Perhaps the Obama administration needs to come up with a travel-security stimulus plan.

In the aftermath of the Christmas Day terrorism incident onboard Northwest flight 253, the U.S. Travel Association called on Congress to take leftover monies from the country’s economic stimulus plan and to use it for the immediate implementation “of screening techniques that strengthen security, balance privacy and improve traveler facilitation.”

The development came as several other travel industry organizations, including the Business Travel Coalition, the National Business Travel Association and the American Society of Travel Agents, chimed in about the security issue.

Specifically, U.S. Travel says whole-body imaging (WBI) and increased use of bomb-sniffing dogs seem promising, but the association adds that while privacy issues related to WBI have been aired, detailed analysis is needed regarding its “security benefits, effect on wait times and any potential of reducing travelers’ hassles at security checkpoints.”