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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8641

Introduced

Protecting Passengers from Discrimination Act

Sponsor
DShri Thanedar· Michigan
Introduced
April 30, 2026
Policy area
Congress
Latest action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.May 1, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8641 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8641

To require GAO to conduct annual assessments to determine the extent to 
which TSAs passenger security screening practices comply with TSA non-
discrimination policies to identify any needed actions to improve 
compliance, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 30, 2026

Mr. Thanedar (for himself and Mr. Green of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
Security

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To require GAO to conduct annual assessments to determine the extent to 
which TSAs passenger security screening practices comply with TSA non-
discrimination policies to identify any needed actions to improve 
compliance, 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 ``Protecting Passengers from 
Discrimination Act''.

SEC. 2. GAO ASSESSMENTS OF TSA COMPLIANCE WITH NON-DISCRIMINATION 
POLICIES DURING PASSENGER SECURITY SCREENINGS.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation an assessment of the extent to which passenger security 
screening practices of the Transportation Security Administration 
comply with non-discrimination policies of the Administration in order 
to identify any needed actions to improve such compliance.
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