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Union Calendar No. 160 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3356 
[Report No. 116–203, Part I] 
To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled veterans, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 2019 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. 
PENCE, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. 
LAMALFA, and Mr. WALTZ) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BAIRD, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BISHOP of 
Georgia, Mr. YOHO, Mr. OLSON, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. PERRY, Mr. 
GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. CORREA, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. DEFA-
ZIO, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. PAPPAS, 
Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. 
TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KELLER, Mr. POSEY, 
Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. ROYBAL- 
ALLARD, Mr. CISNEROS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. JOHNSON 
of South Dakota, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. LAMB, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. BROWN 
of Maryland, and Mr. WITTMAN 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 
Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
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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 ‘‘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: 
‘‘(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) a veteran determined by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs— 
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‘‘(i) to have had a loss, or loss of use, 
of a limb, or to have become paralyzed or 
partially paralyzed; and 
‘‘(ii) as a result of that loss or para-
lyzation, to require the use of a wheelchair, 
prosthetic, or other assistive device to aid 
with mobility; or 
‘‘(B) a veteran determined by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to have incurred per-
manent blindness.’’. 
(b) COORDINATION ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the administrator of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall joint-
ly— 
(1) develop and implement a process for pro-
viding the Transportation Security Administration 
with access to the data needed to validate the eligi-
bility of a veteran for the PreCheck Program under 
section 44927(g) of title 49, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a); and 
(2) submit to Congress a report on the status 
of implementing the process required by paragraph 
(1). 
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Union Calendar No. 160 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3356 
[Report No. 116–203, Part I] 
A BILL 
To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or 
disabled veterans, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 
Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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