Title: Secure Traveler Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Secure Traveler Act
This bill requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a process to permit the verification of an active security clearance to enable enrollment in TSA PreCheck.
Individuals holding secret, top secret, L or Q clearances, or Yankee White clearance are eligible to participate in TSA PreCheck under the process established by this bill.
The TSA shall establish a process to permit the enrollment of certain law enforcement officers in TSA PreCheck.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1349 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1349

  To expand enrollment in TSA PreCheck to expedite commercial travel 
                screening and improve airport security.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2019

 Mr. Thune (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 expand enrollment in TSA PreCheck to expedite commercial travel 
                screening and improve airport security.

    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 ``Secure Traveler Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Public agency.--The term ``public agency'' means the 
        Federal Government, a State government, a unit of local 
        government, any combination of such government entities, or any 
        department, agency, or instrumentality of any such government 
        entity.
            (2) Sponsoring agency.--The term ``sponsoring agency'' 
        means a government agency for which a security clearance is 
        obtained, as determined by the Director of the National 
        Background Investigations Bureau of the Office of Personnel 
        Management.
            (3) Public safety officer.--The term ``public safety 
        officer'' means a person serving as a law enforcement officer, 
        as determined by the Attorney General.

SEC. 3. TSA PRECHECK ENROLLMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ACTIVE SECURITY 
              CLEARANCE.

    (a) Process.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration, in consultation with the Director of the National 
Background Investigations Bureau of the Office of Personnel Management 
and other appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal 
Government, shall establish a process to permit the verification of an 
active security clearance to enable enrollment in TSA PreCheck.
    (b) Components.--In establishing the process required under 
subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure that--
            (1) eligible applicants for TSA PreCheck provide 
        verification of active clearance through coordination with 
        their sponsoring agency;
            (2) active clearance is required at the time an application 
        is submitted and at the time of its approval;
            (3) interim security clearance is not accepted for purposes 
        of paragraphs (1) and (2); and
            (4) approved applicants are assigned a trusted traveler 
        number.
    (c) Eligible Levels of Clearance.--An individual holding any of the 
following security clearances shall be eligible to participate in TSA 
PreCheck under the process established under subsection (a):
            (1) Secret.
            (2) Top Secret, including Sensitive Compartmented 
        Information.
            (3) L Clearance.
            (4) Q Clearance.
            (5) Yankee White, all categories.
    (d) Fees.--Any individual who enrolls in TSA PreCheck through the 
process established under subsection (a) shall submit any fee required 
to cover the costs of participation in such program. Notwithstanding 
section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, such fee shall be 
retained and used by the Transportation Security Administration.
    (e) Termination; Renewal.--
            (1) Term.--If an individual remains eligible for membership 
        in TSA PreCheck under the requirements established by the 
        Transportation Security Administration, his or her 
        participation in TSA PreCheck will terminate on the date that 
        is 5 years after the date on which such enrollment is approved 
        unless it is renewed in accordance with applicable law.
            (2) Revocation.--
                    (A) In general.--An individual's participation in 
                TSA PreCheck that was initiated through the process 
                established under subsection (a) shall be terminated if 
                the underlying security clearance is revoked, as 
                determined by the sponsoring agency.
                    (B) Exceptions.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (A), an individual's participation in TSA PreCheck that 
                was initiated through the process established under 
                subsection (a) may be revoked, at the discretion of the 
                Administrator, if--
                            (i) the individual is determined to pose a 
                        threat to aviation or national security; and
                            (ii) the underlying security clearance is 
                        inactivated as a result of a change of the 
                        individual's employment or the end of an 
                        individual's appointment in a particular 
                        position.

SEC. 4. TSA PRECHECK ENROLLMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

    (a) Process.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall 
establish a process to permit the enrollment of certain law enforcement 
officers in TSA PreCheck.
    (b) Components.--In establishing the process required under 
subsection (a), the Attorney General and the Administrator shall ensure 
that--
            (1) eligible applicants for TSA PreCheck provide 
        verification of active employment through coordination with 
        their sponsoring agency;
            (2) active employment in good standing is required--
                    (A) at the time an application is submitted; and
                    (B) at the time an application is approved;
            (3) interim disciplinary status is not accepted for 
        purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2); and
            (4) approved applicants are assigned a trusted traveler 
        number.
    (c) Eligible Law Enforcement Officers.--An individual shall be 
eligible to participate in TSA PreCheck under the process established 
under subsection (a) if he or she--
            (1) is a public safety officer for a public agency 
        (including a court system) that receives Federal financial 
        assistance;
            (2) is a law enforcement officer for a public agency; or
            (3) occupies another position, as deemed appropriate by the 
        Attorney General and the Administrator.
    (d) Fees.--Any individual who enrolls in TSA PreCheck through the 
process established under subsection (a) shall submit any fee required 
to cover the costs of participation in such program. Notwithstanding 
section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, such fee shall be 
retained and used by the Transportation Security Administration.
    (e) Termination; Renewal.--
            (1) Term.--If an individual remains eligible for membership 
        in TSA PreCheck under the requirements established by the 
        Transportation Security Administration, his or her 
        participation in TSA PreCheck shall terminate on the date that 
        is 5 years after the date on which such enrollment is approved 
        unless such enrollment is renewed in accordance with applicable 
        law.
            (2) Revocation.--An individual's participation in TSA 
        PreCheck that was initiated through the process established 
        under subsection (a)--
                    (A) shall be revoked if the underlying employment 
                is terminated or suspended, as determined by the 
                sponsoring agency; and
                    (B) may be revoked, at the discretion of the 
                Attorney General and the Administrator, based on the 
                termination of the underlying employment if such 
                termination is a result of--
                            (i) a voluntary change of the individual's 
                        employment; or
                            (ii) the expiration of the term of service 
                        in a particular position to which an individual 
                        was appointed.

SEC. 5. REPORT ON EXPANDED ENROLLMENT FOR TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection and the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Director 
of the National Background Investigations Bureau of the Office of 
Personnel Management, and other appropriate departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government, shall submit a report to Congress on the 
feasibility of expanding the enrollment processes established under 
sections 3 and 4 to the Trusted Traveler Programs listed in subsection 
(b).
    (b) Trusted Traveler Programs.--The programs listed in this 
subsection are--
            (1) Global Entry;
            (2) SENTRI;
            (3) NEXUS; and
            (4) any travel facilitation program that is similar to any 
        of the programs listed in paragraphs (1) though (3) and has 
        been designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be 
        included in the report required under subsection (a).
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