H.R. 8770 — what changed
Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2026
From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.
Sec. 3 Aviation security funds
Improving the Aviation Security Capital Fund— Subsection (h) of section 44923 of title 49, United States Code (relating to the Aviation Security Capital Fund), is amended—
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in paragraph (1), by striking the second, third, and fourth sentences and inserting the following new sentences: “Beginning in fiscal year 2027 2028 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the first $500,000,000 derived from fees received under section 44940(a)(1) shall be available to be deposited in the Fund. The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall impose the fee authorized by such section so as to collect at least $500,000,000 in each of such fiscal years for deposit into the Fund.”; Fund, subject to the prior termination of any of the fees authorized under such section being credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.”; and
by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:
“(2) Disbursement authority—Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to make grants under this section or enter into related agreements to carry out this section.”
Establishment of the Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund— Section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by—
by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and
by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection:
“(i) Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund
“(1) In general—There is established within the Department of Homeland Security a fund to be known as the “Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund” (in this subsection referred to as the “ASCT Fund”).
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“(2) Funding—Beginning in fiscal year 2027 2028 and for each fiscal year thereafter, after the first $500,000,000 is deposited into the Aviation Security Capital Fund pursuant to subsection (h)(2), the next $250,000,000 from fees received under section 44940(a)(1) shall be available to be deposited in the ASCT Fund. The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall impose the fee authorized by such section so as to collect not less than $250,000,000 in each of such fiscal years for deposit into the ASCT Fund. Amounts in the ASCT Fund shall be available until expended to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to fund the testing, procurement, deployment, installation, and sustainment of aviation security checkpoint technology.technology, subject to the prior termination of any of the fees authorized under such section being credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
“(3) Disbursement authority—Amounts in the ASCT Fund shall be available to the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to make grants under this section or enter into related agreements to carry out this section.”
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Conforming amendment— Paragraph (1) of section 44940(j) 44940(i) of title 49, United States Code, as redesignated pursuant to subsection (b), is amended by striking “section 44923(h)” and inserting “subsections (h) and (i) of section 44923”.