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US HR1171

US HR1171
FASTER Act Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act


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Introduced
02/13/2019
In Committee
03/04/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury. This bill repeals the requirement that a portion of aviation security service fees collected from passengers be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury and instead requires such fees to be deposited into a separate account in the Treasury for expenditure only to pay the costs of activities and services for which the fee is imposed.

AI Summary

This bill, the Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act (FASTER Act), amends the United States Code to repeal the requirement that a portion of the aviation security fees collected from passengers be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury. Instead, the bill requires such fees to be deposited into a separate account in the Treasury, which can only be used to pay the costs of activities and services for which the fee is imposed, such as aviation security screening.

Committee Categories

Military Affairs and Security, Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (80)

Peter DeFazio (D)* Colin Allred (D),  Don Bacon (R),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Chris Collins (R),  Lou Correa (D),  Jim Costa (D),  Angie Craig (D),  Jason Crow (D),  Rodney Davis (R),  Rosa DeLauro (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Val Demings (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  John Garamendi (D),  Chuy García (D),  Josh Harder (D),  Denny Heck (D),  Trey Hollingsworth (R),  Jared Huffman (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Eddie Johnson (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  John Katko (R),  Ro Khanna (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Peter King (R),  Ann Kirkpatrick (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  Conor Lamb (D),  James Langevin (D),  Rick Larsen (D),  Al Lawson (D),  Susie Lee (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Daniel Lipinski (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Tom Malinowski (D),  Donald McEachin (D),  Jerry McNerney (D),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Stephanie Murphy (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Chris Pappas (D),  Bill Pascrell (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Ed Perlmutter (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Kathleen Rice (D),  Max Rose (D),  Brad Schneider (D),  Kurt Schrader (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Elissa Slotkin (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Elise Stefanik (R),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Dina Titus (D),  David Trone (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Frederica Wilson (D),  Lee Zeldin (R), 

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security. (on 03/04/2019)

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