H.R. 8770 Congress 119 session
SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026
Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2026 or the SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026 This bill allocates additional funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for aviation security, including checked baggage explosives detection equipment and security checkpoint technology. As background, TSA collects passenger civil aviation security service fees (often referred to as the 9/11 security fee or passenger security fee) on air carrier passengers originating at airports in the United States. In general, these fees are deposited into the Department of the Treasury general fund and applied towards debt reduction. A portion of these fees are allocated to TSA for aviation security. The bill requires that the first $500 million collected in each fiscal year from passenger security fees be deposited into the Aviation Security Capital Fund. This is an increase from the currently required $250 million. This fund provides for the costs associated with acquiring and installing in-line baggage screening systems (i.e., systems that use a conveyor belt infrastructure to automatically screen, sort, and track baggage) to accommodate checked baggage explosives detection equipment and for certain other airport security improvements. The bill also requires that the next $250 million collected in each fiscal year from passenger security fees be deposited into a new Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund for the costs associated with acquiring, installing, and sustaining aviation security checkpoint technology.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Passed one chamber — last recorded action July 14, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Passage likelihood
64% Higher than most bills at this stage
This is an estimate, not a guarantee. It is computed from the signals listed below and nothing else. It does not account for leadership priorities, floor scheduling, or negotiations that are not in the public record.
What the estimate is based on
- Historical base rate About 4% of introduced federal bills are enacted.
- Current stage Passed one chamber.
- Cosponsors 6 cosponsors.
- Bipartisan cosponsorship Cosponsors come from 2 parties.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4389-4390)
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4389-4390)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 8770.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4389-4390)
- Mr. Garbarino moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 641.
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-737.
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-737.
- Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 3.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Discharged
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
- Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
- Introduced in House
- Introduced in House