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(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 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 
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with National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology standards to facilitate enrollment in 
such program. 
(5) PRECHECK LANE OPERATION.—The Admin-
istrator 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 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 
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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 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall con-
duct a pilot project to establish a secure, automated, bio-
metric-based system at airports to verify the identity of 
passengers who are members of TSA PreCheck. Such sys-
tem shall— 
(1) reduce the need for security screening per-
sonnel to perform travel document verification for 
individuals 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 fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF SCREENING SYSTEM FOR 
CERTAIN PASSENGERS.—Not later than December 31, 
2017, in accordance with the requirements of the Trans-
portation Security Administration Reform and Improve-
ment Act of 2015, the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration shall establish a secure, 
automated system at all large hub airports for verifying 
travel and identity documents of passengers who are not 
members of the Administration’s risk-based aviation pas-
senger 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 num-
ber 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 
Administration; 
‘‘(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 check-
point 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 trav-
eler program of the Department. 
(2) A passenger traveling pursuant to section 
44903 of title 49, United States Code (as estab-
lished under the Risk-Based Security for Members 
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