US Congress House Bill 2767 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: Introduced on June 15 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Airport Security Act of 2015 Directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a program to prohibit all but specified authorized individuals from possessing a firearm at a covered airport, including any individual who enters the airport, or exits public transportation at it, for air travel, meeting another individual, picking up cargo, or employment. Directs TSA to require airport operators to: display conspicuous notices summarizing the program at each airport entrance, and require law enforcement personnel to monitor the airport to prevent violations and escort air travelers who are authorized to carry a firearm. Prescribes criminal penalties for nonauthorized individuals who knowingly possess a firearm at a covered airport.

Airport Security Act of 2015

Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-06-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
2015-06-15	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-06-15	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2015-06-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-06-15	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4350)
2015-06-15	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2767/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2767/BILLS-114hr2767ih.pdf