(2) an evaluation of the extent to which defi-
ciencies identified by the Comptroller General have 
been addressed; and 
(3) a cost-benefit analysis of the program, as 
implemented. 
(c) CORRECTIVE
ACTION
PLAN; PROGRAM
RE-
FORMS.—Not later than 60 days after the Secretary sub-
mits the assessment under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall submit a corrective action plan to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate that responds to the assessment under sub-
section (b). The corrective action plan shall include an im-
plementation plan with benchmarks, may include pro-
grammatic reforms, revisions to regulations, or proposals 
for legislation, and shall be considered in any rule making 
by the Department relating to the transportation security 
card program. 
(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later 
than 120 days after the Secretary issues the corrective ac-
tion plan under subsection (c), the Comptroller General 
shall— 
(1) review the extent to which such plan imple-
ments— 
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(A) recommendations issued by the na-
tional laboratory or maritime security univer-
sity-based center, as applicable, in the assess-
ment submitted under subsection (a); and 
(B) recommendations issued by the Comp-
troller General before the enactment of this Act; 
and 
(2) inform the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate as to the responsiveness of such 
plan to such recommendations. 
(e) TRANSPORTATION
SECURITY
CARD
READER 
RULE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security may not issue a final rule requiring the use 
of transportation security card readers until— 
(A) the Comptroller General informs the 
Committees on Homeland Security and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science and Trans-
portation of the Senate that the submission 
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under subsection (a) is responsive to the rec-
ommendations of the Comptroller General; and 
(B) the Secretary issues an updated list of 
transportation security card readers that are 
compatible with active transportation security 
cards. 
(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—Paragraph 
(1) shall not apply with respect to any final rule 
issued pursuant to the notice of proposed rule-
making on Transportation Worker Identification 
Credential (TWIC)-Reader Requirements published 
by the Coast Guard on March 22, 2013 (78 Fed. 
Reg. 17781). 
(f) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OVERSIGHT.—Not less 
than 18 months after the date of the issuance of the cor-
rective action plan under subsection (c), and every six 
months thereafter during the 3-year period following the 
date of the issuance of the first report under this sub-
section, the Comptroller General shall report to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate regarding implementa-
tion of the corrective action plan. 
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SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act, and this Act and such amendments shall be 
carried out using amounts otherwise available for such 
purpose. 
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