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Union Calendar No. 298 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3584 
[Report No. 114–396] 
To authorize, streamline, and identify efficiencies within the Transportation 
Security Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 
Mr. KATKO (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
JANUARY 12, 2016 
Additional sponsor: Miss RICE of New York 
JANUARY 12, 2016 
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 22, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To authorize, streamline, and identify efficiencies within the 
Transportation Security 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Transportation Security Administration Reform and Im-
provement Act of 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; Table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—AVIATION SECURITY 
Sec. 101. TSA PreCheck. 
Sec. 102. PreCheck and general passenger biometric identification. 
Sec. 103. Limitation; PreCheck operations maintained; Alternate methods. 
Sec. 104. Secure Flight program. 
Sec. 105. Efficiency review by TSA. 
Sec. 106. Donation of screening equipment to protect the United States. 
Sec. 107. Review of sustained security directives. 
Sec. 108. Maintenance of security-related technology. 
Sec. 109. Vetting of aviation workers. 
Sec. 110. Aviation Security Advisory Committee consultation. 
Sec. 111. Private contractor canine evaluation and integration pilot program. 
Sec. 112. Covert testing at airports. 
Sec. 113. Training for transportation security officers. 
TITLE II—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY AND OTHER 
MATTERS 
Sec. 201. Surface Transportation Inspectors. 
Sec. 202. Inspector General audit; TSA Office of Inspection workforce certifi-
cation. 
Sec. 203. Repeal of biennial reporting requirement for the Government Account-
ability Office relating to the Transportation Security Informa-
tion Sharing Plan. 
Sec. 204. Security training for frontline transportation workers. 
Sec. 205. Feasibility assessment. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATION; TSA.—The terms ‘‘Admin-
istration’’ and ‘‘TSA’’ mean the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration. 
(2) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration. 
(3) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘in-
telligence community’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
(4) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Homeland Security. 
(5) SECURE FLIGHT.—The term ‘‘Secure Flight’’ 
means the Administration’s watchlist matching pro-
gram. 
TITLE I—AVIATION SECURITY 
SEC. 101. TSA PRECHECK. 
(a) TSA PRECHECK.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall— 
(1) ensure that all screening of passengers and 
their accessible property shall be conducted in a risk- 
based, intelligence-driven manner with consideration 
given to the privacy and civil liberties of such pas-
sengers; and 
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(2) operate a trusted passenger screening pro-
gram known as ‘‘TSA PreCheck’’ that provides expe-
dited screening for low-risk passengers and their ac-
cessible property based on a comprehensive and con-
tinuous analysis of factors specified in subsection (b). 
(b) FACTORS.—Factors referred to in subsection (a)(2) 
shall include the following: 
(1) Whether passengers described in such sub-
section are members of other trusted traveler pro-
grams of the Department. 
(2) Whether such passengers are traveling pursu-
ant to subsection (m) of section 44903 of title 49, 
United States Code (as established under the Risk- 
Based Security for Members of the Armed Forces Act 
(Public Law 112–86)), section 44927 of such title (as 
established under the Helping Heroes Fly Act (Public 
Law 113–27)), or section 44928 of such title (as es-
tablished under the Honor Flight Act (Public Law 
113–221)). 
(3) Whether such passengers possess an active se-
curity clearance or other credential issued by the Fed-
eral Government for which TSA has conducted a 
written threat assessment and determined that such 
passengers present a low risk to transportation or na-
tional security. 
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(4) Whether such passengers are members of a 
population for whom TSA has conducted a written se-
curity threat assessment, determined that such popu-
lation poses a low risk to transportation or national 
security, and has issued such passengers a known 
traveler number. 
(5) The ability of the Administration to verify 
such passengers’ identity and whether such passengers 
pose a risk to aviation security. 
(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 program, 
including standards that allow the use of secure tech-
nologies, including online enrollment, kiosks, tablets, 
or staffed computer stations at which individuals can 
apply for entry into such program. 
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(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Upon publication of the 
PreCheck program application enrollment standards 
pursuant to paragraph (1), the Administrator shall— 
(A) coordinate with interested parties to de-
ploy TSA-approved ready-to-market private sec-
tor solutions that meet the TSA PreCheck appli-
cation enrollment standards described in para-
graph (1), make available additional PreCheck 
enrollment capabilities, and offer secure online 
and mobile enrollment opportunities; 
(B) partner with the private sector to collect 
biographic and biometric identification informa-
tion via kiosks, mobile devices, or other mobile 
enrollment platforms to reduce the number of in-
stances in which passengers need to travel to en-
rollment centers; 
(C) ensure that the kiosks, mobile devices, or 
other mobile enrollment platforms referred to in 
subparagraph (E) are secure and not vulnerable 
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-
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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 regu-
lations; 
(E) ensure that an individual who wants to 
enroll in the PreCheck program and has started 
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 within 
a reasonable time to submit a second identifica-
tion 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 enroll-
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