IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3584 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To authorize, streamline, and identify efficiencies within the 
Transportation Security Administration, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Transportation Security Administration Reform and Im-
provement Act of 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; Table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—AVIATION SECURITY 
Sec. 101. TSA PreCheck. 
Sec. 102. PreCheck and general passenger biometric identification. 
Sec. 103. Limitation; PreCheck operations maintained; Alternate methods. 
Sec. 104. Secure Flight program. 
Sec. 105. Efficiency review by TSA. 
Sec. 106. Donation of screening equipment to protect the United States. 
Sec. 107. Review of sustained security directives. 
Sec. 108. Maintenance of security-related technology. 
Sec. 109. Vetting of aviation workers. 
Sec. 110. Aviation Security Advisory Committee consultation. 
Sec. 111. Private contractor canine evaluation and integration pilot program. 
Sec. 112. Covert testing at airports. 
Sec. 113. Training for transportation security officers. 
TITLE II—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY AND OTHER 
MATTERS 
Sec. 201. Surface Transportation Inspectors. 
Sec. 202. Inspector General audit; TSA Office of Inspection workforce certifi-
cation. 
Sec. 203. Repeal of biennial reporting requirement for the Government Ac-
countability Office relating to the Transportation Security In-
formation Sharing Plan. 
Sec. 204. Security training for frontline transportation workers. 
Sec. 205. Feasibility assessment. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATION; TSA.—The terms ‘‘Ad-
ministration’’ and ‘‘TSA’’ mean the Transportation 
Security Administration. 
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(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration. 
(3) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
(4) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Homeland Security. 
(5) 
SECURE
FLIGHT.—The 
term 
‘‘Secure 
Flight’’ means the Administration’s watchlist match-
ing program. 
TITLE I—AVIATION SECURITY 
SEC. 101. TSA PRECHECK. 
(a) TSA PRECHECK.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall— 
(1) ensure that all screening of passengers and 
their accessible property shall be conducted in a 
risk-based, intelligence-driven manner with consider-
ation given to the privacy and civil liberties of such 
passengers; and 
(2) operate a trusted passenger screening pro-
gram known as ‘‘TSA PreCheck’’ that provides ex-
pedited screening for low-risk passengers and their 
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accessible property based on a comprehensive and 
continuous analysis of factors specified in subsection 
(b). 
(b) FACTORS.—Factors referred to in subsection 
(a)(2) shall include the following: 
(1) Whether passengers described in such sub-
section are members of other trusted traveler pro-
grams of the Department. 
(2) Whether such passengers are traveling pur-
suant to subsection (m) of section 44903 of title 49, 
United States Code (as established under the Risk- 
Based Security for Members of the Armed Forces 
Act (Public Law 112–86)), section 44927 of such 
title (as established under the Helping Heroes Fly 
Act (Public Law 113–27)), or section 44928 of such 
title (as established under the Honor Flight Act 
(Public Law 113–221)). 
(3) Whether such passengers possess an active 
security clearance or other credential issued by the 
Federal Government for which TSA has conducted 
a written threat assessment and determined that 
such passengers present a low risk to transportation 
or national security. 
(4) Whether such passengers are members of a 
population for whom TSA has conducted a written 
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security threat assessment, determined that such 
population poses a low risk to transportation or na-
tional security, and has issued such passengers a 
known traveler number. 
(5) The ability of the Administration to verify 
such passengers’ identity and whether such pas-
sengers pose a risk to aviation security. 
(6) Threats to transportation or national secu-
rity as identified by the intelligence community and 
law enforcement community. 
(c) ENROLLMENT EXPANSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall publish PreCheck application enrollment 
standards to add multiple private sector application 
capabilities for the TSA PreCheck program to in-
crease the public’s enrollment access to such pro-
gram, including standards that allow the use of se-
cure technologies, including online enrollment, ki-
osks, tablets, or staffed computer stations at which 
individuals can apply for entry into such program. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Upon publication of the 
PreCheck program application enrollment standards 
pursuant to paragraph (1), the Administrator 
shall— 
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(A) coordinate with interested parties to 
deploy TSA-approved ready-to-market private 
sector solutions that meet the TSA PreCheck 
application enrollment standards described in 
paragraph 
(1), 
make 
available 
additional 
PreCheck enrollment capabilities, and offer se-
cure online and mobile enrollment opportuni-
ties; 
(B) partner with the private sector to col-
lect biographic and biometric identification in-
formation via kiosks, mobile devices, or other 
mobile enrollment platforms to reduce the num-
ber of instances in which passengers need to 
travel to enrollment centers; 
(C) ensure that the kiosks, mobile devices, 
or other mobile enrollment platforms referred to 
in subparagraph (E) are secure and not vulner-
able to data breaches; 
(D) ensure that any biometric and bio-
graphic information is collected in a manner 
which is comparable with the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology standards and en-
sures privacy and data security protections, in-
cluding that applicants’ personally identifiable 
information is collected, retained, used, and 
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shared in a manner consistent with section 
552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’), and 
agency regulations; 
(E) ensure that an individual who wants to 
enroll in the PreCheck program and has started 
an application with a single identification 
verification at one location will be able to save 
such individual’s application on any kiosk, per-
sonal computer, mobile device, or other mobile 
enrollment platform and be able to return with-
in a reasonable time to submit a second identi-
fication verification; and 
(F) ensure that any enrollment expansion 
using a private sector risk assessment instead 
of a fingerprint-based criminal history records 
check is determined, by the Secretary of Home-
land Security, to be equivalent to a fingerprint- 
based criminal history records check conducted 
through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(3) MARKETING
OF
PRECHECK
PROGRAM.— 
Upon publication of PreCheck program application 
enrollment standards pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
Administrator shall— 
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