Screening With Dignity Act
Latest action · Jun 30, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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.
- IntroducedJun 30, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Screening With Dignity Act
This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop procedures to appropriately and respectfully screen self-identified transgender air passengers and passengers traveling with religious headwear or other articles of faith and begin training of all TSA Officers on such procedures.
The TSA must implement protections for such passengers, including (1) prohibiting human viewing of passenger images and conducting pat downs by an officer of the gender requested by the passenger; and (2) ensuring secondary screening measures are no more intrusive than necessary to resolve an alarm or other concern raised by primary screening, including consideration of the sensitivity of the groin, chest, and other body areas and the sensitivity of religious articles of faith such as religious headwear.
The TSA shall separately study and report on (1) the cost and feasibility of retrofitting advanced image technology screening equipment to distinguish between foreign objects and human body parts (including hair) in a manner that is gender neutral; and (2) the impact of imaging technology on transgender passengers, passengers whose religious faith requires them to travel with articles of faith, and passengers traveling with assistive devices.
Additionally, the TSA must identify any policy, procedure, or training changes and complete any testing, certification, and assessment for qualifying additional technology to ensure that any advanced imaging utilized for passenger screening meets certain requirements, including not generating alarms based only on passengers' body parts (including hair), undergarments, or religious headwear.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 30, 2021 to Jul 15, 2022; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jun 30, 2021 |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Original | Jun 30, 2021 |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Original | Jun 30, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jun 30, 2021 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Jun 30, 2021 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jul 29, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 23, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jun 28, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jul 5, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Jul 5, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Jul 5, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 5, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Jul 15, 2022 |
Committees 1
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 Jun 30, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 30, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 114, June 30, 2021, page H3580.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7430 | Screening With Dignity Act | Reintroduction of | Aug 1, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect the dignity and privacy of transgender and other minority travelers at airport security checkpoints, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Screening With Dignity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 30, 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.
