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Union Calendar No. 394 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3202 

[Report No. 113–528] 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare a comprehensive 

security assessment of the transportation security card program, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 

Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mrs. MILLER of Michigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

JULY 17, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

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

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 27, 2013] 


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A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare 

a comprehensive security assessment of the transportation security card program, 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 ‘‘Essential Transpor5 tation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY ASSESSMENT OF THE 

7 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY CARD PRO8 GRAM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

10 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 

11 Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu12 rity of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

13 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and 

14 the Comptroller General of the United States a comprehen15 sive assessment of the effectiveness of the transportation se16 curity card program under section 70105 of title 46, United 

17 States Code, at enhancing security and reducing security 

18 risks for facilities and vessels regulated pursuant to section 

19 102 of Public Law 107–295. Such assessment shall be con20 ducted by a national laboratory that, to the extent prac21 ticable, is within the Department of Homeland Security 

22 laboratory network with expertise in maritime security or 

23 by a maritime security university-based center within the 

24 Department of Homeland Security centers of excellence net25 work. 


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1 (b) CONTENTS.—The comprehensive assessment shall 

2 include— 

3 (1) an evaluation of the extent to which the pro4 gram, as implemented, addresses known or likely se5 curity risks in the maritime environment; 

6 (2) an evaluation of the extent to which defi7 ciencies identified by the Comptroller General have 

8 been addressed; and 

9 (3) a cost-benefit analysis of the program, as im10 plemented. 

11 (c) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN; PROGRAM RE12 FORMS.—Not later than 60 days after the Secretary submits 

13 the assessment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall sub14 mit a corrective action plan to the Committee on Homeland 

15 Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

16 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

17 that responds to the assessment under subsection (b). The 

18 corrective action plan shall include an implementation 

19 plan with benchmarks, may include programmatic reforms, 

20 revisions to regulations, or proposals for legislation, and 

21 shall be considered in any rule making by the Department 

22 relating to the transportation security card program. 

23 (d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later than 

24 120 days after the Secretary issues the corrective action 

25 plan under subsection (c), the Comptroller General shall— 


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1 (1) review the extent to which such plan imple2 ments— 

3 (A) recommendations issued by the national 

4 laboratory or maritime security university-based 

5 center, as applicable, in the assessment submitted 

6 under subsection (a); and 

7 (B) recommendations issued by the Comp8 troller General before the enactment of this Act; 

9 and 

10 (2) inform the Committee on Homeland Security 

11 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

12 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

13 as to the responsiveness of such plan to such rec14 ommendations. 

15 (e) TRANSPORTATION SECURITY CARD READER

16 RULE.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 

18 Security may not issue a final rule requiring the use 

19 of transportation security card readers until— 

20 (A) the Comptroller General informs the 

21 Committees on Homeland Security of the House 

22 of Representatives and Commerce, Science and 

23 Transportation of the Senate that the submission 

24 under subsection (a) is responsive to the rec25 ommendations of the Comptroller General; and 


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1 (B) the Secretary issues an updated list of 

2 transportation security card readers that are 

3 compatible with active transportation security 

4 cards. 

5 (2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—Paragraph 

6 (1) shall not apply with respect to any final rule 

7 issued pursuant to the notice of proposed rulemaking 

8 on Transportation Worker Identification Credential 

9 (TWIC)-Reader Requirements published by the Coast 

10 Guard on March 22, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 17781) 

11 (f) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OVERSIGHT.—Not less 

12 than 18 months after the date of the issuance of the correc13 tive action plan under subsection (c), and every six months 

14 thereafter during the 3-year period following the date of the 

15 issuance of the first report under this subsection, the Comp16 troller General shall report to the Committee on Homeland 

17 Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

18 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

19 regarding implementation of the corrective action plan. 


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Union Calendar No. 394 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3202 

[Report No. 113–528] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

other purposes. the transportation security card program, and for prepare a comprehensive security assessment of 

JULY 17, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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