I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 855 
To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled veterans, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2021 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. 
BIGGS, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mrs. 
HARSHBARGER, Mr. CARL, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. RODGERS of Wash-
ington, Mr. KELLER, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. CORREA, Mr. KELLY of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. LAMB, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, 
Mr. PENCE, and Mr. GALLAGHER) 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 de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled 
veterans, 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 ‘‘Veterans Expedited 
TSA Screening Safe Travel Act’’ or the ‘‘VETS Safe 
Travel Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO CER-
TAIN SEVERELY INJURED OR DISABLED VET-
ERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44927 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY
OF PRECHECK PROGRAM
TO 
CERTAIN
SEVERELY
INJURED
OR
DISABLED
VET-
ERANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A veteran described in 
paragraph (2) is eligible for security screening under 
the PreCheck Program under section 44919 at no 
cost to the veteran if the veteran is able to meet the 
background check and other security requirements 
for participation in the program. 
‘‘(2) VETERANS
DESCRIBED.—A veteran de-
scribed in this paragraph is a veteran who— 
‘‘(A) is enrolled in the patient enrollment 
system of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
established and operated under section 1705 of 
title 38, United States Code; 
‘‘(B) has— 
‘‘(i) lost, or lost use of, a limb; 
‘‘(ii) become paralyzed or partially 
paralyzed; or 
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‘‘(iii) incurred permanent blindness; 
and 
‘‘(C) as a result of a loss, paralyzation or 
partial paralyzation, or blindness described in 
subparagraph (B), requires the use of a wheel-
chair, prosthetic limb, or other assistive device 
to aid with mobility.’’. 
(b) COORDINATION ON IMPLEMENTATION.—The Ad-
ministrator of the Transportation Security Administration 
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly— 
(1) develop and implement a process under 
which a veteran described in paragraph (2) of sub-
section (g) of section 44927 of title 49, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), can receive 
the benefits under such subsection by not later than 
one year after the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) provide to Congress a briefing on the status 
of implementing the process required by paragraph 
(1) by not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. OUTREACH FOR DISABLED VETERANS ON AVAIL-
ABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY AD-
MINISTRATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs and the Administrator of the Transportation Secu-
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rity Administration shall develop and implement a process 
under which the Secretary provides to disabled veterans 
effective outreach about Transportation Security Adminis-
tration programs designed to improve the screening proc-
ess for passengers with disabilities. 
(b) FURTHER ENHANCEMENTS TO EASE AIR TRAV-
EL FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS AND OTHER DISABLED 
VETERANS.—Notwithstanding section 3501 et seq. of title 
44, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Pa-
perwork Reduction Act’’), or any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administra-
tion, shall— 
(1) engage appropriate veterans service organi-
zations and other relevant organizations, as appro-
priate, to assess the awareness of veterans of rel-
evant Transportation Security Administration pro-
grams; and 
(2) examine the need and feasibility of other 
measures to improve travel security procedures for 
disabled veterans. 
(c) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs and the Administrator of 
Transportation Security Administration shall jointly pro-
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vide to Congress a briefing on the status of the implemen-
tation of subsections (a) and (b). 
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