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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2280 

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

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2021 

Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. PORTMAN, 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: 

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— 

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

24 ‘‘(ii) become paralyzed or partially 

25 paralyzed; or 


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1 ‘‘(iii) incurred permanent blindness; 

2 and 

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

4 partial paralyzation, or blindness described in 

5 subparagraph (B), requires the use of a wheel6 chair, prosthetic limb, or other assistive device 

7 to aid with mobility.’’. 

8 (b) COORDINATION ON IMPLEMENTATION.—The Ad9 ministrator of the Transportation Security Administration 

10 and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly— 

11 (1) develop and implement a process under 

12 which a veteran described in paragraph (2) of sub13 section (g) of section 44927 of title 49, United 

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

15 the benefits under such subsection by not later than 

16 one year after the date of the enactment of this Act; 

17 and 

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

19 of implementing the process required by paragraph 

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

21 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 subchapter I of chapter 35 

14 of title 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as 

15 the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’), or any other provision 

16 of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination 

17 with the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad18 ministration, 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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