VETS Safe Travel Act

IB Union Calendar No. 160 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3356 [Report No. 116–203, Part I] To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled veterans, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 19, 2019 Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. PENCE, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. WALTZ) introduced the following bill; which was re- ferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently deter- mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 Additional sponsors: Mr. BAIRD, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. YOHO, Mr. OLSON, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. PERRY, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. CORREA, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. DEFA- ZIO, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KELLER, Mr. POSEY, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. ROYBAL- ALLARD, Mr. CISNEROS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. LAMB, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, and Mr. WITTMAN SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:34 Sep 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3356.RH H3356 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3356 RH A BILL To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled veterans, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:34 Sep 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3356.RH H3356 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3356 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Expedited 4 TSA Screening Safe Travel Act’’ or the ‘‘VETS Safe 5 Travel Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO CER- 7 TAIN SEVERELY INJURED OR DISABLED VET- 8 ERANS. 9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44927 of title 49, United 10 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 11 lowing: 12 ‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO 13 CERTAIN SEVERELY INJURED OR DISABLED VET- 14 ERANS.— 15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A veteran described in 16 paragraph (2) is eligible for security screening under 17 the PreCheck Program under section 44919 at no 18 cost to the veteran if the veteran is able to meet the 19 background check and other security requirements 20 for participation in the program. 21 ‘‘(2) VETERANS DESCRIBED.—A veteran de- 22 scribed in this paragraph is— 23 ‘‘(A) a veteran determined by the Sec- 24 retary of Veterans Affairs— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:34 Sep 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3356.RH H3356 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3356 RH ‘‘(i) to have had a loss, or loss of use, 1 of a limb, or to have become paralyzed or 2 partially paralyzed; and 3 ‘‘(ii) as a result of that loss or para- 4 lyzation, to require the use of a wheelchair, 5 prosthetic, or other assistive device to aid 6 with mobility; or 7 ‘‘(B) a veteran determined by the Sec- 8 retary of Veterans Affairs to have incurred per- 9 manent blindness.’’. 10 (b) COORDINATION ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 11 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 12 the administrator of the Transportation Security Adminis- 13 tration and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall joint- 14 ly— 15 (1) develop and implement a process for pro- 16 viding the Transportation Security Administration 17 with access to the data needed to validate the eligi- 18 bility of a veteran for the PreCheck Program under 19 section 44927(g) of title 49, United States Code, as 20 added by subsection (a); and 21 (2) submit to Congress a report on the status 22 of implementing the process required by paragraph 23 (1). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:34 Sep 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3356.RH H3356 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:34 Sep 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3356.RH H3356 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 160 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3356 [Report No. 116–203, Part I] A BILL To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled veterans, and for other purposes. SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Sep 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3356.RH H3356 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS