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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2843 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2015 

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

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To require certain improvements in the Transportation Security Administration’s PreCheck expedited screening program, 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 ‘‘TSA PreCheck Expan3 sion Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis7 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor8 tation Security Administration. 

9 (2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

10 means the Department of Homeland Security. 

11 (3) TSA.—The term ‘‘TSA’’ means the Trans12 portation Security Administration. 

13 SEC. 3. ENROLLMENT EXPANSION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 

16 publish PreCheck application enrollment standards to add 

17 multiple private sector application capabilities for the TSA 

18 PreCheck program to increase the public’s enrollment ac19 cess to such program, including standards that allow the 

20 use of secure technologies, including online enrollment, ki21 osks, tablets, or staffed laptop stations at which individ22 uals can apply for entry into such program. 

23 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—Upon publication of the 

24 PreCheck program application enrollment standards pur25 suant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall— 


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1 (1) coordinate with interested parties to deploy 

2 TSA-approved ready-to-market private sector solu3 tions that meet the TSA PreCheck application en4 rollment standards described in paragraph (1), make 

5 available additional PreCheck enrollment capabili6 ties, and offer secure online and mobile enrollment 

7 opportunities; 

8 (2) partner with the private sector to collect 

9 biographic and biometric identification information 

10 via kiosks, mobile devices, or other mobile enroll11 ment platforms to reduce the number of instances in 

12 which passengers need to travel to enrollment cen13 ters; 

14 (3) ensure that the kiosks, mobile devices, or 

15 other mobile enrollment platforms referred to in 

16 paragraph (3) are certified as secure and not vulner17 able to data breaches; 

18 (4) ensure that any biometric and biographic 

19 information is collected in a manner which is com20 parable with the National Institute of Standards and 

21 Technology standards and ensures privacy and data 

22 security protections, including that applicants’ per23 sonally identifiable information is collected, retained, 

24 used, and shared in a manner consistent with sec25 tion 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly 


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1 known as ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’), and agency regu2 lations; 

3 (5) ensure that an individual who wants to en4 roll in the PreCheck program and has started an ap5 plication with a single identification verification at 

6 one location will be able to save such individual’s ap7 plication on any kiosk, personal computer, mobile 

8 device, or other mobile enrollment platform and be 

9 able to return within a reasonable time to submit a 

10 second identification verification; and 

11 (6) ensure that any enrollment expansion using 

12 a private sector risk assessment instead of a finger13 print-based criminal history records check is deter14 mined, by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to be 

15 equivalent to a fingerprint-based criminal history 

16 records check conducted through the Federal Bu17 reau of Investigation. 

18 (c) MARKETING OF PRECHECK PROGRAM.—Upon 

19 publication of PreCheck program application enrollment 

20 standards pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator 

21 shall— 

22 (1) in accordance with the standards described 

23 in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), develop and im24 plement— 


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1 (A) a process, including an associated 

2 timeframe, for approving private sector mar3 keting of the TSA PreCheck program; and 

4 (B) a strategy for partnering with the pri5 vate sector to encourage enrollment in such pro6 gram; and 

7 (2) submit to Congress a report on any 

8 PreCheck fees collected in excess of the costs of ad9 ministering such program, including recommenda10 tions for using such amounts to support marketing 

11 of such program under this subsection. 

12 (d) IDENTITY VERIFICATION ENHANCEMENT.—Not 

13 later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

14 Act, the Administrator shall— 

15 (1) coordinate with the heads of appropriate 

16 components of the Department to leverage Depart17 ment-held data and technologies to verify the citizen18 ship of individuals enrolling in the TSA PreCheck 

19 program; and 

20 (2) partner with the private sector to use ad21 vanced biometrics and standards comparable with 

22 National Institute of Standards and Technology 

23 standards to facilitate enrollment in such program. 

24 (e) PRECHECK LANE OPERATION.—The Adminis25 trator shall— 


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1 (1) ensure that TSA PreCheck screening lanes 

2 are open and available during peak and high-volume 

3 travel times at airports to individuals enrolled in the 

4 PreCheck program; and 

5 (2) make every practicable effort to provide ex6 pedited screening at standard screening lanes during 

7 times when PreCheck screening lanes are closed to 

8 individuals enrolled in such program in order to 

9 maintain operational efficiency. 

10 (f) VETTING FOR PRECHECK PARTICIPANTS.—Not 

11 later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

12 Act, the Administrator shall initiate an assessment of the 

13 security vulnerabilities in the vetting process for the 

14 PreCheck program that includes an evaluation of whether 

15 subjecting PreCheck participants to recurrent fingerprint16 based criminal history records checks, in addition to recur17 rent checks against the terrorist watchlist, could be done 

18 in a cost-effective manner to strengthen the security of 

19 the PreCheck program. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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