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The bill secures faster, more transparent funding for aviation security by giving TSA direct access to a dedicated fee-funded account, but it does so by reducing normal Treasury and Congressional oversight and flexibility over those funds.
Federal TSA staff and transportation workers will be able to draw directly on a dedicated Treasury account to pay aviation security costs, allowing faster procurement and operations without normal procedural delays.
Taxpayers (including airline passengers) will see passenger security fees retained and used specifically for aviation security, increasing transparency about how fee revenue is spent.
Taxpayers and congressional oversight are weakened because the bill makes funds available 'notwithstanding' the Anti‑Deficiency Act and effectively earmarks passenger security fees for TSA spending, reducing Treasury and Congressional control and the ability to reallocate or scrutinize priorities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Introduced September 11, 2025 by Edward John Markey · Last progress September 11, 2025
Changes how aviation security fees are handled in the Treasury and who can spend them. The bill directs aviation security fees collected under current law to be deposited into a separate Treasury account and makes those funds available to the Administrator to pay aviation security activities and services, even if other laws (including the Anti‑Deficiency Act) would normally limit spending. The measure also removes a cross-reference and deletes a now-obsolete subsection. It does not change the amount of the fee or who pays it; instead it alters accounting and spending rules so the Administrator can access the fee revenue for its intended aviation security purposes.