I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2843 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To require certain improvements in the Transportation Security Administration’s PreCheck expedited screening program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the TSA PreCheck Expansion Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. (2) Department The term Department means the Department of Homeland Security. (3) TSA The term TSA means the Transportation Security Administration. 3. Enrollment expansion (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall publish 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, including standards that allow the use of secure technologies, including online enrollment, kiosks, tablets, or staffed laptop stations at which individuals can apply for entry into such program. (b) Requirements Upon publication of the PreCheck program application enrollment standards pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall— (1) coordinate with interested parties to deploy TSA-approved ready-to-market private sector solutions that meet the TSA PreCheck application enrollment standards described in paragraph (1), make available additional PreCheck enrollment capabilities, and offer secure online and mobile enrollment opportunities; (2) partner with the private sector to collect biographic and biometric identification information via kiosks, mobile devices, or other mobile enrollment platforms to reduce the number of instances in which passengers need to travel to enrollment centers; (3) ensure that the kiosks, mobile devices, or other mobile enrollment platforms referred to in paragraph (3) are certified as secure and not vulnerable to data breaches; (4) ensure that any biometric and biographic information is collected in a manner which is comparable with the National Institute of Standards and Technology standards and ensures privacy and data security protections, including that applicants’ personally identifiable information is collected, retained, used, and shared in a manner consistent with section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as Privacy Act of 1974 ), and agency regulations; (5) ensure that an individual who wants to enroll in the PreCheck program and has started an application with a single identification verification at one location will be able to save such individual’s application on any kiosk, personal computer, mobile device, or other mobile enrollment platform and be able to return within a reasonable time to submit a second identification verification; and (6) ensure that any enrollment expansion using a private sector risk assessment instead of a fingerprint-based criminal history records check is determined, by the Secretary of Homeland Security, to be equivalent to a fingerprint-based criminal history records check conducted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (c) Marketing of PreCheck program Upon publication of PreCheck program application enrollment standards pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall— (1) in accordance with the standards described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), develop and implement— (A) a process, including an associated timeframe, for approving private sector marketing of the TSA PreCheck program; and (B) a strategy for partnering with the private sector to encourage enrollment in such program; and (2) submit to Congress a 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 under this subsection. (d) Identity verification enhancement Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall— (1) coordinate with the heads of appropriate components of the Department to leverage Department-held data and technologies to verify the citizenship of individuals enrolling in the TSA PreCheck program; and (2) partner with the private sector to use advanced biometrics and standards comparable with National Institute of Standards and Technology standards to facilitate enrollment in such program. (e) PreCheck lane operation The Administrator shall— (1) ensure that TSA PreCheck screening lanes are open and available during peak and high-volume travel times at airports to individuals enrolled in the PreCheck program; and (2) make every practicable effort to provide expedited screening at standard screening lanes during times when PreCheck screening lanes are closed to individuals enrolled in such program in order to maintain operational efficiency. (f) Vetting for PreCheck participants Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall initiate an assessment of the security vulnerabilities in the vetting process for the PreCheck 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 PreCheck program.

Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2015. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.