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Union Calendar No. 725 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5840 

[Report No. 118–888] 

To require the Transportation Security Administration to streamline the enrollment processes for individuals applying for a Transportation Security 

Administration security threat assessment for certain programs, including 

the Transportation Worker Identification Credential and Hazardous Materials Endorsement Threat Assessment programs of the Administration, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 

Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. TITUS, 

Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. CARBAJAL, and Mr. GUEST) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

DECEMBER 17, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. HINSON, Mrs. WATSON

COLEMAN, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. GARAMENDI, 

Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. 

BOST, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. 

COHEN, Mr. EZELL, Mr. MAST, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, Mr. 

LUTTRELL, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. SIMPSON, 

Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. GARBARINO, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. MANN, Mr. BUCSHON, Mrs. PELTOLA, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. 

SUOZZI, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, 

Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. COLLINS, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mrs. MILLERMEEKS, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 

RUIZ, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. TRONE, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. 

FINSTAD, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. PEREZ, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, 

Ms. CARAVEO, Mr. RULLI, Ms. SCHRIER, and Mr. HUDSON


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DECEMBER 17, 2024 

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 29, 2023] 

A BILL 

To require the Transportation Security Administration to 

streamline the enrollment processes for individuals applying for a Transportation Security Administration security 

threat assessment for certain programs, including the 

Transportation Worker Identification Credential and 

Hazardous Materials Endorsement Threat Assessment 

programs of the Administration, 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 ‘‘Transportation Security 

5 Screening Modernization Act of 2024’’. 

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) HAZMAT ENDORSEMENT.—The term 

12 ‘‘HAZMAT Endorsement’’ means the Hazardous Ma13 terials Endorsement Threat Assessment program au14 thorized under section 5103a of title 49, United States 

15 Code. 

16 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 

17 several States, the District of Columbia, and the terri18 tories and possessions of the United States. 

19 (4) TSA.—The term ‘‘TSA’’ means the Trans20 portation Security Administration. 

21 (5) TWIC.—The term ‘‘TWIC’’ means the Trans22 portation Worker Identification Credential authorized 

23 under section 70105 of title 46, United States Code. 


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1 SEC. 3. STREAMLINING OF APPLICATIONS FOR CERTAIN SE2 CURITY THREAT ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS OF 

3 THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINIS4 TRATION. 

5 (a) STREAMLINING.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis8 trator shall take such actions as are necessary, includ9 ing issuance of an interim final rule if needed, to 

10 streamline the procedures for individuals applying for 

11 or renewing enrollment in more than one TSA secu12 rity threat assessment program, in particular, the 

13 TWIC and HAZMAT Endorsement programs, and 

14 any other credentialing programs as determined by 

15 the Administrator, by— 

16 (A) permitting an individual to enroll at 

17 any TSA authorized enrollment center once for a 

18 threat assessment program endorsement and use 

19 the application, including associated biometric 

20 and biographic data, as well as information gen21 erated by TSA’s vetting, for one of such pro22 grams to enroll in any other of such programs; 

23 (B) permitting an individual to visit any 

24 TSA authorized enrollment center and enroll in 

25 more than one TSA security threat assessment 

26 program at the same time for a fee that is less 


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1 than the cumulative fee that would otherwise be 

2 incurred for each such program separately; 

3 (C) permitting an individual to undergo a 

4 streamlined and expeditious renewal process; 

5 (D) aligning the expiration of an individ6 ual’s successful, valid eligibility determination 

7 with the expiration of that individual’s eligi8 bility to participate in subsequent TSA security 

9 threat assessment programs to which the indi10 vidual applies; 

11 (E) providing to States the expiration dates 

12 for each individual’s TSA security threat assess13 ment to ensure a commercial driver’s license of 

14 an individual who holds a HAZMAT Endorse15 ment does not indicate the individual is author16 ized to transport hazardous materials after the 

17 expiration date of the enrollment of the indi18 vidual in the HAZMAT Endorsement security 

19 threat assessment program if such commercial 

20 driver’s license has an expiration date that is 

21 different from the expiration date of such enroll22 ment; and 

23 (F) enrolling an individual in a subsequent 

24 TSA security threat assessment program at the 

25 minimum cost necessary for the TSA to cover 


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1 printing, issuance, and case management costs, 

2 costs associated with the collection of any addi3 tional biometric and biographic data in accord4 ance with paragraph (3), and other costs that 

5 are not duplicative. 

6 (2) STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR STREAM7 LINING.—Not later than 6 months after the date of the 

8 enactment of this Act, the States shall carry out the 

9 responsibilities of the States pursuant to section 

10 5103a of title 49, United States Code. 

11 (3) SPECIAL RULE.—If an individual under this 

12 subsection is at different times applying for or renew13 ing enrollment in more than one TSA security threat 

14 assessment program, such individual may be required 

15 to revisit a TSA authorized enrollment center for the 

16 collection of additional data, such as biometrics, nec17 essary for any such program that were not so collected 

18 in connection with any other such program. 

19 (b) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator shall post on a 

20 publicly available website of the TSA information relating 

21 to the streamlining of the enrollment processes for individ22 uals applying for more than one TSA security threat assess23 ment program described in subsection (a). 

24 (c) EXPEDITED RULEMAKING.—Notwithstanding sec25 tions 551 through 559 of title 5, United States Code, nothVerDate Sep 11 2014 08:03 Dec 18, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H5840.RH H5840

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1 ing in this section shall require notice and comment rule2 making, and to the extent it is necessary to add additional 

3 requirements for which limited rulemaking may be advis4 able, the Administrator shall implement such requirements 

5 through publication of an interim final rule. 

6 (d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall brief 

8 Congress on progress made toward the implementation of 

9 this section. 

10 SEC. 4. ELIMINATING DUPLICATIVE COSTS. 

11 (a) AUDIT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

12 the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

13 United States shall audit the administration of the security 

14 threat assessment programs by the TSA and the States, in15 cluding the TWIC and HAZMAT Endorsement programs. 

16 (b) ELEMENTS.— 

17 (1) TSA AUDIT.—In conducting the audit of the 

18 TSA required by subsection (a), the Comptroller Gen19 eral shall— 

20 (A) identify any redundancies and duplica21 tions in costs and administration of security 

22 threat assessment programs that if eliminated 

23 would not impact national security and any 

24 benefits of eliminating such redundancies and 

25 duplications and improving the experiences for 


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1 individuals applying for or renewing enrollment 

2 in more than one TSA security threat assessment 

3 program; 

4 (B) review the impacts of the implementa5 tion by the TSA of recommendations from pre6 vious studies conducted by the Comptroller Gen7 eral, including GAO-07-756 and GAO-17-182, on 

8 increasing the efficiency and effectiveness, and 

9 reducing costs, of processing applications for en10 rollment and renewal in TSA security threat as11 sessment programs; 

12 (C) review the findings of the assessment re13 quired by section 1(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 

14 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

15 prepare a comprehensive security assessment of 

16 the transportation security card program, and 

17 for other purposes’’, approved December 16, 2016 

18 (46 U.S.C. 70105 note; Public Law 114–278) 

19 and determine whether the TSA has implemented 

20 any remedies to redundancies and duplication 

21 identified by that assessment and whether such 

22 implementation impacted national security; 

23 (D) determine whether there are unique 

24 challenges rural applicants have with accessing 

25 TSA security threat assessment programs; 


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1 (E) assess the numbers and locations of en2 rollment centers for meeting the needs of such 

3 programs, including determining the access pro4 vided to rural applicants; 

5 (F) identify potential opportunities that 

6 exist to improve the enrollment center operations 

7 of and customer experience with such programs; 

8 (G) identify potential opportunities to har9 monize the enrollment, vetting, and renewal 

10 processes of such programs in which similar in11 formation is collected for similar security threat 

12 assessment processes for different vetted creden13 tials while not impacting national security; 

14 (H) identify other ways the TSA can reduce 

15 the costs of the TSA security threat assessment 

16 programs while not impacting national security; 

17 and 

18 (I) review the vetting, application, and en19 rollment processes of each TSA security threat 

20 assessment program. 

21 (2) STATE AUDIT.—In conducting the audit of 

22 the States required by subsection (a), the Comptroller 

23 General shall review— 

24 (A) the administration of the HAZMAT 

25 Endorsement program by the States; 


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1 (B) methods by which the States could 

2 streamline the HAZMAT Endorsement program; 

3 and 

4 (C) any potential barriers States face ad5 ministering TSA security threat assessment pro6 grams for individuals applying to TWIC and the 

7 HAZMAT Endorsement program or individuals 

8 that already have a TWIC credential. 

9 (c) REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 

10 180 days after the date of the completion of the audit re11 quired by subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the 

12 United States shall submit to the Administrator, the Com13 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

14 Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

15 House of Representatives a report that includes— 

16 (1) a summary and analysis of the costs associ17 ated with the operation and administration of each 

18 individual TSA security threat assessment program; 

19 (2) a summary and analysis of the application 

20 and enrollment costs associated with providing an in21 dividual multiple credentials under TSA security 

22 threat assessment programs; 

23 (3) an identification of any potential duplicative 

24 processes associated with an applicant applying for, 

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1 vidual in, a subsequent or multiple TSA security 

2 threat assessment programs; 

3 (4) a breakdown of costs borne by applicants for 

4 current enrollment and renewal processes of such pro5 grams; 

6 (5) ways to improve access to such programs, in7 cluding for rural applicants; 

8 (6) any potential recommendations to the TSA 

9 for reducing costs and streamlining the administra10 tion and operation of each TSA security threat assess11 ment program while not impacting national security; 

12 (7) any potential recommendations for the TSA 

13 to administer such programs in a way that would 

14 improve national security; and 

15 (8) any potential recommendations for ways 

16 States can improve their role in administering the 

17 HAZMAT Endorsement program and streamline the 

18 application process or reduce costs for individuals 

19 seeking multiple transportation security credentials. 

20 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

22 the date of the receipt of the report required by sub23 section (c), the Administrator shall— 

24 (A) implement the recommendations from 

25 such report; 


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1 (B) provide to the Committee on Commerce, 

2 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 

3 the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

4 House of Representatives a written notification 

5 detailing— 

6 (i) the timeline for implementation of 

7 each recommendation from the report; 

8 (ii) justifications for any implementa9 tion timeline lasting longer than 2 years; 

10 and 

11 (iii) justifications for recommendations 

12 that the Administrator has declined to pur13 sue or implement. 

14 (2) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 60 days after 

15 the date of the receipt of the report required by sub16 section (c), and annually thereafter until the date 

17 that the TSA has implemented each recommendation 

18 made in such report, the Administrator shall brief the 

19 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor20 tation of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 

21 Security of the House of Representatives on the imple22 mentation of recommendations from the report. 


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Union Calendar No. 725 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5840 

[Report No. 118–888] 

A BILL 

To require the Transportation Security Administraother purposes. ment programs of the Administration, and for ardous Materials Endorsement Threat Assess- tation Worker Identification Credential and Haz- for certain programs, including the Transpor- rity Administration security threat assessment individuals applying for a Transportation Secu- tion to streamline the enrollment processes for 

DECEMBER 17, 2024 

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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