SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025
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Last progress July 22, 2025 (4 months ago)
Introduced on July 22, 2025 by Jerry Moran
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last progress July 22, 2025 (4 months ago)
Introduced on July 22, 2025 by Jerry Moran
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
This bill makes sure the “9/11 Security Fee” you pay on airline tickets is used only to protect air travel. It raises steady funding for airport security projects and creates a new pot of money to buy and maintain better checkpoint machines. The goal is clearer: safer, faster screening for passengers, with money focused on security—not other uses. Lawmakers also say any diversion of this fee to non-security purposes should stop by 2027 .
Starting in 2026, the first $500 million collected each year from this fee goes into an aviation security capital fund to pay for big airport security upgrades. Then, the next $250 million each year goes into a new checkpoint technology fund to buy, roll out, and keep up machines used at checkpoints and exit lanes. TSA can give grants from both funds, and some checkpoint projects done since January 1, 2023 can get grant money after the fact .
| Key point | What it means |
|---|---|
| Who is affected | Air travelers, TSA, and airports that run security checkpoints . |
| What changes | Fee money is locked to aviation security; $500M/year funds major security projects; $250M/year funds checkpoint tech; grants available, including retroactive help for projects since 1/1/2023 . |
| When | New funding levels begin in fiscal year 2026; fee diversion to non-security uses should end by 2027 . |