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Union Calendar No. 725 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5840 
[Report No. 118–888] 
To require the Transportation Security Administration to streamline the en-
rollment processes for individuals applying for a Transportation Security 
Administration security threat assessment for certain programs, including 
the Transportation Worker Identification Credential and Hazardous Ma-
terials Endorsement Threat Assessment programs of the Administration, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 
Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. TITUS, 
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. CARBAJAL, and Mr. GUEST) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity 
DECEMBER 17, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. HINSON, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. GARAMENDI, 
Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. 
BOST, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. EZELL, Mr. MAST, Mr. KEAN of New Jersey, Mr. 
LUTTRELL, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. SIMPSON, 
Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. GARBARINO, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mrs. RODGERS of Wash-
ington, Mr. MANN, Mr. BUCSHON, Mrs. PELTOLA, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. 
SUOZZI, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, 
Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. COLLINS, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mrs. MILLER- 
MEEKS, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 
RUIZ, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. TRONE, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. 
FINSTAD, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. PEREZ, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, 
Ms. CARAVEO, Mr. RULLI, Ms. SCHRIER, and Mr. HUDSON 
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DECEMBER 17, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 29, 2023] 
A BILL 
To require the Transportation Security Administration to 
streamline the enrollment processes for individuals apply-
ing for a Transportation Security Administration security 
threat assessment for certain programs, including the 
Transportation Worker Identification Credential and 
Hazardous Materials Endorsement Threat Assessment 
programs of the Administration, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Transportation Security 
Screening Modernization Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration. 
(2) 
HAZMAT
ENDORSEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘HAZMAT Endorsement’’ means the Hazardous Ma-
terials Endorsement Threat Assessment program au-
thorized under section 5103a of title 49, United States 
Code. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 
several States, the District of Columbia, and the terri-
tories and possessions of the United States. 
(4) TSA.—The term ‘‘TSA’’ means the Trans-
portation Security Administration. 
(5) TWIC.—The term ‘‘TWIC’’ means the Trans-
portation Worker Identification Credential authorized 
under section 70105 of title 46, United States Code. 
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SEC. 3. STREAMLINING OF APPLICATIONS FOR CERTAIN SE-
CURITY THREAT ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS OF 
THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
(a) STREAMLINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall take such actions as are necessary, includ-
ing issuance of an interim final rule if needed, to 
streamline the procedures for individuals applying for 
or renewing enrollment in more than one TSA secu-
rity threat assessment program, in particular, the 
TWIC and HAZMAT Endorsement programs, and 
any other credentialing programs as determined by 
the Administrator, by— 
(A) permitting an individual to enroll at 
any TSA authorized enrollment center once for a 
threat assessment program endorsement and use 
the application, including associated biometric 
and biographic data, as well as information gen-
erated by TSA’s vetting, for one of such pro-
grams to enroll in any other of such programs; 
(B) permitting an individual to visit any 
TSA authorized enrollment center and enroll in 
more than one TSA security threat assessment 
program at the same time for a fee that is less 
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than the cumulative fee that would otherwise be 
incurred for each such program separately; 
(C) permitting an individual to undergo a 
streamlined and expeditious renewal process; 
(D) aligning the expiration of an individ-
ual’s successful, valid eligibility determination 
with the expiration of that individual’s eligi-
bility to participate in subsequent TSA security 
threat assessment programs to which the indi-
vidual applies; 
(E) providing to States the expiration dates 
for each individual’s TSA security threat assess-
ment to ensure a commercial driver’s license of 
an individual who holds a HAZMAT Endorse-
ment does not indicate the individual is author-
ized to transport hazardous materials after the 
expiration date of the enrollment of the indi-
vidual in the HAZMAT Endorsement security 
threat assessment program if such commercial 
driver’s license has an expiration date that is 
different from the expiration date of such enroll-
ment; and 
(F) enrolling an individual in a subsequent 
TSA security threat assessment program at the 
minimum cost necessary for the TSA to cover 
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printing, issuance, and case management costs, 
costs associated with the collection of any addi-
tional biometric and biographic data in accord-
ance with paragraph (3), and other costs that 
are not duplicative. 
(2) 
STATE
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
STREAM-
LINING.—Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the States shall carry out the 
responsibilities of the States pursuant to section 
5103a of title 49, United States Code. 
(3) SPECIAL RULE.—If an individual under this 
subsection is at different times applying for or renew-
ing enrollment in more than one TSA security threat 
assessment program, such individual may be required 
to revisit a TSA authorized enrollment center for the 
collection of additional data, such as biometrics, nec-
essary for any such program that were not so collected 
in connection with any other such program. 
(b) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator shall post on a 
publicly available website of the TSA information relating 
to the streamlining of the enrollment processes for individ-
uals applying for more than one TSA security threat assess-
ment program described in subsection (a). 
(c) EXPEDITED RULEMAKING.—Notwithstanding sec-
tions 551 through 559 of title 5, United States Code, noth-
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ing in this section shall require notice and comment rule-
making, and to the extent it is necessary to add additional 
requirements for which limited rulemaking may be advis-
able, the Administrator shall implement such requirements 
through publication of an interim final rule. 
(d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall brief 
Congress on progress made toward the implementation of 
this section. 
SEC. 4. ELIMINATING DUPLICATIVE COSTS. 
(a) AUDIT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall audit the administration of the security 
threat assessment programs by the TSA and the States, in-
cluding the TWIC and HAZMAT Endorsement programs. 
(b) ELEMENTS.— 
(1) TSA AUDIT.—In conducting the audit of the 
TSA required by subsection (a), the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall— 
(A) identify any redundancies and duplica-
tions in costs and administration of security 
threat assessment programs that if eliminated 
would not impact national security and any 
benefits of eliminating such redundancies and 
duplications and improving the experiences for 
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individuals applying for or renewing enrollment 
in more than one TSA security threat assessment 
program; 
(B) review the impacts of the implementa-
tion by the TSA of recommendations from pre-
vious studies conducted by the Comptroller Gen-
eral, including GAO-07-756 and GAO-17-182, on 
increasing the efficiency and effectiveness, and 
reducing costs, of processing applications for en-
rollment and renewal in TSA security threat as-
sessment programs; 
(C) review the findings of the assessment re-
quired by section 1(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 
to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
prepare a comprehensive security assessment of 
the transportation security card program, and 
for other purposes’’, approved December 16, 2016 
(46 U.S.C. 70105 note; Public Law 114–278) 
and determine whether the TSA has implemented 
any remedies to redundancies and duplication 
identified by that assessment and whether such 
implementation impacted national security; 
(D) determine whether there are unique 
challenges rural applicants have with accessing 
TSA security threat assessment programs; 
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(E) assess the numbers and locations of en-
rollment centers for meeting the needs of such 
programs, including determining the access pro-
vided to rural applicants; 
(F) identify potential opportunities that 
exist to improve the enrollment center operations 
of and customer experience with such programs; 
(G) identify potential opportunities to har-
monize the enrollment, vetting, and renewal 
processes of such programs in which similar in-
formation is collected for similar security threat 
assessment processes for different vetted creden-
tials while not impacting national security; 
(H) identify other ways the TSA can reduce 
the costs of the TSA security threat assessment 
programs while not impacting national security; 
and 
(I) review the vetting, application, and en-
rollment processes of each TSA security threat 
assessment program. 
(2) STATE AUDIT.—In conducting the audit of 
the States required by subsection (a), the Comptroller 
General shall review— 
(A) the administration of the HAZMAT 
Endorsement program by the States; 
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vidual in, a subsequent or multiple TSA security 
threat assessment programs; 
(4) a breakdown of costs borne by applicants for 
current enrollment and renewal processes of such pro-
grams; 
(5) ways to improve access to such programs, in-
cluding for rural applicants; 
(6) any potential recommendations to the TSA 
for reducing costs and streamlining the administra-
tion and operation of each TSA security threat assess-
ment program while not impacting national security; 
(7) any potential recommendations for the TSA 
to administer such programs in a way that would 
improve national security; and 
(8) any potential recommendations for ways 
States can improve their role in administering the 
HAZMAT Endorsement program and streamline the 
application process or reduce costs for individuals 
seeking multiple transportation security credentials. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the receipt of the report required by sub-
section (c), the Administrator shall— 
(A) implement the recommendations from 
such report; 
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Union Calendar No. 725 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5840 
[Report No. 118–888] 
A BILL 
To require the Transportation Security Administra-
tion to streamline the enrollment processes for 
individuals applying for a Transportation Secu-
rity Administration security threat assessment 
for certain programs, including the Transpor-
tation Worker Identification Credential and Haz-
ardous Materials Endorsement Threat Assess-
ment programs of the Administration, and for 
other purposes. 
DECEMBER 17, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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