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To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security…

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To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 29, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 8, 2012
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328.
May 8, 2012
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 112-468.
Mar 28, 2012
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 28, 2012
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 7, 2012
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Mar 7, 2012
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 17, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
Jun 14, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Jun 14, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA] ) to transfer annually, without further appropriation, unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations (USO), Incorporated, for funding its activities in support of USO airport centers. (Currently, such moneys are retained by the TSA for civil aviation security.)

Directs the Assistant Secretary to transfer unclaimed clothing recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans organizations or other local charitable organizations for distribution to homeless or needy veterans and their families.

Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 to repeal the requirement that the TSA Administrator report annually to Congress on the total amount of unclaimed money recovered at each airport and on how it is being used to provide civil aviation security.

What's happening now May 8, 2012

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328.

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 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 22
All 22 Democratic 2 Republican 10
Kissell, Larry
· Apr 16, 2012
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Mar 26, 2012
BOSWELL, LEONARD
· Mar 21, 2012
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 21, 2012
Meehan, Patrick
· Mar 8, 2012
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 8, 2012
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Mar 6, 2012
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Mar 5, 2012
Black, Diane
· Feb 29, 2012
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Feb 29, 2012
Farenthold, Blake
· Feb 24, 2012
REYES, SILVESTRE
· Feb 24, 2012
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Feb 1, 2012
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Jan 31, 2012
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Jan 31, 2012
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jan 24, 2012
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jan 18, 2012
Conaway, K.
· Jan 18, 2012
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Jan 18, 2012
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 17, 2012
Bonner, Jo
· Jan 17, 2012
Marchant, Kenny
· Jan 17, 2012
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2179: To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2179/
MLA
"H.R. 2179: To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2179/.
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H.R. 2179, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2179/.
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