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Union Calendar No. 691 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7365 

[Report No. 118–846, Part I] 

To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled veterans, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2024 

Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. 

BIGGS, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NORMAN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. SLOTKIN, 

Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. KILMER, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. MILLS, 

Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. MAST, Mrs. STEEL, Mr. 

THOMPSON of California, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. 

STEFANIK, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mrs. LESKO, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. 

STEUBE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mrs. LUNA, and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CRANE, Mr. BAIRD, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. 

CARBAJAL, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. JACKSON of Texas, 

Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. POSEY, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. 

DUNN of Florida, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. CROW, Ms. CARAVEO, Ms. SALAZAR, 

Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. SOTO, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. DESAULNIER, 

and Ms. LEE of Nevada 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 


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DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 15, 2024] 

A BILL 

To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled 

veterans, and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Expedited TSA 

5 Screening Safe Travel Act’’ or the ‘‘VETS Safe Travel Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO CERTAIN 

7 SEVERELY INJURED OR DISABLED VET8 ERANS. 

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

10 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

11 new subsection: 

12 ‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO CER13 TAIN SEVERELY INJURED OR DISABLED VETERANS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A veteran described in para15 graph (2) is eligible for security screening under the 

16 PreCheck Program under section 44919 at no cost to 

17 the veteran if the veteran is able to meet the back18 ground check and other security requirements for par19 ticipation 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 es24 tablished and operated under section 1705 of 

25 title 38, United States Code; 


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1 ‘‘(B) has— 

2 ‘‘(i) lost, or lost use of, a limb; 

3 ‘‘(ii) become paralyzed or partially 

4 paralyzed; or 

5 ‘‘(iii) incurred permanent blindness; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(C) as a result of a loss, paralyzation or 

8 partial paralyzation, or blindness described in 

9 subparagraph (B), requires the use of a wheel10 chair, prosthetic limb, or other assistive device to 

11 aid with mobility. 

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

13 Transportation Security Administration shall carry 

14 out this subsection subject to the availability of ap15 propriations and may not increase fees for enrollment 

16 in the PreCheck Program for such purpose.’’. 

17 (b) COORDINATION ON IMPLEMENTATION.—The Ad18 ministrator of the Transportation Security Administration 

19 and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly— 

20 (1) implement a process under which a veteran 

21 described in paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of section 

22 44927 of title 49, United States Code, as added by 

23 subsection (a), can receive the benefits under such sub24 section by not later than one year after the date of 

25 enactment of this Act; and 


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1 (2) provide to Congress a briefing on the status 

2 of implementing the process required by paragraph 

3 (1) by not later than one year after the date of the 

4 enactment of this Act. 

5 (c) OUTREACH FOR DISABLED VETERANS ON AVAIL6 ABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

7 PROGRAMS.— 

8 (1) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Veterans 

9 Affairs and the Administrator of the Transportation 

10 Security Administration shall implement a process 

11 under which the Secretary provides to disabled vet12 erans effective outreach regarding Transportation Se13 curity Administration programs designed to improve 

14 the screening process for passengers with disabilities. 

15 (2) FURTHER ENHANCEMENTS TO EASE AIR

16 TRAVEL FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS AND OTHER DIS17 ABLED VETERANS.—Notwithstanding subchapter I of 

18 chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 

19 referred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’), or 

20 any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans 

21 Affairs, in coordination with the Administrator of the 

22 Transportation Security Administration, shall— 

23 (A) engage appropriate veterans service or24 ganizations and other relevant organizations, as 

25 appropriate, to assess the awareness of veterans 


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1 of relevant Transportation Security Administra2 tion programs; and 

3 (B) examine the need and feasibility of 

4 other measures to improve travel security proce5 dures for disabled veterans. 

6 (3) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

7 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

8 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Adminis9 trator of Transportation Security Administration 

10 shall jointly provide to Congress a briefing on the sta11 tus of the implementation of paragraphs (1) and (2). 


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Union Calendar No. 691 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7365 

[Report No. 118–846, Part I] 

A BILL 

To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or 

disabled veterans, and for other purposes. 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

D

with an amendment 

ECEMBER 10, 2024 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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