IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2127 
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 direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration to limit access to expedited airport secu-
rity screening at an airport security checkpoint to partici-
pants of the PreCheck program and other known low- 
risk passengers, 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 ‘‘Securing Expedited 
Screening Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Aviation and Transportation Security 
Act (Public Law 107–71) authorized the Transpor-
tation Security Administration to ‘‘establish require-
ments to implement trusted passenger programs and 
use available technologies to expedite the security 
screening of passengers who participate in such pro-
grams, thereby allowing security screening personnel 
to focus on those passengers who should be subject 
to more extensive screening.’’. 
(2) In October 2011, the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration began piloting the PreCheck 
program in which a limited number of passengers 
who were participants in the frequent flyer programs 
of domestic air carriers were directed to special 
screening lanes for expedited security screening. 
(3) In December 2013, the Transportation Se-
curity Administration opened the PreCheck program 
to eligible passengers who submit biographic and bi-
ometric information for a security risk assessment. 
(4) Today, expedited security screening is pro-
vided to passengers who, in general, are members of 
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populations identified by the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration as pre-
senting a low risk to aviation security, including 
members of populations known and vetted by the 
Administrator or through another Department of 
Homeland Security trusted traveler program, and to 
passengers who are selected by expedited screening 
on a case-by-case basis through the Transportation 
Security Administration’s Managed Inclusion process 
and other procedures. 
(5) According to the Transportation Security 
Administration, the Managed Inclusion process 
‘‘combines the use of multiple layers of security to 
indirectly conduct a real-time assessment of pas-
sengers’’ through the use of Passenger Screening 
Canine teams, Behavior Detection Officers, Explo-
sives Trace Detection (ETD) machines, and other 
activities. 
(6) In December 2014, the Comptroller General 
of the United States concluded in a report entitled 
‘‘Rapid Growth in Expedited Passenger Screening 
Highlights Need to Plan Effective Security Assess-
ments’’ that ‘‘it will be important for TSA to evalu-
ate the security effectiveness of the Managed Inclu-
sion process as a whole, to ensure that it is func-
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tioning as intended and that passengers are being 
screened at a level commensurate with their risk’’. 
(7) On March 16, 2015, the Inspector General 
of the Department of Homeland Security released a 
report entitled ‘‘Allegation of Granting Expedited 
Screening through TSA PreCheck Improperly’’, in 
which the Inspector General determined that the 
Transportation Security Administration granted ex-
pedited security screening at a PreCheck security 
lane to a passenger who had served time in prison 
for felonies committed as a member of a domestic 
terrorist group and who was not a participant in the 
PreCheck program. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION; PRECHECK OPERATIONS MAINTAINED; 
ALTERNATE METHODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(d), not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration shall direct that access to expe-
dited airport security screening at an airport security 
checkpoint be limited to only the following: 
(1) A passenger who voluntarily submits bio-
graphic and biometric information for a security risk 
assessment and whose application for the PreCheck 
program has been approved, or a passenger who is 
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a participant in another trusted or registered trav-
eler program of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
(2) A passenger traveling pursuant to section 
44903 of title 49, United States Code (as estab-
lished under the Risk-Based Security for Members 
of the Armed Forces Act (Public Law 112–86)), sec-
tion 44927 of such title (as established under the 
Helping Heroes Fly Act (Public Law 113–27)), or 
section 44928 of such title (as established under the 
Honor Flight Act (Public Law 113–221)). 
(3) A passenger who did not voluntarily submit 
biographic and biometric information for a security 
risk assessment but is a member of a population 
designated by the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration as known and low- 
risk and who may be issued a unique, known trav-
eler number by the Administrator determining that 
such passenger is a member of a category of trav-
elers designated by the Administrator as known and 
low-risk. 
(b) PRECHECK OPERATIONS MAINTAINED.—In car-
rying out subsection (a), the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration shall ensure that expe-
dited airport security screening remains available to pas-
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sengers at or above the level that exists on the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) MINORS AND SENIORS.—The Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration may provide 
access to expedited airport security screening at an airport 
security checkpoint to a passenger who is— 
(1) 75 years old or older; or 
(2) 12 years old or under and who is traveling 
with a parent or guardian who is a participant in 
the PreCheck program. 
(d) FREQUENT FLIERS.—If the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration determines that 
such is appropriate, the date specified in subsection (a) 
may be extended by up to 1 year to implement such sub-
section with respect to the population of passengers who 
did not voluntarily submit biographic and biometric infor-
mation for security risk assessments but who nevertheless 
receive expedited airport security screening because such 
passengers are designated as frequent fliers by air car-
riers. If the Administrator uses the authority provided by 
this subsection, the Administrator shall notify the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, 
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Science, and Transportation of the Senate of such phased- 
in implementation. 
(e) ALTERNATE METHODS.—The Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration may provide 
access to expedited airport security screening to additional 
passengers pursuant to an alternate method upon the sub-
mission to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate of an 
independent assessment of the security effectiveness of 
such alternate method that is conducted by an inde-
pendent entity that determines that such alternate method 
is designed to— 
(1) reliably and effectively identify passengers 
who likely pose a low risk to the United States avia-
tion system; 
(2) mitigate the likelihood that a passenger who 
may pose a security threat to the United States 
aviation system is selected for expedited security 
screening; and 
(3) address known and evolving security risks 
to the United States aviation system. 
(f) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Administrator of 
the Transportation Security Administration shall provide 
to the entity conducting the independent assessment under 
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subsection (c) effectiveness testing results that are con-
sistent with established evaluation design practices, as 
identified by the Comptroller General of the United 
States. 
SEC. 4. REPORTING. 
Not later than 3 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Adminis-
trator of the Transportation Security Administration shall 
report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the 
percentage of all passengers who are provided expedited 
security screening, and of such passengers so provided, the 
percentage who are participants in the PreCheck program 
(who have voluntarily submitted biographic and biometric 
information for security risk assessments), the percentage 
who are participants in another trusted traveler program 
of the Department of Homeland Security, the percentage 
who are participants in the PreCheck program due to the 
Administrator’s issuance of known traveler numbers, and 
for the remaining percentage of passengers granted access 
to expedited security screening in PreCheck security lanes, 
information on the percentages attributable to each alter-
native method utilized by the Transportation Security Ad-
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ministration to direct passengers to expedited airport se-
curity screening at PreCheck security lanes. 
SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to— 
(1) authorize or direct the Administrator of the 
Transportation Administration to reduce or limit the 
availability of expedited security screening at an air-
port; or 
(2) limit the authority of the Administrator to 
use technologies and systems, including passenger 
screening canines and explosives trace detection, as 
a part of security screening operations. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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