H.R.5909 - Catching Operational Vulnerabilities by Ensuring Random Testing Act of 2008

To amend the Aviation and Transportation Security Act to prohibit advance notice to certain individuals, including security screeners, of covert testing of security screening procedures for the purpose of enhancing transportation security at airports, and for other purposes. view all titles (5)

Close

All Bill Titles

  • Short: Catching Operational Vulnerabilities by Ensuring Random Testing Act of 2008 as reported to house.
  • Short: COVERT Act of 2008 as reported to house.
  • Official: To amend the Aviation and Transportation Security Act to prohibit advance notice to certain individuals, including security screeners, of covert testing of security screening procedures for the purpose of enhancing transportation security at airports, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Catching Operational Vulnerabilities by Ensuring Random Testing Act of 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: COVERT Act of 2008 as passed house.

This Bill currently has no wiki content. If you would like to create a wiki entry for this bill, please Login, and then select the wiki tab to create it.

News Coverage

06/18/08
Legislation Ahead to Tighten Airpo...

HR 5909 would prohibit government employees from tipping off airport screeners about covert tests of transportation security. Over the la...

Source: Helicopter Association International, VA
Information made available by Daily Life

Blog Coverage

View All (13)

10/22/08
TSA Takes Over Matching Passengers...

A bill (H.R. 5909) that would change the way that DHS tests airport security screeners has been approved by the House of Representatives ...

Source: Security Management News & Analysis
10/10/08
New government documents in Milner...

Call No: A 77.2:SCI 1/, Title: ARS science hall of fame. Author: United States. Agricultural Research Service. Imprint: [Beltsville Md.] ...

Source: Government Documents
07/14/08
DownsizeDC.org

... and interoperable biometric identifier systems for airport workers with unescorted access to secure or sterile areas of an airport; 1...

Source: DownsizeDC.org
06/18/08
critical homeland security measure...

hr 5909 – the catching operational vulnerabilities by ensuring random testing act of 2008 (covert act of 2008) • sponsored by rep. ni...

Source: homelandsecurityleader.com
06/18/08
6/18/2008

4) hr 5909 - catching operational vulnerabilities by ensuring random testing act of 2008 (rep. lowey – homeland security) 5) h.res. 115...

Source: Red Line Strategies
06/17/08
on tap: wednesday tuesday, june 17...

catching operational vulnerabilities by ensuring random testing act (hr 5909), which would forbid advance notice of any special screening...

Source: War on Terror - Guantanamo Bay
06/17/08
critical homeland security measure...

hr 5909 - the catching operational vulnerabilities by ensuring random testing act of 2008 (covert act of 2008). sponsored by rep. nita lo...

Source: AC - Public Governance RSS News Feed
06/15/08
legislative update

hr 5909- prohibits advance notice of when security checkpoints are going to be tested by the government. hres 1150- asks homeland securit...

Source: The Bill Reader
06/15/08
productive uses of congress' time

hr 5909 - catching operational vulnerabilities by ensuring random testing act of 2008 (rep. lowey – homeland security). h.res. 1150 - e...

Source: Daily Kos
05/19/08
homeland security committee issues...

... news release: homeland security committee schedule week of may 19-24 current as of may 19, 2008 tuesday, may 20, 2008 @ 11am 311 cann...

Source: War on Terror - Homeland Security
Information made available by Technorati

Bill's Views

  • Today: 0
  • Past Seven Days: 3
  • All-Time: 501

-%

Users Support Bill

in favor / opposed
Write Your Representative
Track with MyOC

OpenCongress is a free and open-source joint project of two non-profit organizations, the Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation.