TSA Aviation Security Fee Allocation (SAFEGUARDS Act)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-01-04 — VETS Safe Travel Act: VETS Safe Travel Act creates a no-cost PreCheck enrollment pathway for a defined class of service-disabled veterans while expressly prohibiting an increase in PreCheck fees on other applicants to fund the waiver, constraining one revenue lever within the broader TSA fee structure. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-04-14 — SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025: 2025 — SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025 would direct the first $500M/year in passenger aviation security fees to the Aviation Security Capital Fund (up from $250M) and the next $250M to a new Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund for TSA baggage and checkpoint equipment. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-09 — SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026: SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026 doubles the annual passenger-security-fee deposit into the Aviation Security Capital Fund to $500 million and establishes a new $250 million Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund for TSA baggage and checkpoint equipment. (novelty: 2)