Security Screening During COVID–19 Act
Latest action · Jul 21, 2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 12, 2021
- Passed HouseJul 20, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Security Screening During COVID-19 Act
This bill requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to implement a plan to enhance security operations at airports during the COVID-19 national emergency in order to reduce risk of the spread of the coronavirus at passenger screening checkpoints and among the TSA workforce.
The TSA may consult with stakeholders and their workforce when developing the plan. Additionally, the TSA is not required to issue or implement the plan upon the termination of the COVID-19 national emergency.
The Government Accountability Office must issue a report on the implementation of the plan within one year after it is issued.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2021Markup Mar 19, 2021Reported Apr 30, 2021 |
| Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee | Referred Mar 13, 2021Discharged Mar 19, 2021 | |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jul 21, 2021 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Jul 20, 2021Ms. Barragan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 20, 2021Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3685-3686; text: H3685-3686)
- Jul 20, 2021DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1877.
- Jul 20, 2021At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jul 20, 2021Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 535, proceedings on H.R. 1877 are considered vacated.
- Jul 20, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 7 of H. Res. 535, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 678; H.R. 1036; H.R. 1079, as amended; H.R. 1158; H.R. 1250; H.R. 1754; H.R. 1833, as amended; H.R. 1850; H.R. 1871; H.R. 1877, as amended; H.R. 1893; H.R. 1895; H.R. 2118; H.R. 2795, as amended; H.R. 2928; H.R. 2980, as amended; H.R. 3003; H.R. 3138, as amended; H.R. 3223; H.R. 3263; and H.R. 3264; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 277; and H. Res. 294. (consideration: CR H3715-3730; text: CR H3719)
- Apr 30, 2021Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 117-24.
- Apr 30, 2021Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 11.
- Mar 18, 2021Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Discharged.
- Mar 18, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 18, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
- Mar 13, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
- Mar 12, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 12, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3685, H3686, H3715Text printed H3685, H3719 | John Katko R-NY, Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | Jul 20, 2021 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 23, 2021H.R. 1877, Security Screening During COVID-19 ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 18, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 47, March 12, 2021, page H1364.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Transportation Security Administration to issue a plan to improve security screening procedures at airports during the COVID-19 national emergency, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Security Screening During COVID–19 Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Security Screening During COVID–19 Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Security Screening During COVID–19 Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Security Screening During COVID–19 Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Aviation and airports
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation safety and security
- Worker safety and health
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2021Referred in Senate
- Jul 20, 2021Engrossed in House
- Apr 30, 2021Reported in House
- Mar 12, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
