[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8594 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8594

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish an Aviation 
   Security Checkpoint Technology Fund in the Department of Homeland 
     Security to fund investments in aviation security checkpoint 
                  technology, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2024

Mr. LaLota (for himself, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Thanedar, 
Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, and Ms. Lee 
 of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish an Aviation 
   Security Checkpoint Technology Fund in the Department of Homeland 
     Security to fund investments in aviation security checkpoint 
                  technology, 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 ``Stop the Scam Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF AVIATION SECURITY CHECKPOINT TECHNOLOGY FUND.

    (a) In General.--Section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(i) Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established within the 
        Department of Homeland Security a fund to be known as the 
        Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund (in this 
        subsection referred to as the `ASCT Fund'). The second 
        $250,000,000 from fees received under section 44940(a)(1) in 
        each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029 shall be available to be 
        deposited in the ASCT Fund. The Administrator of the 
        Transportation Security Administration shall impose the fee 
        authorized by section 44940(a)(1) so as to collect not less 
        than $250,000,000 in each of such fiscal years for deposit into 
        the ASCT Fund. Amounts in the ASCT Fund shall be available 
        until expended to the Administrator of the Transportation 
        Security Administration to fund the procurement, deployment, 
        and sustainment of aviation security checkpoint technology.
            ``(2) TSA briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this subsection and quarterly thereafter 
        for five years, the Administrator of the Transportation 
        Security Administration shall brief 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 regarding planned procurement, nationwide deployment, 
        and sustainment efforts of aviation security checkpoint 
        technology at airport checkpoints through amounts made 
        available from the ASCT Fund.''.
    (b) Repeal.--Subsection (i) of section 44940 of title 49, United 
States Code, is repealed.
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