[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3640 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3640

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, 
     to transfer unclaimed clothing recovered at airport security 
checkpoints to local veterans organizations and other local charitable 
                 organizations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 27, 2012

  Mr. Toomey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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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 clothing recovered at airport security 
checkpoints to local veterans organizations and other local charitable 
                 organizations, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Clothe a Homeless Hero Act''.

SEC. 2. DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED CLOTHING RECOVERED AT AIRPORT SECURITY 
              CHECKPOINTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 44945 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``and clothing'' 
        after ``money'';
            (2) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(a) Disposition of Unclaimed Money.--Notwithstanding''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Disposition of Unclaimed Clothing.--
            ``(1) In general.--In disposing of unclaimed clothing 
        recovered at any airport security checkpoint, the Assistant 
        Secretary of Homeland Security, Transportation Security 
        Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans 
        Affairs, shall make every reasonable effort to transfer such 
        clothing to local veterans organizations or other local 
        charitable organizations for distribution to homeless or needy 
        veterans and veteran families.
            ``(2) Agreements.--The Assistant Secretary may enter into 
        agreements with airport authorities to facilitate the 
        implementation of paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Other charitable arrangements.--Nothing in this 
        subsection may be construed to 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 Federal Government.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 449 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 44945 and inserting the following:

``44945. Disposition of unclaimed money and clothing.''.
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