HR 2179 112th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Currency Military personnel and dependents Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Transportation safety and security

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: June 14, 2011 See on congress.gov

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

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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