[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1180 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1180
To abolish the Transportation Security Administration, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 27, 2025
Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Tuberville) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To abolish the Transportation Security Administration, and for other
purposes.
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 ``Abolish TSA Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administration.--The term ``Administration'' means the
Transportation Security Administration.
(2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.
(3) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security and the
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Homeland Security.
SEC. 3. POLICY.
It shall be the policy of the Secretary--
(1) to expeditiously eliminate or transfer all authorities,
enforcement functions, and programs of the Administration; and
(2) to privatize all commercial airport security to
increase cost-efficiency and security.
SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
On the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Administration shall be abolished, and any program for which
the Administrator has administrative responsibility as provided by law
or by delegation of authority pursuant to law is repealed.
SEC. 5. REORGANIZATION PLAN.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the
Secretary of Transportation, submit to Congress a reorganization plan
for the Administration.
(b) Contents.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall include
the following:
(1) A plan for the establishment of the Office of Aviation
Security Oversight within the Federal Aviation Administration,
which shall--
(A) be headed by a Director; and
(B) be responsible for the oversight and regulation
of all aviation security activities described in
section 44920 of title 49, United States Code, except
that no employee of the Office shall conduct airport
screening services.
(2) A plan for the rapid transfer of all aviation security
activities and equipment to qualified private screening
companies described in section 44920 of title 49, United States
Code.
(3) A description of any necessary changes, as the
Secretary determines, to the program described in section 44920
of title 49, United States Code;
(4) Subject to paragraph (2), a plan for proportional
reductions of operations and personnel until the transfer is
complete and no operations of personnel of the Administration
remain.
(5) A plan to transfer to the Department of Transportation
any functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the
Administration with respect to surface transportation,
including activities relating to mass transit, freight rail,
highway motor carriers, and pipelines.
(c) Exclusions.--The plan may not include--
(1) any agency requirement or regulation compelling private
contractors conducting airport security screening services to
conduct warrantless searches and seizures; and
(2) an extension of the deadline in section 4.
(d) Periodic Reports.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter, the
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
Transportation, shall submit a report to the Comptroller
General of the United States and the appropriate congressional
committees on the progress of compliance with this Act.
(2) GAO report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to
Congress a report detailing the compliance of the Secretary
with this Act.
SEC. 6. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF REORGANIZATION PLAN.
(a) Joint Resolution of Approval Defined.--In this section, the
term ``joint resolution of approval'' means only a joint resolution of
either House of Congress--
(1) the title of which is as follows: ``A joint resolution
approving the Secretary of Homeland Security's reorganization
plan for the Transportation Security Administration.''; and
(2) the matter after the resolving clause of which is the
following: ``Congress approves the reorganization plan
submitted by the Secretary of Homeland Security to Congress in
accordance with section 5 of the Abolish TSA Act of 2025 on ___
relating to___'', with the first blank space being filled with
the appropriate date and the second blank space being filled
with a detailed description of the proposed reorganization plan
required by section 5, including any amendments made by
Congress.
(b) Introduction and Reference of Resolution.--Not later than the
first session day following the date on a which a reorganization plan
is transmitted to the House of Representatives and the Senate under
section 5, a joint resolution of approval shall be introduced by a
member of the House or Senate.
(c) Consideration in the House of Representatives.--
(1) Committee referral.--A joint resolution of approval
shall be referred to the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives.
(2) Floor consideration in house of representatives.--If
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives has not reported the joint resolution within 75
continuous session days after the date of referral, that
committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the
joint resolution.
(d) Consideration in the Senate.--
(1) Committee referral.--A joint resolution of approval
introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
(2) Reporting and discharge.--If the committee to which a
joint resolution of approval was referred has not reported the
joint resolution within 75 continuous session days after the
date of referral of the joint resolution, that committee shall
be discharged from further consideration of the joint
resolution and the joint resolution shall be placed on the
appropriate calendar.
(3) Proceeding to consideration.--Notwithstanding Rule XXII
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time
after the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
reports a joint resolution of approval to the Senate or has
been discharged from consideration of such a joint resolution
(even though a previous motion to the same effect has been
disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the
joint resolution, and all points of order against the joint
resolution (and against consideration of the joint resolution)
are waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The motion
is not subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider
the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall
not be in order.
(4) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals from the
decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules
of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to
a joint resolution of approval shall be decided without debate.
(5) Consideration of veto messages.--Debate in the Senate
of any veto message with respect to a joint resolution of
approval, including all debatable motions and appeals in
connection with the joint resolution, shall be limited to 10
hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
majority leader and the minority leader or their designees.
(e) Rules Relating to Senate and House of Representatives.--
(1) Treatment of senate joint resolution in house.--In the
House of Representatives, the following procedures shall apply
to a joint resolution of approval received from the Senate
(unless the House has already passed a joint resolution
relating to the same proposed action):
(A) The joint resolution shall be referred to the
appropriate committee.
(B) If a committee to which a joint resolution has
been referred has not reported the joint resolution
within 5 legislative days after the date of referral,
that committee shall be discharged from further
consideration of the joint resolution.
(C) Beginning on the third legislative day after
each committee to which a joint resolution has been
referred reports the joint resolution to the House or
has been discharged from further consideration thereof,
it shall be in order to move to proceed to consider the
joint resolution in the House. All points of order
against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall not
be in order after the House has disposed of a motion to
proceed on the joint resolution. The previous question
shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its
adoption without intervening motion. The motion shall
not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote by
which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order.
(D) The joint resolution shall be considered as
read. All points of order against the joint resolution
and against its consideration are waived. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the joint
resolution to final passage without intervening motion
except 2 hours of debate equally divided and controlled
by the sponsor of the joint resolution (or a designee)
and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on
passage of the joint resolution shall not be in order.
(2) Treatment of house joint resolution in senate.--
(A) Receipt before passage.--If, before the passage
by the Senate of a joint resolution of approval, the
Senate receives an identical joint resolution from the
House of Representatives, the following procedures
shall apply:
(i) That joint resolution shall not be
referred to a committee.
(ii) With respect to that joint
resolution--
(I) the procedure in the Senate
shall be the same as if no joint
resolution had been received from the
House of Representatives; but
(II) the vote on passage shall be
on the joint resolution from the House
of Representatives.
(B) Receipt after passage.--If, following passage
of a joint resolution of approval in the Senate, the
Senate receives an identical joint resolution from the
House of Representatives, that joint resolution shall
be placed on the appropriate Senate calendar.
(C) No companion measure.--If a joint resolution of
approval is received from the House, and no companion
joint resolution has been introduced in the Senate, the
Senate procedures under this subsection shall apply to
the House joint resolution.
(3) Application to revenue measures.--The provisions of
this paragraph shall not apply in the House of Representatives
to a joint resolution of approval that is a revenue measure.
(f) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--This section is
enacted by Congress--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is
deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, and
supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is
inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the
procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and
to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that
House.
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