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RE GE $1 B for them in just one line item in HR 1
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS136948+28-Feb-2008+BW20080228

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c111:1:./temp/~c111vRqaEr:e106202:

aviation security

For an additional amount for `Aviation Security', $1,000,000,000 for procurement and installation of checked baggage explosives detection systems and checkpoint explosives detection equipment: Provided, That the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) shall prioritize the award of these funds to accelerate the installations at locations with completed design plans: Provided further, That no later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan for the expenditure of these funds.