House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act of 2024
Sponsor: Rep. Garret Graves R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 29, 2023
- Committee actionSep 25, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 725.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5840.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5840, Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act of 2024” on October 22, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 25, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 22, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60849
- CBO publication date
- October 22, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5840, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-888 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on December 17, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 17, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/888
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5840, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 159, September 29, 2023, Page H4911):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: The bill streamlines the procedures of enrollment in the security threat assessment programs administered by TSA, including TWIC and HME.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 236 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5840, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
64 cosponsors — 32 Republicans, 32 Democrats
32 of 64 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Mike Bost (R-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mike Collins (R-GA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Brad Finstad (R-MN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Mark Green (R-TN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Guest (R-MS), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and 34 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Garret Graves.
- H.R. 2872 (118th) Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 82 (118th) Social Security Fairness Act of 2023
- H.Res. 1611 (118th) Providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth…
- H.R. 5616 (118th) BRIDGE Production Act of 2023
- H.R. 3356 (118th) Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act
- H.R. 8728 (118th) State-Managed Disaster Relief Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.