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Bars TSA from giving Members of Congress expedited or exempted screening based on office and requires policy updates and a compliance report within 180 days.
The bill ends position‑based screening privileges and clarifies which expedited programs count while preserving public access to risk‑based screening and adding implementation/reporting requirements — trading modest implementation costs, potential privacy/perception risks, and small operational impacts for greater fairness, legal clarity, and transparency.
All air travelers (the flying public and Members of Congress) are treated the same at screening by removing official-position exemptions, reducing perceived insider privilege and improving public trust in TSA procedures.
Travelers retain access to TSA's risk‑based expedited screening and the bill standardizes which Trusted Traveler Programs count (e.g., Global Entry, PreCheck, SENTRI, NEXUS), preserving efficient screening options and consistent application of program rules.
Federal agencies must update internal policies and Congress will receive a formal implementation report within 180 days, increasing implementation consistency, oversight, and transparency.
Risk‑based screening approaches retained or expanded by the bill could raise privacy and profiling concerns for travelers if oversight and safeguards are insufficient.
Eliminating official-position exemptions may lengthen security processing for some Members of Congress who previously used expedited lanes and could marginally increase queue lengths during peak periods, slightly affecting other travelers and some official travel schedules.
Members of Congress enrolling in Trusted Traveler Programs as private individuals could create perceptions of preferential access or conflicts if the distinction between private enrollment and official status becomes unclear.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Official title: To prohibit preferential screening for Members of Congress at airports, and for other purposes.
Introduced March 24, 2026 by Ashley Hinson · Last progress March 24, 2026
Prohibits the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from using funds to provide expedited, preferential, or exempted security screening for Members of Congress, and bars exempting them from standard passenger and baggage screening or giving priority access based on their official position. Allows members to use public Trusted Traveler programs if they qualify independently, directs the TSA Administrator to update policies to comply, and requires a report to Congress on implementation within 180 days of enactment.