H.R. 6420: Screening With Dignity Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-12-01 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-12-01 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Screening With Dignity Act of 2016

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Screening With Dignity Act of 2016 This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to: develop procedures to appropriately screen self-identified transgender air passengers, and conduct in-person training of all Transportation Security Administration Officers on such procedures. The FAA shall separately study and report on: the cost and feasibility of retrofitting advanced image technology screening equipment to distinguish between foreign objects and human body parts; and the disparate impact that such technology has on self-identified transgender passengers as opposed to the general public, including an examination of instances since 2010 in which such passengers were required to undergo a secondary screening after alarming the advanced imaging technology.

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Screening With Dignity Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr6420.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr6420 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114