June 2, 2009 1:54PM 

# House to Consider Ban on Body Scans 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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… or at least serious limitations, NextGov [reports](http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090601_1067.php).

Something like the bill I discussed in a [previous post](https://www.cato.org/2009/04/24/limiting-the-tsas-use-of-strip-search-machines/) may be included in the [TSA Authorization Act](http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_2200.html). I [wrote some](https://www.cato.org/2009/02/18/the-tsa-strip-search-machines/) about “strip search machines” back in February, too.

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