H.R. 3144: Partners for Aviation Security Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-21 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-21 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Partners for Aviation Security Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on November 16, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Partners for Aviation Security Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Transportation Security Administration to consult with the Aviation Security Advisory Committee regarding modifications to the prohibited item list before issuing a determination about them. The prohibited item list is a list of items passengers are prohibited from carrying as accessible property or on their persons through passenger screening checkpoints at airports, into sterile airport areas, and on board passenger aircraft. (Sec. 3) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall report to its Transportation Security Oversight Board and specified congressional committees general information on how often the Board has met, its current composition, and what activities it has undertaken, consistent with its duties. DHS may include in the report recommendations for changes to Board requirements. (Sec. 4) Committee member term requirements are revised to allow an expiring member's term to continue until a successor member begins serving on the Committee.

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Official text

Partners for Aviation Security Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3144, Partners for Aviation Security Act (2015-10-16)

Cosponsors on this site

Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr3144.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3144 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114