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To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and acquire new technologies to inspect and screen air cargo on passenger aircraft to ensure…

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To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and acquire new technologies to inspect and screen air cargo on passenger aircraft to ensure transportation security, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 11, 2008 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 29, 2008
Provisions of measure incorporated into H.R. 2764.
Sep 29, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
Jun 11, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Jun 11, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to research, develop, and procure new technologies to inspect and screen air cargo carried on passenger aircraft at the earliest date possible. Requires existing checked baggage explosive detection equipment and screeners to be used to screen air cargo carried on such aircraft to the greatest extent practicable at each airport until the new technologies are available.

Requires the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to work with air carriers and airports to increase incrementally each quarter the screening of air cargo carried on passenger aircraft.

What's happening now September 29, 2008

Provisions of measure incorporated into H.R. 2764.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6247: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and acquire new technologies to inspect and screen air cargo on passenger aircraft to ensure transportation security, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6247/
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"H.R. 6247: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and acquire new technologies to inspect and screen air cargo on passenger aircraft to ensure transportation security, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6247/.
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H.R. 6247, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6247/.
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