I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3202 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare a comprehensive 
security assessment of the transportation security card program, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mrs. MIL-
LER of Michigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare 
a comprehensive security assessment of the transpor-
tation security card program, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Essential Transpor-
tation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY ASSESSMENT OF THE 
TRANSPORTATION 
SECURITY 
CARD 
PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 
and the Comptroller General of the United States a com-
prehensive assessment of the effectiveness of the transpor-
tation security card program under section 70105 of title 
46, United States Code, at enhancing security or reducing 
security risks for facilities and vessels regulated pursuant 
to section 102 of Public Law 107–295, as conducted by 
an independent not-for-profit laboratory with appropriate 
expertise. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The comprehensive assessment 
shall include— 
(1) an evaluation of the extent to which the 
program, as implemented, addresses known security 
risks in the maritime environment; 
(2) an evaluation of the extent to which internal 
control deficiencies identified by the Comptroller 
General have been addressed; and 
(3) a cost-benefit analysis of the program, as 
implemented, and a consideration of alternate bio-
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metric technologies that provide the same or greater 
security effectiveness, including— 
(A) technologies and programs, including 
the biometric entry and exit system required by 
section 7208 of the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 
108–458; 8 U.S.C. 1365b); 
(B) technologies and programs operated by 
United States port facilities and vessels, par-
ticularly for purposes of access control to crit-
ical infrastructure; 
(C) international technologies and pro-
grams that are operational, particularly for pur-
poses of access control to critical infrastructure; 
and 
(D) new and emerging technologies. 
(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 issue a corrective action plan based on such assess-
ment that responds to the findings of the cost-benefit 
analysis under subsection (b)(2) and enhances security or 
reduces security risk for facilities and vessels referred to 
in subsection (a). The plan may include programmatic re-
forms, revisions to regulations, or proposals for legislation. 
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(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 the submissions 
implement recommendations issued by the Comp-
troller General; and 
(2) inform the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate as to the responsiveness of the submis-
sion. 
(e) TRANSPORTATION
SECURITY
CARD
READER 
RULE.—The Secretary of Homeland Security may not 
issue a final rule requiring the use of transportation secu-
rity card readers until— 
(1) the Comptroller General informs the Com-
mittees on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Commerce, Science and Transpor-
tation of the Senate that the submission under sub-
section (a) is substantially responsive to the rec-
ommendations of the Comptroller General; and 
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(2) the Secretary issues an updated list of 
transportation security card readers that are com-
patible with active transportation security cards. 
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