HR8641Referred to Committee

Protecting Passengers from Discrimination Act

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-04-30
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Shri Thanedar
Shri Thanedar
Democrat · MI · Representative
Votes with party: 96.9% (581 recorded votes)

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.

2026-05-01

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The Government Accountability Office would be required to conduct yearly reviews of how TSA airport security screening follows the agency's anti-discrimination policies, checking whether passengers are being treated fairly regardless of race, religion, or other protected characteristics. If the reviews find problems with compliance, the GAO would identify what changes are needed to improve how fairly TSA treats travelers during security checks. This would help ensure that airport security screening practices don't unfairly target or disadvantage certain groups of people.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8641 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8641 To require GAO to conduct annual assessments to determine the extent to which TSAs passenger security screening practices comply with TSA non- discrimination policies to identify any needed actions to improve compliance, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 30, 2026 Mr. Thanedar (for himself and Mr. Green of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require GAO to conduct annual assessments to determine the extent to which TSAs passenger security screening practices comply with TSA non- discrimination policies to identify any needed actions to improve compliance, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Passengers from Discrimination Act''. SEC. 2. GAO ASSESSMENTS OF TSA COMPLIANCE WITH NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES DURING PASSENGER SECURITY SCREENINGS. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation an assessment of the extent to which passenger security screening practices of the Transportation Security Administration comply with non-discrimination policies of the Administration in order to identify any needed actions to improve such compliance. <all>
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