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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7365 

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 

A BILL 

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: 

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; 

26 ‘‘(B) has— 


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

2 ‘‘(ii) become paralyzed or partially 

3 paralyzed; or 

4 ‘‘(iii) incurred permanent blindness; 

5 and 

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

7 partial paralyzation, or blindness described in 

8 subparagraph (B), requires the use of a wheel9 chair, prosthetic limb, or other assistive device 

10 to aid with mobility.’’. 

11 (b) COORDINATION ON IMPLEMENTATION.—The Ad12 ministrator of the Transportation Security Administration 

13 and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly— 

14 (1) develop and implement a process under 

15 which a veteran described in paragraph (2) of sub16 section (g) of section 44927 of title 49, United 

17 States Code, as added by subsection (a), can receive 

18 the benefits under such subsection by not later than 

19 one year after the date of enactment of this Act; and 

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

21 of implementing the process required by paragraph 

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

23 enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 3. OUTREACH FOR DISABLED VETERANS ON AVAIL2 ABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY AD3 MINISTRATION PROGRAMS. 

4 (a) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Af5 fairs and the Administrator of the Transportation Secu6 rity Administration shall develop and implement a process 

7 under which the Secretary provides to disabled veterans 

8 effective outreach about Transportation Security Adminis9 tration programs designed to improve the screening proc10 ess for passengers with disabilities. 

11 (b) FURTHER ENHANCEMENTS TO EASE AIR TRAV12 EL FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS AND OTHER DISABLED

13 VETERANS.—Notwithstanding section 3501 et seq. of title 

14 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Pa15 perwork Reduction Act’’), or any other provision of law, 

16 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the 

17 Administrator of the Transportation Security Administra18 tion, shall— 

19 (1) engage appropriate veterans service organi20 zations and other relevant organizations, as appro21 priate, to assess the awareness of veterans of rel22 evant Transportation Security Administration pro23 grams; and 

24 (2) examine the need and feasibility of other 

25 measures to improve travel security procedures for 

26 disabled veterans. 


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1 (c) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 

2 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary of Veterans Affairs and the Administrator of 

4 Transportation Security Administration shall jointly pro5 vide to Congress a briefing on the status of the implemen6 tation of subsections (a) and (b). 

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