Amendment prohibits the TSA from using Whole Body-Imaging machines for primary screening at airports; and would require the TSA to give passengers the option of a pat-down search in lieu of going through a WBI machine. The amendment also prohibits the TSA from storing, transferring, or copying any images resulting from going through a WBI machine.

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Amendment Number
172
Description
Amendment prohibits the TSA from using Whole Body-Imaging machines for primary screening at airports; and would require the TSA to give passengers the option of a pat-down search in lieu of going through a WBI machine. The amendment also prohibits the TSA from storing, transferring, or copying any images resulting from going through a WBI machine.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 111-127 to prohibit the TSA from using Whole Body-Imaging machines for primary screening at airports, and would require the TSA to give passengers the option of a pat-down search in place of going through a WBI machine, information on the images generated by the WBI, the privacy policies in place, and the right to request a pat-down search, and would prohibit the TSA from storing, transferring, or copying the images.
Congress
111
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jun 4, 2009
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Chaffetz amendment (A010) Agreed to by recorded vote: 310 - 118 (Roll no. 305).
Latest Action Time
16:10:51
Submitted Date
Jun 4, 2009
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Dec 5, 2020
Amendment 172 — Informed