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Union Calendar No. 167 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2843 

[Report No. 114–221] 

To require certain improvements in the Transportation Security Administration’s PreCheck expedited screening program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 19, 2015 

Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. ROGERS of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

JULY 22, 2015 

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 June 19, 2015] 


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To require certain improvements in the Transportation Security Administration’s PreCheck expedited screening 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 ‘‘TSA PreCheck Expan5 sion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis9 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor10 tation Security Administration. 

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

12 means the Department of Homeland Security. 

13 (3) TSA.—The term ‘‘TSA’’ means the Trans14 portation Security Administration. 

15 SEC. 3. ENROLLMENT EXPANSION. 

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

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

18 publish PreCheck application enrollment standards to add 

19 multiple private sector application capabilities for the TSA 

20 PreCheck program to increase the public’s enrollment access 

21 to such program, including standards that allow the use 

22 of secure technologies, including online enrollment, kiosks, 

23 tablets, or staffed laptop stations at which individuals can 

24 apply for entry into such program. 


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1 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—Upon publication of the 

2 PreCheck program application enrollment standards pursu3 ant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall— 

4 (1) coordinate with interested parties to deploy 

5 TSA-approved ready-to-market private sector solu6 tions that meet the TSA PreCheck application enroll7 ment standards described in paragraph (1), make 

8 available additional PreCheck enrollment capabilities, 

9 and offer secure online and mobile enrollment oppor10 tunities; 

11 (2) partner with the private sector to collect bio12 graphic and biometric identification information via 

13 kiosks, mobile devices, or other mobile enrollment 

14 platforms to reduce the number of instances in which 

15 passengers need to travel to enrollment centers; 

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

17 other mobile enrollment platforms referred to in para18 graph (3) are certified as secure and not vulnerable 

19 to data breaches; 

20 (4) ensure that any biometric and biographic in21 formation is collected in a manner which ensures pri22 vacy and data security protections, including that 

23 applicants’ personally identifiable information is 

24 handled only by individuals who have been properly 

25 vetted; 


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1 (5) ensure that an individual who wants to en2 roll in the PreCheck program and has started an ap3 plication with a single identification verification at 

4 one location will be able to save such individual’s ap5 plication on any kiosk, personal computer, mobile de6 vice, or other mobile enrollment platform and be able 

7 to return within a reasonable time to submit a second 

8 identification verification; and 

9 (6) ensure that any enrollment expansion using 

10 a private sector risk assessment instead of a finger11 print-based criminal history records check is be deter12 mined, by the Administrator, to be equivalent to a 

13 fingerprint-based criminal history records check con14 ducted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

15 (c) MARKETING OF PRECHECK PROGRAM.—Upon 

16 publication of PreCheck program application enrollment 

17 standards pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator 

18 shall— 

19 (1) in accordance with the standards described 

20 in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), develop and im21 plement— 

22 (A) a process, including an associated time23 frame, for approving private sector marketing of 

24 the TSA PreCheck program; and 


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1 (B) a strategy for partnering with the pri2 vate sector to encourage enrollment in such pro3 gram; and 

4 (2) submit to Congress a report on any PreCheck 

5 fees collected in excess of the costs of administering 

6 such program, including recommendations for using 

7 such amounts to support marketing of such program 

8 under this subsection. 

9 (d) IDENTITY VERIFICATION ENHANCEMENT.—Not 

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

11 Act, the Administrator shall— 

12 (1) coordinate with the heads of appropriate 

13 components of the Department to leverage Depart14 ment-held data and technologies to verify the citizen15 ship of individuals enrolling in the TSA PreCheck 

16 program; and 

17 (2) partner with the private sector to use ad18 vanced biometrics and NIST 800–63–2 identity 

19 proofing standards to facilitate enrollment in such 

20 program. 

21 (e) PRECHECK LANE OPERATION.—The Adminis22 trator shall— 

23 (1) ensure that TSA PreCheck screening lanes 

24 are open and available during peak and high-volume 


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1 travel times at airports to individuals enrolled in the 

2 PreCheck program; and 

3 (2) make every practicable effort to provide expe4 dited screening at standard screening lanes during 

5 times when PreCheck screening lanes are closed to in6 dividuals enrolled in such program in order to main7 tain operational efficiency. 

8 (f) VETTING FOR PRECHECK PARTICIPANTS.—Not 

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

10 Act, the Administrator shall initiate an assessment of the 

11 security vulnerabilities in the vetting process for the 

12 PreCheck program that includes an evaluation of whether 

13 subjecting PreCheck participants to recurrent fingerprint14 based criminal history records checks, in addition to recur15 rent checks against the terrorist watchlist, could be done in 

16 a cost-effective manner to strengthen the security of the 

17 PreCheck program. 


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Union Calendar No. 167 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2843 

[Report No. 114–221] 

A BILL 

To require certain improvements in the Transpordited screening program, and for other purposes. tation Security Administration’s PreCheck expeJULY 22, 2015 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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