It's not linked in the article, but the number comes from a committee report [1] related to the TSA Loose Change Act (which _is_ linked in the article, but find

It's not linked in the article, but the number comes from a committee report [1] related to the TSA Loose Change Act (which _is_ linked in the article, but finding the report from that link is indeed nontrivial). I think the interesting part is that TSA keeps the money to fund its own operations. The actual amount they raise is not too surprising. [1] https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/113th-congress/house-report/274/1 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/113th-congress...