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117th Congress(2021-2022)
FASTER Act
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S. 2717 (Introduced-in-Senate)


117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2717


To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 13, 2021

Mr. Markey (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act” or the “FASTER Act”.

SEC. 2. Repeal of requirement regarding crediting and deposit of a portion of aviation security fees.

(a) Repeal.—Section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3);

(2) in subsection (f)—

(A) by striking the heading and inserting “Deposit and availability of fee.—”;

(B) by striking paragraph (1);

(C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and

(D) by amending paragraph (1), as so redesignated, to read as follows:

“(1) shall be deposited into a separate account in the Treasury, which shall be available to the Administrator for expenditure only to pay the costs of activities and services for which the fee is imposed; and”; and

(3) by striking subsection (i).

(b) Conforming amendment.—Subsection (d)(4) of such section is amended by striking “, other than subsection (i),”.