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HR 4020 116th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Department of Homeland Security Department of Transportation Detention of persons Executive agency funding and structure Firearms and explosives Law enforcement officers State and local government operations Transportation safety and security

Checkpoint Safety Act of 2019

Introduced: July 25, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 21, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
Jul 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Jul 25, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Checkpoint Safety Act of 2019

This bill revises minimum requirements for the deployment of armed law enforcement personnel at security screening locations at certain airports.

Specifically, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) must (1) order the deployment of at least one armed law enforcement officer within 300 feet of the security screening location and within the terminal during operating hours of each airport having annual enplanements of 8 million or more or international enplanements of 1 million or more, and (2) order the deployment of additional armed law enforcement officers at such airports if necessary to ensure airport security.

The bill modifies air transportation security program requirements to include ensuring high training standards for all security and law enforcement personnel, and multiple means for the TSA or members of the public to request prompt law enforcement assistance in the airport.

The bill eliminates the TSA authority for allowing deputized state and local law enforcement officers to be stationed other than at airport security screening locations.

What's happening now August 21, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4 Republican 1
R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Feb 26, 2020
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Feb 14, 2020
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 12, 2020
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Jul 25, 2019
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jul 25, 2019
Rice, Kathleen
· Jul 25, 2019
Zeldin, Lee
· Jul 25, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4020: Checkpoint Safety Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4020/
MLA
"H.R. 4020: Checkpoint Safety Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4020/.
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H.R. 4020, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4020/.
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[H.R. 4020: Checkpoint Safety Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4020/)
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