US Congress House Bill 2179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 29-11)
Status: Introduced on June 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-05-08 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

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.

Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]
Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-08	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328.
2012-05-08	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 112-468.
2012-03-28	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2012-03-28	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2012-03-07	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
2012-03-07	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2011-06-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
2011-06-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

HB6328 (Related) 2013-01-14 - Became Public Law No: 112-271.
SB3640 (Related) 2012-11-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2179/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2179/BILLS-112hr2179ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2179/BILLS-112hr2179rh.pdf