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Secretary Noem Hands Out $10,000 TSA Bonus Checks in Las Vegas, Announces $1 Billion Screening Investment

November 23, 2025 · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · 0:25:46

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What happened

At the innovation checkpoint at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Secretary Kristi Noem said the Department of Homeland Security will invest over $1 billion in new technology and advancements in airport security screening systems across the country — the biggest such investment in over a decade, as she characterized it. The checkpoint, she said, is run with industry partners, the Clark County Department of Aviation, TSA and federal security offices to advance screening technology and training, according to her remarks in the DHS video.

Noem then turned to the government shutdown, which she said lasted 43 days — the longest in the country’s history, as she stated it — and praised TSA officers who kept showing up without pay while, as she put it, politicians in Washington postured. She said DHS would hand out $10,000 bonus checks to officers who displayed exemplary conduct during the shutdown, and she told the stories of individual officers behind her who had struggled through it, according to her remarks.

Why it matters

The Las Vegas event pairs a capital commitment — the billion-dollar screening investment — with the shutdown-bonus policy in a single announcement by the Secretary, giving this chronicle both the figure and the human framing DHS attached to it.

Scoreboard watch

Flagged for the scoreboard editor: Secretary Noem’s stated investment of over $1 billion in screening technology and the $10,000 bonus checks for TSA officers with exemplary shutdown service, as stated on November 23, 2025, for checking against DHS disbursement and procurement records. No verdict is given here.

Sources: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, “Secretary Noem Hosts Press Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada”, Harry Reid International Airport, Las Vegas, 2025-11-23 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-11-23). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.