TSA PreCheck Expansion Act

Bill: 114-hr-2843
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2015-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Citizenship and naturalization
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Marketing and advertising
Public-private cooperation
Right of privacy
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-06-19
text: 

TSA PreCheck Expansion Act

 
This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to:
 
 
establish PreCheck application enrollment standards to add multiple private sector application capabilities for the TSA PreCheck program to increase the public's enrollment access to such program; 
 
 coordinate with interested parties to deploy TSA-approved ready-to-market private sector solutions that meet such standards, make available additional PreCheck enrollment capabilities, and offer secure online and mobile enrollment opportunities; 
 
 partner with the private sector to collect biographic and biometric identification information via secure mobile enrollment platforms to reduce the need to travel to enrollment centers; and 
 
 ensure that any biometric and biographic information is collected in a manner which ensures privacy and data security protections.
 
 
The TSA must: 
 
 
 develop and implement a process for approving private sector marketing of the program and a strategy for partnering with the private sector to encourage enrollment;
 
report on any PreCheck fees collected in excess of the costs of administering such program;
 
 coordinate with the heads of appropriate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components to leverage DHS-held data and technologies to verify the citizenship of individuals who want to enroll;
 
partner with the private sector to use advanced biometrics and NIST 800-63-2 identity proofing standards to facilitate enrollment;
 
 ensure that TSA PreCheck screening lanes are available during peak and high-volume travel times at airports to enrolled individuals;
 
provide for expedited screening at standard screening lanes during times when PreCheck screening lanes are closed; and
 
 ensure that enrolled individuals are vetted through the TSA's terrorist screening databases and develop effective recurrent vetting capabilities for disqualifying criminal offenses. 
 

action_date: 2015-07-22
text: 

TSA PreCheck Expansion Act

 
(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to publish application enrollment standards to add multiple private sector application capabilities for the TSA PreCheck program to increase the public's enrollment access to such program.
 
Upon publication of such standards, the TSA must:
 
 
 coordinate with interested parties to deploy TSA-approved ready-to-market private sector solutions that meet such standards, make available additional enrollment capabilities, and offer secure online and mobile enrollment opportunities; 
 
 partner with the private sector to collect biographic and biometric identification information via secure mobile enrollment platforms to reduce the need for passengers to travel to enrollment centers; 
 
 ensure that any biometric and biographic information is collected in a manner that ensures privacy and data security protections; 
 
 ensure that an individual who has started an enrollment application with a single identification verification at one location will be able to save such application on any platform and be able to return to submit a second identification verification; 
 
 ensure that any enrollment expansion using a private sector risk assessment is determined to be equivalent to a fingerprint-based criminal history records check conducted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
 
 develop and implement a process for approving private sector marketing of the TSA PreCheck program and a strategy for partnering with the private sector to encourage enrollment; and 
 
 report on any PreCheck fees collected in excess of the costs of administering such program, including recommendations for using such amounts to support marketing of such program.
 
 
The TSA is required to:
 
 
coordinate with the heads of appropriate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components to leverage DHS-held data and technologies to verify the citizenship of individuals enrolling in the program;
 
 partner with the private sector to use advanced biometrics and NIST 800-63-2 identity proofing standards to facilitate enrollment;
 
 ensure that TSA PreCheck screening lanes are available during peak and high-volume travel times at airports to enrolled individuals;
 
 provide for expedited screening at standard screening lanes during times when PreCheck screening lanes are closed; and
 
 initiate an assessment of the security vulnerabilities in the vetting process for the program that includes an evaluation of whether subjecting PreCheck participants to recurrent fingerprint-based criminal history records checks, in addition to recurrent checks against the terrorist watchlist, could be done in a cost-effective manner to strengthen the security of the program. 
 

action_date: 2015-07-27
text: 

TSA PreCheck Expansion Act

 
(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to publish application enrollment standards to add multiple private sector application capabilities for the TSA PreCheck program to increase the public's enrollment access to such program.
 
Upon publication of such standards, the TSA must:
 
 
 coordinate with interested parties to deploy TSA-approved ready-to-market private sector solutions that meet such standards, make available additional enrollment capabilities, and offer secure online and mobile enrollment opportunities; 
 
 partner with the private sector to collect biographic and biometric identification information via secure mobile enrollment platforms to reduce the need for passengers to travel to enrollment centers; 
 
 ensure that any biometric and biographic information is collected in a manner that is comparable with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards and that ensures privacy and data security protections, including that applicants' personally identifiable information is collected, retained, used, and shared in a manner consistent with the Privacy Act of 1974; 
 
 ensure that an individual who has started an enrollment application with a single identification verification at one location will be able to save such application on any platform and be able to return to submit a second identification verification; 
 
 ensure that any enrollment expansion using a private sector risk assessment is determined to be equivalent to a fingerprint-based criminal history records check conducted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
 
 develop and implement a process for approving private sector marketing of the TSA PreCheck program and a strategy for partnering with the private sector to encourage enrollment; and 
 
 report on any PreCheck fees collected in excess of the costs of administering such program, including recommendations for using such amounts to support marketing of such program.
 
 
The TSA is required to:
 
 
coordinate with the heads of appropriate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components to leverage DHS-held data and technologies to verify the citizenship of individuals enrolling in the program;
 
 partner with the private sector to use advanced biometrics and standards comparable to NIST standards to facilitate enrollment;
 
 ensure that TSA PreCheck screening lanes are available during peak and high-volume travel times at airports to enrolled individuals;
 
 provide for expedited screening at standard screening lanes during times when PreCheck screening lanes are closed; and
 
 initiate an assessment of the security vulnerabilities in the vetting process for the program that includes an evaluation of whether subjecting PreCheck participants to recurrent fingerprint-based criminal history records checks, in addition to recurrent checks against the terrorist watchlist, could be done in a cost-effective manner to strengthen the security of the program. 
 

action_date: 2016-03-07
text: 

TSA PreCheck Expansion Act

 
(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to continue to administer the Precheck Program (trusted traveler program).
 
(Sec. 4) TSA shall publish application enrollment standards that add multiple private sector application capabilities for the PreCheck program to increase the public's enrollment access to such program.
 
Upon publication of such standards, the TSA must:
 
 
 coordinate with interested parties to deploy TSA-approved ready-to-market private sector solutions that meet such standards, make available additional enrollment capabilities, and offer secure online and mobile enrollment opportunities; 
 
 partner with the private sector to collect biographic and biometric identification information via mobile enrollment platforms to increase enrollment flexibility and minimize the amount of travel to enrollment centers for applicants; 
 
 ensure that any biometric and biographic information is collected in a manner that is comparable with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards and that protects privacy and data security, including that any personally identifiable information is collected, retained, used, and shared in a manner consistent with the Privacy Act of 1974; 
 
 ensure that the enrollment process is streamlined and flexible to allow an individual to provide additional information to complete enrollment and verify identity; 
 
 ensure that any enrollment expansion using a private sector risk assessment is determined to be equivalent to a fingerprint-based criminal history records check conducted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
 
 develop and implement a continual process for approving private sector marketing of the PreCheck program and a long-term strategy for partnering with the private sector to encourage enrollment; and 
 
 report on any PreCheck Program application fees collected in excess of the costs of administering the program, including assessment of its feasibility and recommendations for using such amounts to support its marketing.
 
 
The TSA shall:
 
 
coordinate with the heads of appropriate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components to leverage DHS-held data and technologies to verify the citizenship of individuals enrolling in the program;
 
 partner with the private sector to use biometrics and authentication standards such as those developed by NIST to facilitate enrollment;
 
consider leveraging existing airport resources to conduct fingerprint and background checks to expedite identity verification;
 
 ensure that PreCheck Program screening lanes are available during peak and high-volume travel times at airports to enrolled individuals;
 
 provide for expedited screening at standard screening lanes during times when PreCheck Program screening lanes are closed; and
 
 initiate an assessment to identify security vulnerabilities in the vetting process for the program, including whether subjecting PreCheck Program participants to recurrent fingerprint-based criminal history records checks, in addition to recurrent checks against the terrorist watchlist, could be done in a cost-effective manner to strengthen the security of the program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 383.
action_date: 2016-03-07
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-223.
action_date: 2016-03-07
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-223.
action_date: 2015-12-09
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2015-07-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-07-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-07-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5501)
action_date: 2015-07-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5501)
action_date: 2015-07-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2843.
action_date: 2015-07-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5501-5502)
action_date: 2015-07-27
text: Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 167.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-221.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-221.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2015-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2015-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-06-19
text: Introduced in House