ment standards pursuant to paragraph (1), the Ad-
ministrator 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 
(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 enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall— 
(A) coordinate with the heads of appro-
priate components of the Department to leverage 
Department-held data and technologies to verify 
the citizenship of individuals enrolling in the 
TSA PreCheck program; and 
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(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 Adminis-
trator shall— 
(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 provide 
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 efficiency. 
(6) VETTING
FOR
PRECHECK
PARTICIPANTS.— 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall initiate an assess-
ment of the security vulnerabilities in the vetting 
process for the PreCheck program that includes an 
evaluation of whether subjecting PreCheck partici-
pants to recurrent fingerprint-based criminal history 
records checks, in addition to recurrent checks against 
the terrorist watchlist, could be done in a cost-effective 
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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-
duct a pilot project to establish a secure, automated, biomet-
ric-based system at airports to verify the identity of pas-
sengers who are members of TSA PreCheck. Such system 
shall— 
(1) reduce the need for security screening per-
sonnel to perform travel document verification for in-
dividuals enrolled in TSA PreCheck; 
(2) reduce the average wait time of individuals 
enrolled in TSA PreCheck; 
(3) reduce overall operating expenses of the Ad-
ministration; 
(4) be integrated with the Administration’s 
watch list and trusted traveler matching program; 
(5) be integrated with other checkpoint tech-
nologies to further facilitate risk-based passenger 
screening at the checkpoint, to the extent practicable 
and consistent with security standards; and 
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(6) consider capabilities and policies of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection’s Global Entry Pro-
gram, as appropriate. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF SCREENING SYSTEM
FOR 
CERTAIN PASSENGERS.—Section 44901 of title 49, United 
States Code is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (l) 
as subsections (d) through (m), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT
OF SCREENING SYSTEM
FOR 
CERTAIN PASSENGERS.—Not later than December 31, 2017, 
in accordance with the requirements of the Transportation 
Security Administration Reform and Improvement Act of 
2015, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration shall establish a secure, automated system at 
all large hub airports for verifying travel and identity docu-
ments of passengers who are not members of the Adminis-
tration’s risk-based aviation passenger screening program, 
known as ‘TSA PreCheck’. Such system shall— 
‘‘(1) assess the need for security screening per-
sonnel to perform travel document verification for 
such passengers, thereby assessing the overall number 
of such screening personnel; 
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‘‘(2) assess the average wait time of such pas-
sengers; 
‘‘(3) assess overall operating expenses of the Ad-
ministration; 
‘‘(4) be integrated with the Administration’s 
watch list matching program; and 
‘‘(5) be integrated with other checkpoint tech-
nologies to further facilitate risk-based passenger 
screening at the checkpoint, to the extent practicable 
and consistent with security standards.’’. 
SEC. 103. LIMITATION; PRECHECK OPERATIONS MAIN-
TAINED; ALTERNATE METHODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(c), the Administrator shall direct that access to expedited 
airport security screening at an airport security checkpoint 
be limited to only the following: 
(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 or registered traveler 
program of the Department. 
(2) A passenger traveling pursuant to section 
44903 of title 49, United States Code (as established 
under the Risk-Based Security for Members of the 
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