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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5487 

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

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 11, 2024 

Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. MARSHALL, and Ms. HASSAN) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

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

6 Travel Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO CER2 TAIN SEVERELY INJURED OR DISABLED VET3 ERANS. 

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

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO

8 CERTAIN SEVERELY INJURED OR DISABLED VET9 ERANS.— 

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

11 paragraph (2) is eligible for security screening under 

12 the PreCheck Program under section 44919 at no 

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

14 background check and other security requirements 

15 for participation in the Program. 

16 ‘‘(2) VETERANS DESCRIBED.—A veteran de17 scribed in this paragraph is a veteran who— 

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

19 system of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

20 established and operated under section 1705 of 

21 title 38, United States Code; 

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

23 of Veterans Affairs to have a service-connected 

24 disability under section 1110 or 1131 of such 

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


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1 has been determined by such Secretary to have 

2 resulted in— 

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

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

5 ‘‘(iii) permanent blindness; and 

6 ‘‘(C) as a result of a loss, paralysis or par7 tial paralysis, or blindness described in subpara8 graph (B), requires the use of a wheelchair, 

9 prosthetic limb, or other assistive device to aid 

10 with mobility. 

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

12 Transportation Security Administration shall carry 

13 out this subsection subject to the availability of ap14 propriations and may not increase fees for enroll15 ment in the PreCheck Program for such purpose.’’. 

16 (b) COORDINATION ON IMPLEMENTATION.—The Ad17 ministrator of the Transportation Security Administration 

18 and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly— 

19 (1) implement a process under which a veteran 

20 described in paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of sec21 tion 44927 of title 49, United States Code, as added 

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

23 such subsection by not later than one year after the 

24 date of enactment of this Act; and 


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1 (2) provide to the Committee on Homeland Se2 curity and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 

3 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

4 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 

5 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a 

6 briefing on the status of implementing the process 

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

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 (c) OUTREACH FOR DISABLED VETERANS ON AVAIL10 ABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRA11 TION PROGRAMS.— 

12 (1) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Vet13 erans Affairs and the Administrator of the Trans14 portation Security Administration shall implement a 

15 process under which such Secretary provides to dis16 abled veterans effective outreach regarding Trans17 portation Security Administration programs de18 signed to improve the screening process for pas19 sengers with disabilities. 

20 (2) FURTHER ENHANCEMENTS TO EASE AIR

21 TRAVEL FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS AND OTHER DIS22 ABLED VETERANS.—Notwithstanding subchapter I 

23 of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com24 monly referred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

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


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1 of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Admin2 istrator of the Transportation Security Administra3 tion, shall— 

4 (A) engage appropriate veterans service or5 ganizations and other relevant organizations, as 

6 appropriate, to assess the awareness of veterans 

7 of relevant Transportation Security Administra8 tion programs; and 

9 (B) examine the need and feasibility of 

10 other measures to improve travel security proce11 dures for disabled veterans. 

12 (3) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

13 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

14 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Adminis15 trator of the Transportation Security Administration 

16 shall jointly provide to the Committee on Homeland 

17 Security and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 

18 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

19 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 

20 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a 

21 briefing on the status of the implementation of para22 graphs (1) and (2). 

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