[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[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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