report entitled ‘‘Allegation of Granting Expedited 
Screening through TSA PreCheck Improperly’’, in 
which the Inspector General determined that the 
Transportation Security Administration granted ex-
pedited security screening at a PreCheck security 
lane to a passenger who had served time in prison 
for felonies committed as a member of a domestic 
terrorist group and who was not a participant in the 
PreCheck program. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION; PRECHECK OPERATIONS MAINTAINED; 
ALTERNATE METHODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration shall direct 
that access to expedited airport security screening at an 
airport security checkpoint be limited to only the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A passenger who voluntarily submits bio-
graphic and biometric information for a security risk 
assessment and whose application for the PreCheck 
program has been approved, or a passenger who is 
a participant in another trusted traveler program of 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
(2) A passenger traveling pursuant to section 
44903 of title 49, United States Code (as estab-
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lished under the Risk-Based Security for Members 
of the Armed Forces Act (Public Law 112–86)), sec-
tion 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) A passenger who did not voluntarily submit 
biographic and biometric information for a security 
risk assessment but is a member of a population 
designated by the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration as known and low- 
risk and who may be issued a unique, known trav-
eler number by the Administrator determining that 
such passenger is a member of a category of trav-
elers designated by the Administrator as known and 
low-risk. 
(4) A passenger who is— 
(A) 75 years old or older; or 
(B) 12 years old or under and is traveling 
with a parent or guardian who is a participant 
in the PreCheck program. 
(b) PRECHECK OPERATIONS MAINTAINED.—In car-
rying out subsection (a), the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration shall ensure that expe-
dited airport security screening remains available to pas-
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sengers at or above the level that exists on the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) ALTERNATE METHODS.—The Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration may provide 
access to expedited airport security screening to additional 
passengers pursuant to an alternate method upon the sub-
mission to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of an 
independent assessment of the security effectiveness of 
such alternate method that is conducted by an inde-
pendent entity that determines that such alternate method 
is designed to— 
(1) reliably and effectively identify passengers 
who likely pose a low risk to the United States avia-
tion system; 
(2) mitigate the likelihood that a passenger who 
may pose a security threat to the United States 
aviation system is selected for expedited security 
screening; and 
(3) address known and evolving security risks 
to the United States aviation system. 
(d) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration shall provide 
to the entity conducting the independent assessment under 
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subsection (c) effectiveness testing results that are con-
sistent with established evaluation design practices, as 
identified by the Comptroller General of the United 
States. 
SEC. 4. REPORTING. 
Not later than three months after the date of the en-
actment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration shall 
report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the 
percentage of all passengers who are provided expedited 
security screening, and of such passengers so provided, the 
percentage who are participants in the PreCheck program 
(who have voluntarily submitted biographic and biometric 
information for security risk assessments), the percentage 
who are participants in another trusted traveler program 
of the Department of Homeland Security, the percentage 
who are participants in the PreCheck program due to the 
Administrator’s issuance of known traveler numbers, and 
for the remaining percentage of passengers granted access 
to expedited security screening in PreCheck security lanes, 
information on the percentages attributable to each alter-
native method utilized by the Transportation Security Ad-
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ministration to direct passengers to expedited airport se-
curity screening at PreCheck security lanes. 
SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to— 
(1) authorize or direct the Administrator of the 
Transportation Administration to reduce or limit the 
availability of expedited security screening at an air-
port; or 
(2) limit the authority of the Administrator to 
use technologies and systems, including passenger 
screening canines and explosives trace detection, as 
a part of security screening operations. 
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