5. Department of Homeland Security · Major · Needs Congress
Privatize the Transportation Security Administration
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Printed page 134 5. Department of Homeland Security
“The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) be privatized.”
What has happened
- Not started
S. 1180 Abolish TSA Act of 2025 (Lee, Tuberville) would abolish TSA and privatize screening but has not moved past referral; no administration proposal or reorganization found. TSA's existing Screening Partnership Program continues unchanged.
No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
- S. 1180 Abolish TSA Act of 2025, introduced 2025-03-27, referred to Senate Commerce; text read at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s1180is/html/BILLS-119s1180is.htm (policy “to privatize all commercial airport security”; abolition three years after enactment; reorganization plan within 90 days). Introduction only → not started under the Requires-Congress rule.
- TSA Federal Register notices since 2025 (Screening Partnership Program and Reimbursable Screening Services information collections, 2025-04-22 and 2026-05-01) are routine extensions of the existing opt-out program, not privatization.
- Action
- eliminate
- Object
- Transportation Security Administration
- ID
- 276