In committee
Improving Travel for American Families Act
This bill allows the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to test a two-year program that speeds up airport checkpoint lines for adults traveling with children age 12 and younger. The pilot would focus on airports with high family traffic that have enough space and staff to run dedicated lines without slowing down standard screening. Participating travelers must still clear standard federal security vetting, and expedited lanes like TSA PreCheck would remain restricted to passengers whose boarding passes explicitly authorize it.
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What this bill touches.
Transport priorities
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Adult passengers traveling with children age 12 and underMay receive expedited security screening at select pilot airports when traveling with children 12 and under (Sec. 2(a)).
Who it burdens
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA)If the pilot is established, TSA must verify passenger vetting through the Secure Flight program, strictly enforce boarding pass eligibility rules, assess airport capacity and space, and brief congressional committees within 270 days (Sec. 2(b), (c), (d)).
- Airport security screening personnelAre barred from allowing any passenger into TSA PreCheck or other expedited screening lanes without a boarding pass showing eligibility, and are subject to lane reassignments based on volume (Sec. 2(b)(2), (b)(3)).
Who opposes it
- Air travelers without boarding pass confirmation for expedited lanesAre expressly blocked from entering TSA PreCheck or expedited screening lanes unless their boarding pass directly confirms eligibility (Sec. 2(b)(2)).