Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits public airports from contracting with a private third party to provide expedited security checkpoints unless the third party has obtained security lanes from the Transportation Security Administration

Highlights:

• Prohibits public airports that provide commercial services from entering agreements that allow third party vendors to provide expedited security screening in the standard or TSA Precheck lanes (Sec. 1).  

• Exempts agreements entered before January 1, 2025 (Sec. 1). 

• Exempts agreements between third party vendors and public airports that obtained dedicated TSA security lanes for that third party vendor specifically (Sec. 1B). 

• Specifies that airlines under Part 121 of Title 14 are not third party vendors therefore this section above does not apply (Sec. 1C). 

• Exempts any reimbursement under this act (Sec. 2). 

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