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To require the Under Secretary for Science and Technology in the Department of Homeland Security to contract with an independent laboratory to study the health effects of backscatter x-ray machines…

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To require the Under Secretary for Science and Technology in the Department of Homeland Security to contract with an independent laboratory to study the health effects of backscatter x-ray machines used at airline checkpoints operated by the Transportation Security Administration and provide improved notice to airline passengers.

Introduced: February 16, 2012 Introduced by: Rogers, Mike D. Republican · Alabama See on congress.gov
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Feb 28, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
Feb 16, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Feb 16, 2012
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Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to arrange for an independent study of the effects on human health caused by the use of backscatter x-ray machines at airline checkpoints operated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Directs the TSA Administrator to ensure that large, readable signs or equivalent electronic displays are placed at the front of airline passenger check points where backscatter advanced imaging technology machines are used for screening to inform airline passengers that they may request undergoing alternative screening procedures.

What's happening now February 28, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.

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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Feb 16, 2012
Chaffetz, Jason
· Feb 16, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4068: To require the Under Secretary for Science and Technology in the Department of Homeland Security to contract with an independent laboratory to study the health effects of backscatter x-ray machines used at airline checkpoints operated by the Transportation Security Administration and provide improved notice to airline passengers.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4068/
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"H.R. 4068: To require the Under Secretary for Science and Technology in the Department of Homeland Security to contract with an independent laboratory to study the health effects of backscatter x-ray machines used at airline checkpoints operated by the Transportation Security Administration and provide improved notice to airline passengers.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4068/.
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H.R. 4068, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4068/.
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[H.R. 4068: To require the Under Secretary for Science and Technology in the Department of Homeland Security to contract with an independent laboratory to study the health effects of backscatter x-ray machines used at airline checkpoints operated by the Transportation Security Administration and provide improved notice to airline passengers.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4068/)
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