Amendment111th Congress
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.
- 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