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Union Calendar No. 167 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2843 
[Report No. 114–221] 
To require certain improvements in the Transportation Security Administra-
tion’s PreCheck expedited screening program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 2015 
Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. ROGERS of Alabama) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Home-
land Security 
JULY 22, 2015 
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 June 19, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To require certain improvements in the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration’s PreCheck expedited screening pro-
gram, 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 ‘‘TSA PreCheck Expan-
sion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration. 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Homeland Security. 
(3) TSA.—The term ‘‘TSA’’ means the Trans-
portation Security Administration. 
SEC. 3. ENROLLMENT EXPANSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
publish PreCheck application enrollment standards to add 
multiple private sector application capabilities for the TSA 
PreCheck program to increase the public’s enrollment access 
to such program, including standards that allow the use 
of secure technologies, including online enrollment, kiosks, 
tablets, or staffed laptop stations at which individuals can 
apply for entry into such program. 
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(b) 
REQUIREMENTS.—Upon 
publication 
of 
the 
PreCheck program application enrollment standards pursu-
ant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall— 
(1) coordinate with interested parties to deploy 
TSA-approved ready-to-market private sector solu-
tions that meet the TSA PreCheck application enroll-
ment standards described in paragraph (1), make 
available additional PreCheck enrollment capabilities, 
and offer secure online and mobile enrollment oppor-
tunities; 
(2) partner with the private sector to collect bio-
graphic and biometric identification information via 
kiosks, mobile devices, or other mobile enrollment 
platforms to reduce the number of instances in which 
passengers need to travel to enrollment centers; 
(3) ensure that the kiosks, mobile devices, or 
other mobile enrollment platforms referred to in para-
graph (3) are certified as secure and not vulnerable 
to data breaches; 
(4) ensure that any biometric and biographic in-
formation is collected in a manner which ensures pri-
vacy and data security protections, including that 
applicants’ personally identifiable information is 
handled only by individuals who have been properly 
vetted; 
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(5) ensure that an individual who wants to en-
roll in the PreCheck program and has started an ap-
plication with a single identification verification at 
one location will be able to save such individual’s ap-
plication on any kiosk, personal computer, mobile de-
vice, or other mobile enrollment platform and be able 
to return within a reasonable time to submit a second 
identification verification; and 
(6) ensure that any enrollment expansion using 
a private sector risk assessment instead of a finger-
print-based criminal history records check is be deter-
mined, by the Administrator, to be equivalent to a 
fingerprint-based criminal history records check con-
ducted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(c) MARKETING
OF PRECHECK PROGRAM.—Upon 
publication of PreCheck program application enrollment 
standards pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator 
shall— 
(1) in accordance with the standards described 
in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), develop and im-
plement— 
(A) a process, including an associated time-
frame, for approving private sector marketing of 
the TSA PreCheck program; and 
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(B) a strategy for partnering with the pri-
vate sector to encourage enrollment in such pro-
gram; and 
(2) submit to Congress a report on any PreCheck 
fees collected in excess of the costs of administering 
such program, including recommendations for using 
such amounts to support marketing of such program 
under this subsection. 
(d) IDENTITY
VERIFICATION
ENHANCEMENT.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator shall— 
(1) coordinate with the heads of appropriate 
components of the Department to leverage Depart-
ment-held data and technologies to verify the citizen-
ship of individuals enrolling in the TSA PreCheck 
program; and 
(2) partner with the private sector to use ad-
vanced biometrics and NIST 800–63–2 identity 
proofing standards to facilitate enrollment in such 
program. 
(e) PRECHECK LANE OPERATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall— 
(1) ensure that TSA PreCheck screening lanes 
are open and available during peak and high-volume 
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travel times at airports to individuals enrolled in the 
PreCheck program; and 
(2) make every practicable effort to provide expe-
dited screening at standard screening lanes during 
times when PreCheck screening lanes are closed to in-
dividuals enrolled in such program in order to main-
tain operational efficiency. 
(f) VETTING
FOR PRECHECK PARTICIPANTS.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator shall initiate an assessment of the 
security vulnerabilities in the vetting process for the 
PreCheck program that includes an evaluation of whether 
subjecting PreCheck participants to recurrent fingerprint- 
based criminal history records checks, in addition to recur-
rent checks against the terrorist watchlist, could be done in 
a cost-effective manner to strengthen the security of the 
PreCheck program. 
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