Jimmy Deal Trafficking Survivors Assistance Act of 2026

This bill would require the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), within one year, to name a Trafficking Survivor Point of Contact at each airport where it screens passengers. This contact, a TSA passenger support specialist, would work with nonprofit groups that serve human trafficking survivors and help survivors who lack ID get through airport security using the TSA Cares program. Nonprofits would have to register with TSA Cares at least 30 days before asking for help and confirm details such as ticket purchase and who will meet the traveler. The point of contact would escort survivors through security and meet them at the arrival gate, and TSA would waive identity verification fees for these travelers. TSA would also post information about this assistance on a public website.

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Sponsors

• Catherine Cortez Masto Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors