119 S2795 IS: Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act U.S. Senate 2025-09-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 2795IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESSeptember 11, 2025Mr. Markey (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationA BILLTo amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act or the FASTER Act.

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Repeal of requirement regarding crediting and deposit of a portion of aviation security fees

(a)

Repeal

Section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3);(2)in subsection (f)—(A)by striking the heading and all that follows through title 31, and inserting Deposit and availability of fee.—Notwithstanding sections 1341, 1512 through 1519, and 3302 of title 31,;(B)by striking paragraph (1);(C)by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and(D)by amending paragraph (1), as so redesignated, to read as follows:(1)shall be deposited into a separate account in the Treasury, which shall be available to the Administrator for expenditure notwithstanding any other law, including any provision of section 1341(a)(1) of title 31 (commonly referred to as the Anti-Deficiency Act), only to pay the costs of activities and services for which the fee is imposed; and ; and(3)by striking subsection (i).(b)

Conforming amendment

Subsection (d)(4) of such section is amended by striking , other than subsection (i),.