H.R. 3469: Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-25 · 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 2019-06-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · 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

Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019

Plain summary

Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019 This bill establishes standards for the covert testing process that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) uses to evaluate its aviation security operations. Specifically, the TSA must implement an internal, risk-informed covert testing process for aviation security operations that can yield statistically valid results; execute at least three covert testing projects each year that are designed to identify systemic vulnerabilities in the transportation security system; establish a system to address and mitigate the vulnerabilities identified and assessed pursuant to the testing process; compile a list of the vulnerabilities, including a brief description of the nature of each vulnerability; and report the status of the vulnerabilities to Congress as part of its annual budget submission.

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Official text

Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · 24 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3469, Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019 (2019-11-18)

Cosponsors on this site

Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)

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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)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr3469.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3469 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116