fund investments in aviation security checkpoint 
                  technology, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 2022

Mr. Katko (for himself and Mr. Ruppersberger) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish an Aviation 
   Security Checkpoint Technology Fund in the Department of Homeland 
     Security to fund investments in aviation security checkpoint 
                  technology, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Security Checkpoint 
Technology Fund Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF AVIATION SECURITY CHECKPOINT TECHNOLOGY FUND.

    Section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(i) Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established within the 
        Department of Homeland Security a fund to be known as the 
        Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund (in this 
        subsection referred to as the `ASCT Fund'). The second 
        $250,000,000 from fees received under section 44940(a)(1) in 
        each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028 shall be available to be 
        deposited in the ASCT Fund. The Administrator of the 
        Transportation Security Administration shall impose the fee 
        authorized by section 44940(a)(1) so as to collect not less 
        than $250,000,000 in each of such fiscal years for deposit into 
        the ASCT Fund. Amounts in the ASCT Fund shall be available 
        until expended to the Administrator of the Transportation 
        Security Administration to fund the procurement, deployment, 
        and sustainment of aviation security checkpoint technology.
            ``(2) TSA briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this subsection and quarterly thereafter 
        for five years, the Administrator of the Transportation 
        Security Administration shall brief the Committee on Homeland 
        Security and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        Senate regarding planned procurement, nationwide deployment, 
        and sustainment efforts of aviation security checkpoint 
        technology at airport checkpoints through amounts made 
        available from the ASCT Fund.''.
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