(A) to deploy TSA-approved ready-to-mar-
ket private sector solutions that meet the 
PreCheck Program enrollment standards under 
subsection (a); 
(B) to make available additional PreCheck 
Program enrollment capabilities; and 
(C) to offer secure online and mobile enroll-
ment opportunities; 
(2) partner with the private sector to collect bio-
graphic and biometric identification information via 
kiosks, mobile devices, or other mobile enrollment 
platforms to increase enrollment flexibility and mini-
mize the amount of travel to enrollment centers for 
applicants; 
(3) ensure that any information, including bio-
graphic information, is collected in a manner that— 
(A) is comparable with the appropriate and 
applicable standards developed by the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology; and 
(B) protects privacy and data security, in-
cluding that any personally identifiable informa-
tion is collected, retained, used, and shared in a 
manner consistent with section 552a of title 5, 
United States Code (commonly known as ‘‘Pri-
vacy Act of 1974’’), and with agency regulations; 
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(4) ensure that the enrollment process is stream-
lined and flexible to allow an individual to provide 
additional information to complete enrollment and 
verify identity; and 
(5) ensure that any enrollment expansion using 
a private sector risk assessment instead of a finger-
print-based criminal history records check is deter-
mined, by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to be 
equivalent to a fingerprint-based criminal history 
records check conducted through the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation. 
(c) MARKETING
OF PRECHECK PROGRAM.—Upon 
publication of PreCheck Program enrollment standards 
under subsection (a), the Administrator shall— 
(1) in accordance with those standards, develop 
and implement— 
(A) a continual process, including an asso-
ciated timeframe, for approving private sector 
marketing of the PreCheck Program; and 
(B) a long-term strategy for partnering 
with the private sector to encourage enrollment 
in such program; 
(2) submit to Congress, at the end of each fiscal 
year, a report on any PreCheck Program application 
fees collected in excess of the costs of administering the 
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program, including to access the feasibility of the pro-
gram, for the preceding fiscal year; and 
(3) include in the report under paragraph (2) 
recommendations for using such amounts to support 
marketing of the program under this subsection. 
(d) IDENTITY
VERIFICATION
ENHANCEMENT.—Not 
later than 120 days after the date of 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 PreCheck Pro-
gram; 
(2) partner with the private sector to use bio-
metrics and authentication standards, such as rel-
evant standards developed by the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, to facilitate enrollment in 
the program; and 
(3) consider leveraging the existing resources and 
abilities of airports to conduct fingerprint and back-
ground checks to expedite identity verification. 
(e) PRECHECK PROGRAM LANES OPERATION.—The 
Administrator shall— 
(1) ensure that PreCheck Program screening 
lanes are open and available during peak and high- 
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volume travel times at appropriate airports to indi-
viduals enrolled in the PreCheck Program; and 
(2) make every practicable effort to provide expe-
dited screening at standard screening lanes during 
times when PreCheck Program screening lanes are 
closed to individuals enrolled in the program in order 
to maintain operational efficiency. 
(f) VETTING
FOR PRECHECK PROGRAM PARTICI-
PANTS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall initiate an assessment 
to identify any security vulnerabilities in the vetting proc-
ess for the PreCheck Program, including determining 
whether subjecting PreCheck Program participants to re-
current fingerprint-based criminal history records checks, 
in addition to recurrent 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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Calendar No. 383 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2843 
[Report No. 114–223] 
AN ACT 
To require certain improvements in the Transpor-
tation Security Administration’s PreCheck expe-
dited screening program, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 7, 2016 
Reported with an amendment 
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