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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7365 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 11, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled 

veterans, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Expedited 

3 TSA Screening Safe Travel Act’’ or the ‘‘VETS Safe 

4 Travel Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO CER6 TAIN SEVERELY INJURED OR DISABLED VET7 ERANS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44927 of title 49, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO

12 CERTAIN SEVERELY INJURED OR DISABLED VET13 ERANS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A veteran described in 

15 paragraph (2) is eligible for security screening under 

16 the PreCheck Program under section 44919 at no 

17 cost to the veteran if the veteran is able to meet the 

18 background check and other security requirements 

19 for participation in the Program. 

20 ‘‘(2) VETERANS DESCRIBED.—A veteran de21 scribed in this paragraph is a veteran who— 

22 ‘‘(A) is enrolled in the patient enrollment 

23 system of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

24 established and operated under section 1705 of 

25 title 38, United States Code; 


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1 ‘‘(B) has been determined by the Secretary 

2 of Veterans Affairs to have a service-connected 

3 disability under section 1110 or 1131 of such 

4 title, as the case may be, and such disability 

5 has been determined by such Secretary to have 

6 resulted in— 

7 ‘‘(i) loss, or loss use of, an extremity; 

8 ‘‘(ii) paralysis or partial paralysis; or 

9 ‘‘(iii) permanent blindness; and 

10 ‘‘(C) as a result of a loss, paralysis or par11 tial paralysis, or blindness described in subpara12 graph (B), requires the use of a wheelchair, 

13 prosthetic limb, or other assistive device to aid 

14 with mobility. 

15 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The Administrator of the 

16 Transportation Security Administration shall carry 

17 out this subsection subject to the availability of ap18 propriations and may not increase fees for enroll19 ment in the PreCheck Program for such purpose.’’. 

20 (b) COORDINATION ON IMPLEMENTATION.—The Ad21 ministrator of the Transportation Security Administration 

22 and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly— 

23 (1) implement a process under which a veteran 

24 described in paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of sec25 tion 44927 of title 49, United States Code, as added 


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1 by subsection (a), can receive the benefits under 

2 such subsection by not later than one year after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act; and 

4 (2) provide to the Committee on Homeland Se5 curity and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 

6 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

7 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 

8 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a 

9 briefing on the status of implementing the process 

10 required by paragraph (1) by not later than one year 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

12 (c) OUTREACH FOR DISABLED VETERANS ON AVAIL13 ABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRA14 TION PROGRAMS.— 

15 (1) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Vet16 erans Affairs and the Administrator of the Trans17 portation Security Administration shall implement a 

18 process under which such Secretary provides to dis19 abled veterans effective outreach regarding Trans20 portation Security Administration programs de21 signed to improve the screening process for pas22 sengers with disabilities. 

23 (2) FURTHER ENHANCEMENTS TO EASE AIR

24 TRAVEL FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS AND OTHER DIS25 ABLED VETERANS.—Notwithstanding subchapter I 


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1 of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com2 monly referred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

3 Act’’), or any other provision of law, the Secretary 

4 of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Admin5 istrator of the Transportation Security Administra6 tion, shall— 

7 (A) engage appropriate veterans service or8 ganizations and other relevant organizations, as 

9 appropriate, to assess the awareness of veterans 

10 of relevant Transportation Security Administra11 tion programs; and 

12 (B) examine the need and feasibility of 

13 other measures to improve travel security proce14 dures for disabled veterans. 

15 (3) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

16 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

17 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Adminis18 trator of the Transportation Security Administration 

19 shall jointly provide to the Committee on Homeland 

20 Security and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 

21 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

22 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 

23 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a 


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1 briefing on the status of the implementation of para2 graphs (1) and (2). 

Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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