SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Expedited 
TSA Screening Safe Travel Act’’ or the ‘‘VETS Safe 
Travel Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO CER-
TAIN SEVERELY INJURED OR DISABLED VET-
ERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44927 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY
OF PRECHECK PROGRAM
TO 
CERTAIN
SEVERELY
INJURED
OR
DISABLED
VET-
ERANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A veteran described in 
paragraph (2) is eligible for security screening under 
the PreCheck Program under section 44919 at no 
cost to the veteran if the veteran is able to meet the 
background check and other security requirements 
for participation in the Program. 
‘‘(2) VETERANS
DESCRIBED.—A veteran de-
scribed in this paragraph is a veteran who— 
‘‘(A) is enrolled in the patient enrollment 
system of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
established and operated under section 1705 of 
title 38, United States Code;
‘‘(B) has been determined by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to have a service-connected 
disability under section 1110 or 1131 of such 
title, as the case may be, and such disability 
has been determined by such Secretary to have 
resulted in— 
‘‘(i) loss, or loss use of, an extremity; 
‘‘(ii) paralysis or partial paralysis; or 
‘‘(iii) permanent blindness; and 
‘‘(C) as a result of a loss, paralysis or par-
tial paralysis, or blindness described in subpara-
graph (B), requires the use of a wheelchair, 
prosthetic limb, or other assistive device to aid 
with mobility. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration shall carry 
out this subsection subject to the availability of ap-
propriations and may not increase fees for enroll-
ment in the PreCheck Program for such purpose.’’. 
(b) COORDINATION ON IMPLEMENTATION.—The Ad-
ministrator of the Transportation Security Administration 
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly— 
(1) implement a process under which a veteran 
described in paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of sec-
tion 44927 of title 49, United States Code, as added
by subsection (a), can receive the benefits under 
such subsection by not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) provide to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a 
briefing on the status of implementing the process 
required by paragraph (1) by not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) OUTREACH FOR DISABLED VETERANS ON AVAIL-
ABILITY
OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION PROGRAMS.— 
(1) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs and the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration shall implement a 
process under which such Secretary provides to dis-
abled veterans effective outreach regarding Trans-
portation Security Administration programs de-
signed to improve the screening process for pas-
sengers with disabilities. 
(2) FURTHER
ENHANCEMENTS
TO
EASE
AIR 
TRAVEL FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS AND OTHER DIS-
ABLED
VETERANS.—Notwithstanding subchapter I
of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com-
monly referred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 
Act’’), or any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Admin-
istrator of the Transportation Security Administra-
tion, shall— 
(A) engage appropriate veterans service or-
ganizations and other relevant organizations, as 
appropriate, to assess the awareness of veterans 
of relevant Transportation Security Administra-
tion programs; and 
(B) examine the need and feasibility of 
other measures to improve travel security proce-
dures for disabled veterans. 
(3) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration 
shall jointly provide to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a
briefing on the status of the implementation of para-
graphs (1) and (2). 
Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 
2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7365 
AN ACT 
To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or 
disabled veterans, and for other purposes.