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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-641
SECURING AIR TRAVEL ACT
DECEMBER 14, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, from the Committee on Homeland
Security, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 6856]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6856) to reduce the number of firearms at Transportation
Security Administration passenger screening checkpoints by direct-
ing the Administrator to carry out a range of activities to inform
the public about restrictions regarding the carrying of firearms in
sterile areas of airports and to strengthen enforcement of such re-
strictions and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that
the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 6
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 6
Hearings ................................................................................................................... 8
Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 8
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 9
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 11
C.B.O. Estimate, New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax
Expenditures ........................................................................................................ 11
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 11
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 11
Duplicative Federal Programs ................................................................................ 11
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 11
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 11
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 11
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 12
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 15
The amendment is as follows:
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