H.R. 1554: COVERT Act of 2011
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H.R. 1554: COVERT Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-14 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
COVERT Act of 2011
Plain summary
Catching Operational Vulnerabilities by Ensuring Random Testing Act of 2011 or COVERT Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to make sure that advance notice of a covert test of a transportation security system is not provided to any individual (including any security screener) before completion of the test, except: (1) that such information may be provided to certain federal, state, and local government employees, officers, and contractors (including military personnel); and (2) an individual conducting such a test may disclose his or her status if a security screener or other non-covered employee identifies such tester as a potential threat. Requires the head of each covert testing office to make sure that a covert testing person or group is accompanied by a cover team to monitor the test and confirm the identity of personnel involved. States, however, that a cover team is not required to be present during a test of the screening of persons or baggage at an aviation security checkpoint if the test: (1) is approved by the Federal Security Director for the airport, and (2) is administered under a DHS aviation screening assessment program. Directs the Secretary to study the impact of implementing covert testing procedures under this Act on DHS efforts to improve transportation security.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] · 2 cosponsors
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Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1554.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr1554 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112