Directs $250 million a year of airline-paid 9/11 Security Fee revenue into a new fund for airport checkpoint and exit lane screening technology, starting in fiscal year 2026.

• Creates the Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund, which receives $250 million a year from the 9/11 Security Fee starting in fiscal year 2026, after the first $500 million goes to the Aviation Security Capital Fund.
• Raises the Aviation Security Capital Fund's guaranteed annual collection from $250 million to $500 million beginning in fiscal year 2026.
• Expresses the sense of Congress that 9/11 Security Fee revenue should be used only for aviation security and that diversion to other purposes should end no later than 2027.
• Allows the TSA Administrator to retroactively approve grant funds for checkpoint and exit lane technology projects carried out on or after January 1, 2023.

• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)

Transportation and Public Works