(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— 
(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-
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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 
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 
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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— 
(A) in accordance with such standards, de-
velop and implement— 
(i) a process, including an associated 
timeframe, for approving private sector 
marketing of the TSA PreCheck program; 
and 
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(ii) a strategy for partnering with the 
private sector to encourage enrollment in 
such program; and 
(B) submit to Congress a report on any 
PreCheck fees collected in excess of the costs of 
administering such program, including rec-
ommendations for using such amounts to sup-
port marketing of such program under this sub-
section. 
(4) IDENTITY VERIFICATION ENHANCEMENT.— 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator shall— 
(A) coordinate with the heads of appro-
priate components of the Department to lever-
age Department-held data and technologies to 
verify the citizenship of individuals enrolling in 
the TSA PreCheck program; and 
(B) partner with the private sector to use 
advanced biometrics and standards comparable 
with National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology standards to facilitate enrollment in 
such program. 
(5) PRECHECK LANE OPERATION.—The Admin-
istrator shall— 
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(A) ensure that TSA PreCheck screening 
lanes are open and available during peak and 
high-volume travel times at airports to individ-
uals enrolled in the PreCheck program; and 
(B) make every practicable effort to pro-
vide expedited screening at standard screening 
lanes during times when PreCheck screening 
lanes are closed to individuals enrolled in such 
program in order to maintain operational effi-
ciency. 
(6) VETTING FOR PRECHECK PARTICIPANTS.— 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator shall initiate an 
assessment of the security vulnerabilities in the vet-
ting process for the PreCheck program that includes 
an evaluation of whether subjecting PreCheck par-
ticipants to recurrent fingerprint-based criminal his-
tory records checks, in addition to recurrent checks 
against the terrorist watchlist, could be done in a 
cost-effective manner to strengthen the security of 
the PreCheck program. 
SEC. 102. PRECHECK AND GENERAL PASSENGER BIOMET-
RIC IDENTIFICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall con-
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