H.R. 2179: To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2179: To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes.

112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-14 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA] ) to transfer annually, without further appropriation, unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations (USO), Incorporated, for funding its activities in support of USO airport centers. (Currently, such moneys are retained by the TSA for civil aviation security.) Directs the Assistant Secretary to transfer unclaimed clothing recovered at airport security checkpoints to local veterans organizations or other local charitable organizations for distribution to homeless or needy veterans and their families. Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 to repeal the requirement that the TSA Administrator report annually to Congress on the total amount of unclaimed money recovered at each airport and on how it is being used to provide civil aviation security.

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To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Incorporated, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] · 39 cosponsors

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Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Robert E. Latta (R-OH)

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2179.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2179 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112