S. 2378 · 119th Congress

SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025

Introduced on Jul 22, 2025 by Jerry Moran (R-KS). 12 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 14, 2026): Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 22, 2025
Cosponsors
12
4 from the other party
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to establish funds for investments in aviation security checkpoint technology, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Aviation and airports
  • Government trust funds
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Transportation programs funding
  • Transportation safety and security
  • Travel and tourism
  • User charges and fees

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Jul 22, 2025). Public domain.

Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2025 or the SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025

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, deploying, and sustaining aviation security checkpoint and exit lane technology. TSA may use these funds retroactively for projects implemented on or after January 1, 2023.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jerry MoranR-KSSponsor

Democrats · 4

Republicans · 8

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jul 22, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 22, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  3. Apr 14, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL-NORTH AMERICA6 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  2. U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  3. Air Transport Association of America, Inc. (d/b/a Airlines for America)4 reports
    $4.7M reported (all issues)
  4. Analogic Corporation4 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ANALOGIC CORP$117.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  5. Delta Air Lines, Inc.4 reports
    $6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.$8.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. SMITHS DETECTION INC.4 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SMITHS DETECTION INC.$152.7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 97%
  7. San Diego County Regional Airport Authority4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  8. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES3 reports
    $3.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES INC$12.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2 reports
    $800K reported (all issues)
  10. Alaska Airlines, Inc.1 report
    $530K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ALASKA AIRLINES, INC.$4.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA, LLC1 report
    $260K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA LLC$33.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 91%
  12. SMITHS GROUP SERVICES CORP1 report
    $90K reported (all issues)
  13. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.1 report
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNITED AIRLINES, INC.$11.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.