S. 2795

Summary

S. 2795, the FASTER Act, was introduced in the Senate on Sep 11, 2025 by Sen. Edward Markey (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Commerce, Science, And Transportation, and last saw action on Sep 11, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Record

Text

S. 2795 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 S2795 IS: Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-09-11
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 2795  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   September 11, 2025   Mr. Markey  (for himself and  Mr. Blumenthal ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation    A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act   or the   FASTER Act  .
2.
Repeal of requirement regarding crediting and deposit of a portion of aviation security fees
(a)
Repeal
Section 44940 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3);
(2)
in subsection (f)—
(A)
by striking the heading and all that follows through  title 31,  and inserting
Deposit and availability of fee.— Notwithstanding sections 1341, 1512 through 1519, and 3302 of title 31, ;
(B)
by striking paragraph (1);
(C)
by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and
(D)
by amending paragraph (1), as so redesignated, to read as follows:
(1)
shall be deposited into a separate account in the Treasury, which shall be available to the Administrator for expenditure notwithstanding any other law, including any provision of section 1341(a)(1) of title 31 (commonly referred to as the  Anti-Deficiency Act ), only to pay the costs of activities and services for which the fee is imposed; and
 ; and
(3)
by striking subsection (i).
(b)
Conforming amendment
Subsection (d)(4) of such section is amended by striking  , other than subsection (i), .

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A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

Sponsors

Sen. Edward Markey (D) sponsors S. 2795, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Edward Markey

Sen. · D–MA · Sponsor

Introduced Sep 11, 2025

Richard Blumenthal

Sen. · D–CT · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 11, 2025 · Original

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Committees

S. 2795 went before 1 committee: Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Referred To · Sep 11, 2025 · 458 Bills

Actions

S. 2795 has taken 2 actions since Sep 11, 2025.

Votes

S. 2795 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 2795 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• FASTER Act — Display Title
• FASTER Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 10 registered lobbyists who named S. 2795 in 3 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Aviation/Airlines/Airports.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2795 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2795’s is Transportation and Public Works.

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