Named officials are not exempt from passenger and baggage screening
What the document says“Members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, including the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Executive Office of the President, including the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage screening.”
Section 209(a). The section lists officials who are not exempt from federal passenger and baggage screening: members of Congress including the leadership, heads of federal agencies and commissions, named senior officials of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, and senior White House officials including the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Subsection (b) bars funds in this or any other act from being used to carry out legislation that changes how those screening requirements apply.
What the document actually says“Members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, including the leadership; the heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Executive Office of the President, including the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal passenger and baggage screening.”
Members of Congress and top officials must be screened like anyone else. Their bags must be screened too.
The list names both chambers, agency heads, and top White House staff. No money may be used to change this rule.
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