Title: Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018
This bill prohibits the U.S. Coast Guard from: (1) implementing the rule titled "Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)-Reader Requirements," and (2) proposing or issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking for a rule that would require the use of biometric readers for biometric transportation security cards.
These prohibitions end 60 days after the Department of Homeland Security submits to Congress an assessment of the transportation security card program.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3094 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3094

 To restrict the department in which the Coast Guard is operating from 
   implementing any rule requiring the use of biometric readers for 
   biometric transportation security cards until after submission to 
 Congress of the results of an assessment of the effectiveness of the 
                 transportation security card program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2018

  Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To restrict the department in which the Coast Guard is operating from 
   implementing any rule requiring the use of biometric readers for 
   biometric transportation security cards until after submission to 
 Congress of the results of an assessment of the effectiveness of the 
                 transportation security card program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation Worker Identification 
Credential Accountability Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION WORKER 
              IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL BIOMETRIC READER RULE.

    Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of the 
submission under paragraph (5) of section 1(b) of Public Law 114-278 
(130 Stat. 1411 to 1412) of the results of the assessment required by 
that section, the department in which the Coast Guard is operating--
            (1) may not implement the rule entitled ``Transportation 
        Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)-Reader Requirements'' 
        (81 Fed. Reg. 57651 (August 23, 2016)); and
            (2) may not propose or issue a notice of proposed 
        rulemaking for any revision to such rule except to extend its 
        effective date, or for any other rule requiring the use of 
        biometric readers for biometric transportation security cards 
        under section 70105(k)(3) of title 46, United States Code.
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