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House Democrats Introduce TSA Covert Testing Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 25th, 2019

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House Democrats Introduce TSA Covert Testing Bill

Rep. Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

House Democrats on Tuesday introduced legislation aimed at codifying existing procedures at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for covert testing and require the agency to track its progress on closing out vulnerabilities uncovered by the testing. The Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act is co-sponsored by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), chairman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. The new bill is in response to continued concerns from government…

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