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LegalText 49 U.S.C. § 44945 Disposition of unclaimed money and clothing us united_states_code code_section 49 TRANSPORTATION 449 SECURITY 44945 49 U.S.C. § 44945 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc49@119-100.zip /us/usc/t49/s44945 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-49/usc49.xml 28fdf29fd9304ffc569dd978dd678e429977d133b8869f5f0bbc617bf7d507f8 0786acdd244d8f42c5a8e8ed1ec2a8dcb47dd0e02a286752710a20745702a4fb ca489cd4113563f16aafad372a49c172ac071c340bb2dec28b0dde844166a49a 2026-07-04 official
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49 U.S.C. § 44945 - Disposition of unclaimed money and clothing

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(a) Disposition of Unclaimed 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.

(b) Disposition of Unclaimed Clothing.— (1) In general.— 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.

(2) Agreements.— In implementing paragraph (1), the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration may enter into agreements with airport authorities.

(3) Other charitable arrangements.— Nothing in this subsection shall prevent an airport or the Transportation Security Administration from donating unclaimed clothing to a charitable organization of their choosing.

(4) Limitation.— Nothing in this subsection shall create a cost to the Government.

(Added Pub. L. 108334, title V, § 515(a), Oct. 18, 2004, 118 Stat. 1317; amended Pub. L. 112271, § 2(a), Jan. 14, 2013, 126 Stat. 2446; Pub. L. 115254, div. K, title I, § 1991(d)(36), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3641.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments2018—Subsec. (b)(1), (2). Pub. L. 115254 substituted “Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration” for “Assistant Secretary”. 2013—Pub. L. 112271 inserted “and clothing” after “money” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Annual BriefingPub. L. 108334, title V, § 515(b), Oct. 18, 2004, 118 Stat. 1318, as amended by Pub. L. 11986, div. A, title II, § 212, Apr. 30, 2026, 140 Stat. 784, provided that: “Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 18, 2004] and annually thereafter, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall provide the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate; and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, a briefing that contains a detailed description of the amount of unclaimed money recovered in total and at each individual airport, and specifically how the unclaimed money is being used to provide civil aviation security.”