[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3608 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3608

To direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation 
     Security Administration) to prohibit certain employees of the 
    Transportation Security Administration from using the title of 
 ``officer'' and from wearing uniforms and carrying badges resembling 
                   those of law enforcement officers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2011

  Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Forbes, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Walsh of 
    Illinois, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Posey, Mr. Flores, Mr. Garrett, Mr. 
   Westmoreland, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Duncan of 
      Tennessee, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
  Sensenbrenner, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Mica, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
 Reichert, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. 
   Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. King of Iowa) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation 
     Security Administration) to prohibit certain employees of the 
    Transportation Security Administration from using the title of 
 ``officer'' and from wearing uniforms and carrying badges resembling 
                   those of law enforcement officers.

    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 ``Stop TSA's Reach In Policy Act'' or 
the ``STRIP Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
              ADMINISTRATION USING THE TITLE ``OFFICER'' AND WEARING 
              UNIFORMS RESEMBLING THOSE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

    The Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation 
Security Administration) shall prohibit any employee of the 
Transportation Security Administration who has not received Federal law 
enforcement training or is not eligible for Federal law enforcement 
benefits from--
            (1) using the official job title of ``officer''; or
            (2) wearing a metal badge resembling a police badge or a 
        uniform resembling the uniform of a Federal law enforcement 
        officer.
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