[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2548 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2548

    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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 2023

 Mr. Cardin (for himself and Mr. Moran) 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 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 ``Aviation Security Checkpoint 
Technology Fund Act of 2023''.

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

    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 2024 through 2028 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, test, 
        deployment, and post-deployment enhancements 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 5 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, test, deployment, and 
        post-deployment enhancement efforts of aviation security 
        checkpoint technology at airport checkpoints through amounts 
        made available from the ASCT Fund.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 44940(i)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``section 44923(h)'' and inserting ``subsections (h) and (i) 
of section 44923''.
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