,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aahj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bg1    
#bjbe,mr4 ,lee 7for himself and ,mr4    
,tuberville7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to abolish the ,transportation       
,security ,administration1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,abolish ,,tsa ,act 
of #bjbe4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this    
,act3 7#a7 ,administration ,the term    
,administration means the               
,transportation ,security               
,administration4  7#b7 ,administrator   
,the term ,administrator means the      
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration4  7#c7        
,appropriate congressional committees   
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental
 ,affairs and the ,committee on         

,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate2 and  7,b7 the          
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
of the ,house of ,representatives4  7#d7
 ,secretary ,the term ,secretary means  
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security4  
#c4 ,policy ,it shall be the policy of  
the ,secretary-- 7#a7 to expeditiously  
eliminate or transfer all authorities1  
enforcement functions1 and programs of  
the ,administration2 and  7#b7 to       
privatize all commercial airport        
security to increase cost-efficiency and
 security4  #d4 ,termination of the     
,transportation ,security               
,administration ,on the date that is #c 
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,administration shall be
 abolished1 and any program for which   
the ,administrator has administrative   
responsibility as provided by law or by 
delegation of authority pursuant to law 
is repealed4  #e4 ,reorganization plan  
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ij days

 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary shall1 in         
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,transportation1 submit to ,congress a  
reorganization plan for the             
,administration4  7b7 ,contents ,the    
plan required by subsection 7a7 shall   
include the following3 7#a7 ,a plan for 
the establishment of the ,office of     
,aviation ,security ,oversight within   
the ,federal ,aviation ,administration1 
which shall-- 7,a7 be headed by a       
,director2 and  7,b7 be responsible for 
the oversight and regulation of all     
aviation security activities described  
in section #ddibj of title #di1 ,united 
,states ,code1 except that no employee  
of the ,office shall conduct airport    
screening services4  7#b7 ,a plan for   
the rapid transfer of all aviation      
security activities and equipment to    
qualified private screening companies   
described in section #ddibj of title    
#di1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#c7 ,a    
description of any necessary changes1 as

 the ,secretary determines1 to the      
program described in section #ddibj of  
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code2  7#d7 
,subject to paragraph 7#b71 a plan for  
proportional reductions of operations   
and personnel until the transfer is     
complete and no operations of personnel 
of the ,administration remain4  7#e7 ,a 
plan to transfer to the ,department of  
,transportation any functions1          
personnel1 assets1 and liabilities of   
the ,administration with respect to     
surface transportation1 including       
activities relating to mass transit1    
freight rail1 highway motor carriers1   
and pipelines4  7c7 ,exclusions ,the    
plan may not include-- 7#a7 any agency  
requirement or regulation compelling    
private contractors conducting airport  
security screening services to conduct  
warrantless searches and seizures2 and  
7#b7 an extension of the deadline in    
section #d4  7d7 ,periodic reports  7#a7
 ,in general ,not later than #fj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 

,act1 and every #cj days thereafter1 the
 ,secretary1 in consultation with the   
,secretary of ,transportation1 shall    
submit a report to the ,comptroller     
,general of the ,united ,states and the 
appropriate congressional committees on 
the progress of compliance with this    
,act4  7#b7 ,,gao ,report ,not later    
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 and every #ahj  
days thereafter1 the ,comptroller       
,general of the ,united ,states shall   
submit to ,congress a report detailing  
the compliance of the ,secretary with   
this ,act4  #f4 ,congressional review of
 reorganization plan  7a7 ,joint        
resolution of approval defined ,in this 
section1 the term joint resolution of   
approval means only a joint resolution  
of either ,house of ,congress-- 7#a7 the
 title of which is as follows3 ,a joint 
resolution approving the ,secretary of  
,homeland ,security's reorganization    
plan for the ,transportation ,security  
,administration42 and  7#b7 the matter  

after the resolving clause of which is  
the following3 ,congress approves the   
reorganization plan submitted by the    
,secretary of ,homeland ,security to    
,congress in accordance with section #e 
of the ,abolish ,,tsa ,act of #bjbe on  
relating to1 with the first blank space 
being filled with the appropriate date  
and the second blank space being filled 
with a detailed description of the      
proposed reorganization plan required by
 section #e1 including any amendments   
made by ,congress4  7b7 ,introduction   
and reference of resolution ,not later  
than the first session day following the
 date on a which a reorganization plan  
is transmitted to the ,house of         
,representatives and the ,senate under  
section #e1 a joint resolution of       
approval shall be introduced by a member
 of the ,house or ,senate4  7c7         
,consideration in the ,house of         
,representatives  7#a7 ,committee       
referral ,a joint resolution of approval
 shall be referred to the ,committee on 

,homeland ,security of the ,house of    
,representatives4  7#b7 ,floor          
consideration in ,house of              
,representatives ,if the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security of the ,house of    
,representatives has not reported the   
joint resolution within #ge continuous  
session days after the date of referral1
 that committee shall be discharged from
 further consideration of the joint     
resolution4  7d7 ,consideration in the  
,senate  7#a7 ,committee referral ,a    
joint resolution of approval introduced 
in the ,senate shall be referred to the 
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation of the ,senate4  7#b7   
,reporting and discharge ,if the        
committee to which a joint resolution of
 approval was referred has not reported 
the joint resolution within #ge         
continuous session days after the date  
of referral of the joint resolution1    
that committee shall be discharged from 
further consideration of the joint      
resolution and the joint resolution     

shall be placed on the appropriate      
calendar4  7#c7 ,proceeding to          
consideration ,notwithstanding ,rule    
,,xxii of the ,standing ,rules of the   
,senate1 it is in order at any time     
after the ,committee on ,commerce1      
,science1 and ,transportation reports a 
joint resolution of approval to the     
,senate or has been discharged from     
consideration of such a joint resolution
 7even though a previous motion to the  
same effect has been disagreed to7 to   
move to proceed to the consideration of 
the joint resolution1 and all points of 
order against the joint resolution 7and 
against consideration of the joint      
resolution7 are waived4 ,the motion to  
proceed is not debatable4 ,the motion is
 not subject to a motion to postpone4 ,a
 motion to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
shall not be in order4  7#d7 ,rulings of
 the chair on procedure ,appeals from   
the decisions of the ,chair relating to 
the application of the rules of the     

,senate1 as the case may be1 to the     
procedure relating to a joint resolution
 of approval shall be decided without   
debate4  7#e7 ,consideration of veto    
messages ,debate in the ,senate of any  
veto message with respect to a joint    
resolution of approval1 including all   
debatable motions and appeals in        
connection with the joint resolution1   
shall be limited to #aj hours1 to be    
equally divided between1 and controlled 
by1 the majority leader and the minority
 leader or their designees4  7e7 ,rules 
relating to ,senate and ,house of       
,representatives  7#a7 ,treatment of    
,senate joint resolution in ,house ,in  
the ,house of ,representatives1 the     
following procedures shall apply to a   
joint resolution of approval received   
from the ,senate 7unless the ,house has 
already passed a joint resolution       
relating to the same proposed action73  
7,a7 ,the joint resolution shall be     
referred to the appropriate committee4  
7,b7 ,if a committee to which a joint   

resolution has been referred has not    
reported the joint resolution within #e 
legislative days after the date of      
referral1 that committee shall be       
discharged from further consideration of
 the joint resolution4  7,c7 ,beginning 
on the third legislative day after each 
committee to which a joint resolution   
has been referred reports the joint     
resolution to the ,house or has been    
discharged from further consideration   
thereof1 it shall be in order to move to
 proceed to consider the joint          
resolution in the ,house4 ,all points of
 order against the motion are waived4   
,such a motion shall not be in order    
after the ,house has disposed of a      
motion to proceed on the joint          
resolution4 ,the previous question shall
 be considered as ordered on the motion 
to its adoption without intervening     
motion4 ,the motion shall not be        
debatable4 ,a motion to reconsider the  
vote by which the motion is disposed of 
shall not be in order4  7,d7 ,the joint 

resolution shall be considered as read4 
,all points of order against the joint  
resolution and against its consideration
 are waived4 ,the previous question     
shall be considered as ordered on the   
joint resolution to final passage       
without intervening motion except #b    
hours of debate equally divided and     
controlled by the sponsor of the joint  
resolution 7or a designee7 and an       
opponent4 ,a motion to reconsider the   
vote on passage of the joint resolution 
shall not be in order4  7#b7 ,treatment 
of ,house joint resolution in ,senate   
7,a7 ,receipt before passage ,if1 before
 the passage by the ,senate of a joint  
resolution of approval1 the ,senate     
receives an identical joint resolution  
from the ,house of ,representatives1 the
 following procedures shall apply3 7i7  
,that joint resolution shall not be     
referred to a committee4  7ii7 ,with    
respect to that joint resolution-- 7,i7 
the procedure in the ,senate shall be   
the same as if no joint resolution had  

been received from the ,house of        
,representatives2 but  7,,ii7 the vote  
on passage shall be on the joint        
resolution from the ,house of           
,representatives4  7,b7 ,receipt after  
passage ,if1 following passage of a     
joint resolution of approval in the     
,senate1 the ,senate receives an        
identical joint resolution from the     
,house of ,representatives1 that joint  
resolution shall be placed on the       
appropriate ,senate calendar4  7,c7 ,no 
companion measure ,if a joint resolution
 of approval is received from the       
,house1 and no companion joint          
resolution has been introduced in the   
,senate1 the ,senate procedures under   
this subsection shall apply to the      
,house joint resolution4  7#c7          
,application to revenue measures ,the   
provisions of this paragraph shall not  
apply in the ,house of ,representatives 
to a joint resolution of approval that  
is a revenue measure4  7f7 ,rules of    
,house of ,representatives and ,senate  

,this section is enacted by ,congress-- 
7#a7 as an exercise of the rulemaking   
power of the ,senate and the ,house of  
,representatives1 respectively1 and as  
such is deemed a part of the rules of   
each ,house1 respectively1 and          
supersedes other rules only to the      
extent that it is inconsistent with such
 rules2 and  7#b7 with full recognition 
of the constitutional right of either   
,house to change the rules 7so far as   
relating to the procedure of that       
,house7 at any time1 in the same manner1
 and to the same extent as in the case  
of any other rule of that ,house4