Nyengo yomwe ikubwera ya chilimwe ikhoza kukhala yovuta kwa apaulendo pama eyapoti ngati kusintha komwe aphungu a Jeff Merkley (D-OR) ndi a John Kennedy (R-LA) akukonza ku Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bili yovomerezekanso imavomerezedwa ndi Congress.
Kutengera kuwunika kwa akatswiri, kusintha komwe kwaperekedwaku kungathe kupangitsa kuti nthawi yodikirira ichuluke kwa apaulendo Tsa mizere. Izi zitha kupangitsa kuti pakhale nthawi yodikirira maola 120 miliyoni chaka chilichonse, zomwe zimakhudza TSA PreCheck ndi njira zowonera.
Kuphatikiza apo, pempho lomwe aphunguwa apereka likuwopseza chitetezo cha dziko chifukwa limaletsa kugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wozindikira nkhope ndi TSA kwa omwe si a PreCheck. Kuletsa kumeneku kungagwiritsidwe ntchito ndi anthu omwe ali ndi zolinga zoipa.
Ogwira ntchito m'mafakitale adandaula ponena za kusintha komwe akufuna kuvomereza FAA, ponena kuti imabweretsa zoopsa, imawononga ndalama zambiri, ndipo ikhoza kusokoneza kayendetsedwe ka ndege ku United States. Kuchotsedwa kwa matekinoloje a biometric, kuphatikiza zowunikira nkhope, zitha kubweretsa kubwerera m'mbuyo mdziko muno, pomwe opanga malamulo omwe alibe chidziwitso ndi omwe adzayankhe pa chisankho chotere.
Merkley/Kennedy Amendment idzakhazikitsa lamulo loletsa kugwiritsa ntchito Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) ndi TSA. Chiletsochi chikhalabe chogwira ntchito mpaka TSA ikwaniritse zofunikira komanso zosatheka, zomwe zingayambitse kusokoneza kwakukulu pamaulendo. Panthawi imeneyi, a TSA amayenera kuphunzitsanso antchito ake, kumasula ndikusamutsa ukadaulo, ndikukonzanso njira zowunikira, zomwe zingawononge ndalama komanso kusokoneza chitetezo cha ndege.
Lingaliroli liletsanso kugwiritsa ntchito FRT kwa apaulendo omwe sadali odalirika, komanso kuyimitsa kupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo wa FRT wofananira ndi ma eyapoti owonjezera mpaka Meyi 2027. Kuphatikiza apo, kukulitsa ndi kulembetsa ku TSA PreCheck Touchless Identity Solution kutha kupitilira makasitomala apano komanso ma eyapoti asanu ndi limodzi omwe akugwiritsa ntchito pano (ATL, DTW, LAX, LGA, JFK, ndi ORD).
Ofufuza zamakampani adawonetsa kukhudzidwa komwe kungakhudzidwe ndi lamuloli pabwalo la ndege ku America, ndikuchenjeza kuti ngati lamuloli lidutsa, ma eyapoti atha kukhala ngati ma bar akukoleji komwe ma ID abodza ali ponseponse. Akatswiri oyendayenda adayamikira a TSA chifukwa choyesetsa kupanga luso lachitetezo, koma adadzudzula mamembala a Congress chifukwa cholepheretsa kupita patsogolo komanso kusokoneza ulendo wonse.