I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1510 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 13, 2011 Mr. Chaffetz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit a pat down search of minor for purposes of air transportation security without the consent and presence of a parent of the minor, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the TSA Screening of Minors Act of 2011.

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prohibition on pat down searches of minors without the consent and presence of parent

Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1)by striking so much as precedes the first sentence and inserting the following: (b)

Screening of passengers

(1)

Supervision of screening

; and (2)by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2)

Screening of minors

(A)

Prohibition

A screening of a passenger who is a minor may not include a pat down search of the passenger unless such search— (i)is conducted with the consent, and in the presence, of a parent of the minor; or (ii)in the case of a minor who is not accompanied by a parent, is conducted in the presence of a representative of the air carrier or foreign air carrier undertaking to provide air transportation or foreign air transportation, respectively, for which the search is conducted. (B)

parent defined

In this paragraph the term parent includes a person who is authorized to act in loco parentis for purposes of providing consent with respect to a pat down search under this section. .