H.R. 1095 — what changed

TSA Loose Change Act

From Reported in House to Engrossed in House. 1 section amended and 1 added between Reported in House and Engrossed in House.

Section 1 Short title

added This Act may be cited as the “TSA Loose Change Act”.

(a)

removed Disposition of unclaimed money— Section 44945 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking “shall be retained by the Transportation Security Administration” and all that follows before the period at the end and inserting “shall be annually transferred, without further appropriation, by the Assistant Secretary to nonprofit organizations that operate airport centers in multiple locations throughout the United States to provide a place of rest and recuperation for members of the Armed Forces and their families”.

(b)

removed Annual report— Section 515(b) of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–334; 118 Stat. 1318; 49 U.S.C. 44945 note) is amended—

(1)

removed by striking “the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives” and inserting “the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives”; and

(2)

removed by striking “and specifically how the unclaimed money is being used to provide civil aviation security” and inserting “and the amount of unclaimed money transferred to nonprofit organizations under section 44945 of title 49, United States Code, and the dates of such transfers”.

Sec. 2 Disposition of unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints

added

(a)

added Disposition of unclaimed money— Section 44945(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

added by inserting “after the date of enactment of the TSA Loose Change Act,” after “title 31,”;

(2)

added by striking “shall be retained by the Transportation Security Administration” and all that follows through “this chapter” and inserting “shall be annually transferred, based on requests for proposals, by the Assistant Secretary to nonprofit organizations that operate airport centers in multiple locations throughout the United States to provide places of rest and recuperation for members of the Armed Forces and their families”; and

(3)

added by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Assistant Secretary shall ensure that the name of each nonprofit agency to which funds are transferred under this subsection is printed in the Federal Register.”.

(b)

added Annual report— Section 515(b) of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–334; 118 Stat. 1318; 49 U.S.C. 44945 note) is amended—

(1)

added by striking “the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives” and inserting “the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives”; and

(2)

added by striking “and specifically how the unclaimed money is being used to provide civil aviation security” and inserting “and the amount of unclaimed money transferred to nonprofit organizations under section 44945(a) of title 49, United States Code, and the dates of such transfers”.