119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jul 22, 2025
SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025
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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.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jul 22, 2025)
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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY · lobbying firm or registrant: ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ion Act of 2024 (P.L. 118-63). The Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety (SAFEGUARDS) Act of 2025 (S.2378; H.R. 8770). Issues related to slot administration. ALERT Act (H.R. 7613).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY · lobbying firm or registrant: ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ening equipment. Issues related to customs. The Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2025 (S.2378)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ANALOGIC CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: HILL EAST GROUP, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues related to deployment of CT technology at airports; TSA reauthorization: S. 2378 / H.R. 8770, SAFEGUARDS Act; H.R. 9310, Homeland Security Appropriations Act 2027.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: HILL EAST GROUP, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Travel/Tourism
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…general travel security issues, and counter-UAS issues; issues related to promotion of travel to the U.S.; issues related to visa issuance and associated fees: S.2378 / H.R. 8770, SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025; S.1691, the Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025; S.3220 / H.R. 6128, Visit USA Act; S.1547, Great American Outdoors Ac…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL - NORTH AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: HILL EAST GROUP, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$80,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…affing levels at airports; issues related to aviation safety and funding for aviation security infrastructure: S.1691, Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025; S.2378, SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025; H.R. 7613, ALERT Act; S.2503, ROTOR Act; H.R. 8770, SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026; H.R. 9310, Fiscal Year 2027 Homeland Security Appropriatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$65,000
Spent on own lobbying
…A) employees if regular funding lapses. SAFEGUARDS Act (Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act) S. 2378. The legislation would end the diversion of revenues from the 9/11 Passenger Security Fee and direct those funds back into aviation security projects, checkpoi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Travel/Tourism
$65,000
Spent on own lobbying
…, and support aviation decarbonization. SAFEGUARDS Act (Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act) S. 2378. The legislation would end the diversion of revenues from the 9/11 Passenger Security Fee and direct those funds back into aviation security projects, checkpoi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$800,000
Spent on own lobbying
…to increase non-immigrant visa fees, including the Visa Integrity Fee and the Visa Bond Program. Proposals to reauthorize and reform TSA, including support for S.2378/H.R. 8780, the SAFEGUARDS Act, H.R. 9388, the One-Stop Pilot Program Extension Act, and H.R. 9391, the Reimbursable Screening Services Program Extension Act of…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$1,185,964
Spent on own lobbying
S. 1180, Abolish TSA Act of 2025 S. 1691, Traveler Privacy Protection Act S. 2378, Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2025 H.R. 8770, Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Travel/Tourism
$270,000
Spent on own lobbying
Issues related to tourism recovery Issues related to TSA PreCheck, biometrics, other Trusted Traveler Programs, and the Registered Traveler program H.R. 8770/S. 2378 - SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DELTA AIR LINES INC · lobbying firm or registrant: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$1,450,000
Spent on own lobbying
…the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes. S. 1691 - Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025 S. 890 - Screening Partnership Reform Act S. 2378 -Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2025 S. 2983 - Extending Expired Cybersecurity Autho…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA) · lobbying firm or registrant: AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · amended · posted Oct 17, 2026 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$1,131,400
Spent on own lobbying
…o require passenger notification related to delayed flights, and for other purposes. (FAIR Act) S. 2296 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 S. 2378 / H.R. 8770 Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2025 or the SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025 S. 250…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Oct 16, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$410,000
Spent on own lobbying
…. Lobbied in support of H.R. 862/S. 1483, the TSA Commuting Fairness Act. Lobbied in support of H.R. 1159, the Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act. Lobbied on S. 2378, the Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety (SAFEGUARDS) Act. Lobbied against S. 1180, the Abolish…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · amended · posted Oct 16, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$410,000
Spent on own lobbying
…. Lobbied in support of H.R. 862/S. 1483, the TSA Commuting Fairness Act. Lobbied in support of H.R. 1159, the Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act. Lobbied on S. 2378, the Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety (SAFEGUARDS) Act. Lobbied against S. 1180, the Abolish…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY · lobbying firm or registrant: ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Reauthorization Act of 2024 (P.L. 118-63). The Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2025 (S.2378). Issues related to slot administration. ALERT Act (H.R. 7613).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY · lobbying firm or registrant: ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ening equipment. Issues related to customs. The Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2025 (S.2378)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Travel/Tourism
$260,000
Spent on own lobbying
Issues related to tourism recovery Issues related to TSA PreCheck, biometrics, other Trusted Traveler Programs, and the Registered Traveler program H.R. 8770/S. 2378 - SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$800,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ct, which became law as part of S.1071, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. Proposals to reauthorize and reform TSA, including support for S.2378/H.R. 8780, the SAFEGUARDS Act, H.R. 9388, the One-Stop Pilot Program Extension Act, and H.R. 9391, the Reimbursable Screening Services Program Extension Act of…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ANALOGIC CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: HILL EAST GROUP, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues related to deployment of CT technology at airports; TSA reauthorization: S. 2378 / H.R. 8770, SAFEGUARDS Act; H.R. 9310, Homeland Security Appropriations Act 2027.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: HILL EAST GROUP, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Travel/Tourism
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…general travel security issues, and counter-UAS issues; issues related to promotion of travel to the U.S.; issues related to visa issuance and associated fees: S.2378 / H.R. 8770, SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025; S.1691, the Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025; S.3220 / H.R. 6128, Visit USA Act; S.1547, Great American Outdoors Ac…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL - NORTH AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: HILL EAST GROUP, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$80,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…affing levels at airports; issues related to aviation safety and funding for aviation security infrastructure: S.1691, Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025; S.2378, SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025; H.R. 7613, ALERT Act; S.2503, ROTOR Act; H.R. 8770, SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026; H.R. 9310, Fiscal Year 2027 Homeland Security Appropriatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA) · lobbying firm or registrant: AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$1,100,700
Spent on own lobbying
…to require passenger notification related to delayed flights, and for other purposes. (FAIR Act) S. 2296National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 S. 2378 / H.R. 8770 Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2025 or the SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025 S. 250…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL -- NORTH AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL -- NORTH AMERICA
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$775,201
Spent on own lobbying
H.R. 8770/S. 2378, SAFEGUARDS Act; S. 2, Secure America Act H.R. 8800/S. 4784, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H.R. 9391, Reimbursable Screening Service…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DELTA AIR LINES INC · lobbying firm or registrant: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$1,460,000
Spent on own lobbying
…the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes. S. 1691 - Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2025 S. 890 - Screening Partnership Reform Act S. 2378 -Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2025 S. 2983 - Extending Expired Cybersecurity Autho…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 16, 2026 · issue area: Homeland Security
$1,172,100
Spent on own lobbying
…Securing Americas Ports of Entry Act of 2025 S. 578, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade Facilitation Act of 2025 S. 1691, Traveler Privacy Protection Act S. 2378, Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety Act of 2025 H.R. 8770, Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing