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S 3542 112th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Congressional oversight Firearms and explosives International law and treaties Transportation safety and security

No-Hassle Flying Act of 2012

Introduced: September 13, 2012 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 20, 2012
Signed by President.
Dec 20, 2012
Became Public Law No: 112-218.
Dec 14, 2012
Presented to President.
Dec 12, 2012
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6728-6731)
Dec 12, 2012
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 12, 2012
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6728-6729)
Dec 12, 2012
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6728-6729)
Dec 12, 2012
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 3542.
Dec 12, 2012
Mr. King (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Nov 30, 2012
Received in the House.
Nov 30, 2012
Held at the desk.
Nov 30, 2012
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 29, 2012
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7276)
Nov 29, 2012
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S7276)
Nov 29, 2012
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7276)
Nov 29, 2012
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 13, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 13, 2012
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 3,286 Klobuchar, Amy To include the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate in the committees to whi… Agreed to Nov 29, 2012
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on November 29, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

No-Hassle Flying Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to determine whether checked baggage on a flight or flight segment originating at an airport outside the United States must be re-screened in the United States for explosives before it can continue on any additional flight or flight segment if the baggage has already been screened in the foreign airport in accordance with an aviation security preclearance agreement between the United States and the country in which the airport is located.

Defines "aviation security preclearance agreement" to mean an agreement that delineates and implements security standards and protocols comparable to those of the United States and therefore sufficiently effective to enable passengers to deplane into sterile areas of U.S. airports.

Directs the Assistant Secretary to report annually to Congress on the re-screening of baggage.

What's happening now December 20, 2012

Became Public Law No: 112-218.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6028 Related bill No-Hassle Flying Act of 2012
 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Nov 27, 2012
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Nov 15, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3542: No-Hassle Flying Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3542/
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"S. 3542: No-Hassle Flying Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3542/.
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S. 3542, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3542/.
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