I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4179 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an appeal and 
redress process for individuals wrongly delayed or prohibited from board-
ing a flight, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 
Ms. CLARKE (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. JACKSON-LEE 
of Texas, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. CARNEY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. AL GREEN 
of Texas, Mr. PASCRELL, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CUELLAR, and Ms. 
LORETTA SANCHEZ of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
an appeal and redress process for individuals wrongly 
delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight, 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 ‘‘Fair, Accurate, Secure 
and Timely Redress Act of 2007’’ or the ‘‘FAST Redress 
Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF APPEAL AND REDRESS PROC-
ESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WRONGLY DELAYED 
OR PROHIBITED FROM BOARDING A FLIGHT, 
OR DENIED A RIGHT, BENEFIT, OR PRIVI-
LEGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 890A. APPEAL AND REDRESS PROCESS FOR PAS-
SENGERS WRONGLY DELAYED OR PROHIB-
ITED FROM BOARDING A FLIGHT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall establish a timely and fair process for indi-
viduals who believe they have been delayed or prohibited 
from boarding a commercial aircraft or denied a right, 
benefit, or privilege because they were wrongly identified 
as a threat under the regimes, including the Terrorist 
Screening Database, utilized by the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration, United States Customs and Border 
Protection, or any other office or component of the De-
partment of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(b) OFFICE OF APPEALS AND REDRESS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish in the Department an Office of Appeals and 
Redress to implement, coordinate, and execute the 
process established by the Secretary pursuant to 
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subsection (a). The Office shall include representa-
tives from the Transportation Security Administra-
tion, United States Customs and Border Protection, 
and such other offices and components of the De-
partment as the Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(2) COMPREHENSIVE
CLEARED
LIST.—The 
process established by the Secretary pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall include the establishment of a 
method by which the Office, under the direction of 
the Secretary, will be able to maintain a comprehen-
sive list of individuals who have been misidentified 
and have corrected erroneous information, to be 
known as the ‘Comprehensive Cleared List’. 
‘‘(3) 
INFORMATION.—To 
prevent 
repeated 
delays of a misidentified passenger or other indi-
vidual denied a right, benefit, or privilege, the Office 
shall ensure that the Comprehensive Cleared List 
contains information determined by the Secretary to 
authenticate the identity of such a passenger or indi-
vidual. 
‘‘(4) 
USE
OF
COMPREHENSIVE
CLEARED 
LIST.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) transmit to the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration, United States Customs and 
Border Protection, or any other appropriate of-
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