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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1703 
To direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration 
to prohibit the use of certain identification documents at airport security 
checkpoints, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2023 
Mr. GOODEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. VAN 
DREW, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. BABIN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mrs. MILLER of Illi-
nois, Mr. VAN ORDEN, and Mr. MANN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration to prohibit the use of certain identifica-
tion documents at airport security checkpoints, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening En-
forcement and Criminalizing Unlawful Records Enabling 
Flights Act’’ or the ‘‘SECURE Flights Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS AT AIR-
PORT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS; NOTIFICA-
TION TO IMMIGRATION AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may not ac-
cept as valid proof of identification a prohibited identifica-
tion document at an airport security checkpoint. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO IMMIGRATION AGENCIES.—If 
an individual presents a prohibited identification docu-
ment to an officer of the Transportation Security Admin-
istration at an airport security checkpoint, the Adminis-
trator shall promptly notify the Director of U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement, the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection, and the head of the ap-
propriate local law enforcement agency to determine 
whether the individual is in violation of any term of release 
from the custody of any such agency. 
(c) ENTRY INTO STERILE AREAS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), if an individual is found to be in violation 
of any term of release under subsection (b), the Ad-
ministrator shall not permit such individual to enter 
a sterile area. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—An individual presenting a 
prohibited identification document under this section 
may enter a sterile area if the individual— 
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(A) is leaving the United States for the 
purposes of removal or deportation; or 
(B) presents a covered identification docu-
ment. 
SEC. 3. COLLECTION OF BIOMETRIC INFORMATION FROM 
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS SEEKING ENTRY INTO 
THE STERILE AREA OF AN AIRPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall collect biometric information from an in-
dividual described in subsection (b) prior to authorizing 
such individual to enter into a sterile area. 
(b) INDIVIDUAL
DESCRIBED.—An individual de-
scribed in this subsection is an individual who— 
(1) is seeking entry into the sterile area of an 
airport; 
(2) does not present a covered identification 
document; and 
(3) the Administrator cannot verify is a na-
tional of the United States. 
(c) PARTICIPATION IN IDENT.—Beginning not later 
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, shall submit biometric data collected 
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