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Union Calendar No. 160 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3356 

[Report No. 116–203, Part I] 

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

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 19, 2019 

Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. 

PENCE, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. 

LAMALFA, and Mr. WALTZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BAIRD, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BISHOP of 

Georgia, Mr. YOHO, Mr. OLSON, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. PERRY, Mr. 

GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. CORREA, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. PAPPAS, 

Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. 

TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KELLER, Mr. POSEY, 

Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Mr. CISNEROS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. JOHNSON

of South Dakota, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. LAMB, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. BROWN

of Maryland, and Mr. WITTMAN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of 

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


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A BILL 

To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled 

veterans, 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 ‘‘Veterans Expedited 

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

6 Travel Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO CER8 TAIN SEVERELY INJURED OR DISABLED VET9 ERANS. 

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

11 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO

14 CERTAIN SEVERELY INJURED OR DISABLED VET15 ERANS.— 

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

17 paragraph (2) is eligible for security screening under 

18 the PreCheck Program under section 44919 at no 

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

20 background check and other security requirements 

21 for participation in the program. 

22 ‘‘(2) VETERANS DESCRIBED.—A veteran de23 scribed in this paragraph is— 

24 ‘‘(A) a veteran determined by the Sec25 retary of Veterans Affairs— 


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1 ‘‘(i) to have had a loss, or loss of use, 

2 of a limb, or to have become paralyzed or 

3 partially paralyzed; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) as a result of that loss or para5 lyzation, to require the use of a wheelchair, 

6 prosthetic, or other assistive device to aid 

7 with mobility; or 

8 ‘‘(B) a veteran determined by the Sec9 retary of Veterans Affairs to have incurred per10 manent blindness.’’. 

11 (b) COORDINATION ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 

12 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

13 the administrator of the Transportation Security Adminis14 tration and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall joint15 ly— 

16 (1) develop and implement a process for pro17 viding the Transportation Security Administration 

18 with access to the data needed to validate the eligi19 bility of a veteran for the PreCheck Program under 

20 section 44927(g) of title 49, United States Code, as 

21 added by subsection (a); and 

22 (2) submit to Congress a report on the status 

23 of implementing the process required by paragraph 

24 (1). 


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Union Calendar No. 160 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3356 

[Report No. 116–203, Part I] 

A BILL 

To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or 

disabled veterans, and for other purposes. 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS