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[H.R. 2179 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 328
112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2179

                          [Report No. 112-468]

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
 to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints 
 to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2011

Mr. Miller of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Homeland Security

                              May 8, 2012

  Additional sponsors: Mr. Bonner, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Marchant, Mr. 
  Long, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. 
Westmoreland, Mr. Cole, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Turner of Ohio, 
Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Jones, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Cooper, Mr. 
    Roe of Tennessee, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Reyes, Mr. 
  Hinojosa, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Mrs. Black, Mrs. 
 Ellmers, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Johnson of 
 Ohio, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Meehan, Ms. Norton, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
           Latta, Mr. Kline, Mr. Luetkemeyer, and Mr. Kissell

                              May 8, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]


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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
 to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints 
 to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes.


 


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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED MONEY RECOVERED AT AIRPORT 
              SECURITY CHECKPOINTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Donation to USO.--Section 44945 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``shall be retained by the 
Transportation Security Administration'' and all that follows before 
the period at the end and inserting ``shall be annually transferred, 
without further appropriation, by the Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security (Transportation Security Administration) to United Service 
Organizations, Incorporated, to provide funding for its activities in 
support of USO airport centers''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Annual Report.--Section 515(b) of the Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 (118 Stat. 1318) is amended 
by striking ``and specifically how the unclaimed money is being used to 
provide civil aviation security'' and inserting ``and the amount of 
unclaimed money transferred to United Service Organizations, 
Incorporated, and the dates of such transfers''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED MONEY AND CLOTHING RECOVERED AT 
              AIRPORT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 44945 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 44945. Disposition of unclaimed money and clothing
    ``(a) Unclaimed Money.--Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
unclaimed money recovered at any airport security checkpoint shall be 
annually transferred, without further appropriation, by the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, to provide funding for 
the activities of United Service Organizations, Incorporated, in 
support of USO airport centers.
    ``(b) Unclaimed Clothing.--
            ``(1) In general.--In disposing of unclaimed clothing 
        recovered at any airport security checkpoint, the Assistant 
        Secretary shall make every reasonable effort, in consultation 
        with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to transfer the 
        clothing to local veterans organizations or other local 
        charitable organizations for distribution to homeless or needy 
        veterans and veteran families.
            ``(2) Agreements.--In implementing paragraph (1), the 
        Assistant Secretary may enter into agreements with airport 
        authorities.
            ``(3) Other charitable arrangements.--Nothing in this 
        subsection shall prevent an airport or the Transportation 
        Security Administration from donating unclaimed clothing to a 
        charitable organization of their choosing.
            ``(4) Limitation.--Nothing in this subsection shall create 
        a cost to the Government.
    ``(c) Annual Report.--The Assistant Secretary shall submit, on an 
annual basis, to 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 a report that contains a detailed 
description of--
            ``(1) the amount of unclaimed money described in subsection 
        (a) recovered in total and at each individual airport; and
            ``(2) the amount of unclaimed money described in subsection 
        (a) transferred to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, 
        under this section and the dates of such transfers.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The item relating to such section in the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 449 of such title is 
amended to read as follows:

``44945. Disposition of unclaimed money and clothing.''.
    (c) Repeal.--Section 515(b) of the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (118 Stat. 1318; 49 U.S.C. 44945 note) is 
repealed.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 328

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2179

                          [Report No. 112-468]

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                                 A BILL

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
 to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints 
 to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 8, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed