Contact Congress about H.R. 5732: Keep Air Travel Safe Act

TSA could keep operating during a shutdown instead of slowing down or stopping. It would use certain unused federal funds for up to 180 days, or until Congress passes new funding.

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Keep Air Travel Safe Act is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: 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.

Latest action on H.R. 5732: 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.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people who depend on airport security staying open during a shutdown. Travelers, TSA workers, airports, and airlines would feel it most directly because TSA operations could keep going instead of falling into shutdown chaos.

Why this matters: This matters because a shutdown can disrupt airport security and travel. This bill tries to keep TSA operating so screening and related safety work do not stop right away. That could reduce short-term disruption for travelers and airports. But the bill only covers TSA, and it is not clear from the text what repeated use of these unused funds would mean for future budgets.

Key provisions in H.R. 5732

• TSA would have to keep all of its programs, projects, and activities running during any shutdown in TSA funding. This covers everything funded through TSA, not just airport checkpoints.
• TSA could keep operating during a shutdown, but not above last year's funding level. If no regular funding law passed that year, it would use the level from the last continuing resolution, which is a short-term funding law.
• This special funding starts on the first day of the shutdown. It ends when a new regular funding law passes, a new continuing resolution passes, or 180 days go by, whichever happens first.
• TSA would have to use this money under the same rules that applied when the shutdown started. The bill does not give TSA looser terms or new spending powers during the gap.
• If the shutdown is still going when the fiscal year ends, this funding setup keeps going into the next fiscal year. It does not stop just because the calendar for federal funding resets.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 5732

What is H.R. 5732?

TSA could keep operating during a shutdown instead of slowing down or stopping. It would use certain unused federal funds for up to 180 days, or until Congress passes new funding.

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