IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2843 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 28, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To require certain improvements in the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration’s PreCheck expedited screening pro-
gram, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 ac-
cess to such program, including standards that allow the 
use of secure technologies, including online enrollment, ki-
osks, tablets, or staffed laptop stations at which individ-
uals can apply for entry into such program. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Upon publication of the 
PreCheck program application enrollment standards pur-
suant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall— 
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(1) coordinate with interested parties to deploy 
TSA-approved ready-to-market private sector solu-
tions that meet the TSA PreCheck application en-
rollment standards described in paragraph (1), make 
available additional PreCheck enrollment capabili-
ties, and offer secure online and mobile enrollment 
opportunities; 
(2) partner with the private sector to collect 
biographic and biometric identification information 
via kiosks, mobile devices, or other mobile enroll-
ment platforms to reduce the number of instances in 
which passengers need to travel to enrollment cen-
ters; 
(3) ensure that the kiosks, mobile devices, or 
other mobile enrollment platforms referred to in 
paragraph (3) are certified as secure and not vulner-
able to data breaches; 
(4) ensure that any biometric and biographic 
information is collected in a manner which is com-
parable with the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology standards and ensures privacy and data 
security protections, including that applicants’ per-
sonally identifiable information is collected, retained, 
used, and shared in a manner consistent with sec-
tion 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
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known as ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’), and agency regu-
lations; 
(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 
device, 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 deter-
mined, by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to be 
equivalent to a fingerprint-based criminal history 
records check conducted through the Federal Bu-
reau 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— 
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(A) a process, including an associated 
timeframe, for approving private sector mar-
keting of the TSA PreCheck program; and 
(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 ad-
ministering such program, including recommenda-
tions 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 standards comparable with 
National Institute of Standards and Technology 
standards to facilitate enrollment in such program. 
(e) PRECHECK LANE OPERATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall— 
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(1) ensure that TSA PreCheck screening lanes 
are open and available during peak and high-volume 
travel times at airports to individuals enrolled in the 
PreCheck program; and 
(2) make every practicable effort to provide ex-
pedited screening at standard screening lanes during 
times when PreCheck screening lanes are closed to 
individuals enrolled in such program in order to 
maintain 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. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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