49 U.S.C. § 44945 — Disposition of unclaimed money and clothing
submitted 22 years ago by Pub. L. 108-334 to r/title-49-TRANSPORTATION · 188 words · no verdicts yet
Unclaimed money found at airport security checkpoints stays with the TSA to help fund aviation security. Unclaimed clothing found there should generally be donated to charity, especially groups helping homeless or needy veterans, through agreements with local airport authorities. None of this can cost the government money.
(a) Unclaimed money. Money found unclaimed at an airport security checkpoint is kept by the TSA and stays available, without needing to go to the Treasury as usual, to be spent on aviation security.
(b) Unclaimed clothing. (1) When disposing of unclaimed clothing found at a checkpoint, the Administrator must make every reasonable effort, working with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to give the clothing to the local airport authority or other local groups for donation to charity — especially veterans' organizations or other local charities that help homeless or needy veterans and their families. (2) The Administrator may make agreements with airport authorities to carry this out. (3) This does not stop an airport or the TSA from donating unclaimed clothing to any charity of their own choosing instead. (4) Nothing in this subsection may cost the government any money.
Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, unclaimed money recovered at any airport security checkpoint shall be retained by the Transportation Security Administration and shall remain available until expended for the purpose of providing civil aviation security as required in this chapter.
In disposing of unclaimed clothing recovered at any airport security checkpoint, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall make every reasonable effort, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to transfer the clothing to the local airport authority or other local authorities for donation to charity, including local veterans organizations or other local charitable organizations for distribution to homeless or needy veterans and veteran families.
In implementing paragraph (1), the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration may enter into agreements with airport authorities.
Nothing in this subsection shall prevent an airport or the Transportation Security Administration from donating unclaimed clothing to a charitable organization of their choosing.
Nothing in this subsection shall create a cost to the Government.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 108–334, title V, § 515(a), Oct. 18, 2004, 118 Stat. 1317; amended Pub. L. 112–271, § 2(a), Jan. 14, 2013, 126 Stat. 2446; Pub. L. 115–254, div. K, title I, § 1991(d)(36), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3641.)
- 2004Enacted · Pub. L. 108-334 · 118 Stat. 1317
- 2013Amended · Pub. L. 112-271 · 126 Stat. 2446
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-254 · 132 Stat. 3641
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 108-334 on 2004-10-18.
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