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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 132 (Tuesday, August 7, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Miss RICE of New York:H.R. 6659.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section VIII[Page H7748]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Screening With Dignity Act of 2018</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop procedures to appropriately and respectfully screen self-identified transgender air passengers and begin training of all TSA Officers on such procedures.</p> <p>The TSA must implement protections for transgender passengers including prohibiting human viewing of passenger images and conducting pat-downs by an officer of the gender requested by the passenger.</p> <p>The TSA shall separately study and report on: (1) the cost and feasibility of retrofitting advanced image technology screening equipment to distinguish between foreign objects and human body parts in a manner that is gender neutral, and (2) the impact of imaging technology on transgender passengers.</p>]]></text>
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