HR 8770
Passed a chamber
Directs at least $500 million a year in 9/11 Security Fee revenue, starting in fiscal year 2028, to the Aviation Security Capital Fund, and creates a separate Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund that receives at least $250 million a year from the same fee.
Official title: SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
12-MAY-2026
Referred
12-MAY-2026
Approved by committee
24-JUN-2026
Reported
09-JUL-2026
On the calendar
09-JUL-2026
Passed
13-JUL-2026
Senate
Received
14-JUL-2026
- Starting in fiscal year 2028, requires the first $500 million a year from the 9/11 Security Fee to go to the Aviation Security Capital Fund for grants.
- Creates an Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund within the Department of Homeland Security, funded by at least $250 million a year after the first $500 million.
- Requires the Transportation Security Administration to set the fee so it collects at least those amounts each year.
- Expresses the sense of Congress that fee revenue should be used only for aviation security and that diverting it should end no later than 2027.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (12-MAY-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 13-JUL-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Homeland Security Committee (House)
- Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)
Transportation and Public Works
■ 5 R■ 1 D
5 Republicans
1 Democrat