H.R. 8770 · 119th Congress · Transportation and public works
SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Jul 13, 2026
Passed by voice vote.
Passed the House on July 13, 2026.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- IntroducedMay 12, 2026
- CommitteeJul 9, 2026
- Passed HouseJul 13, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 6
- 1 Democrat, 5 Republicans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationHouse Committee on Homeland Security
- Lobbying
- At least 20
- organizations named it2026 Q2 to 2026 Q3
What it does
This bill amends federal aviation law to steer revenue from the 9/11 Security Fee into aviation security accounts.
This bill amends federal aviation law to steer revenue from the 9/11 Security Fee into aviation security accounts. Beginning in fiscal year 2028, the first $500 million collected each year is directed into the Aviation Security Capital Fund, and the TSA Administrator is required to set the fee so as to collect at least that amount. It creates a new Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund inside the Department of Homeland Security and directs the next $250 million each year into it to buy and sustain airport checkpoint screening technology. It also records the sense of Congress that the fee should pay only for aviation security and that diverting the money to unrelated purposes should end by 2027.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 20 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 36 quarterly reports filed by 9 lobbying firms and by 9 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
5 of those filings did not cite this bill by number. They named a short title it shares with its Senate companion, S 2378, so the reference belongs to the pair rather than to one chamber’s vehicle.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
5 of them, in no ranking: City of Austin; American Association of Airport Executives; Southwest Airlines; Rhode Island Airport Corporation; Airports Council International -- North America. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 15 others are not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.