A new U.S Travel Association report recommends Congress and the Transportation Security Administration create a "risk-based" trusted-traveler program and require airlines to allow travelers to check at least one bag at no additional cost

in order to reduce the amount of luggage going through airport security checkpoints. USTA also suggested TSA "improve their education and communication on security rules and regulations" to the general traveling public, cut down on duplicative security screening for international arrivals, expand trusted-traveler programs to international passengers and give TSA authority over the entire checkpoint area. The report called upon the federal government to create a panel of "experts" to "implement well-defined risk management processes." The Air Transport Association of America in a statement criticized USTA's bag-fee proposal, noting that "dictating how airlines deliver and price their products and services diminishes customer choice and competitive differentiation among carriers" and "such a move benefits no one and unfortunately detracts from important aspects of their recommendations."