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Homeland Security Committee Authorizes $1.6 Billion For Airport Checkpoint Scanners

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022

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Homeland Security Committee Authorizes $1.6 Billion For Airport Checkpoint Scanners

Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee.

Unimpressed with the slow rollout of advanced scanning technology for screening carry-on bags at airport checkpoints, the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would authorize $1.6 billion over five years to accelerate the deployment of the computed tomography (CT)-based systems. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is seeking $104.9 million in fiscal year 2022 for the checkpoint CT systems, an amount that the agency’s administrator, David Pekoske, said last year falls short of what is needed to…

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