Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3094
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2018-06-20
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 524.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the U.S. Coast Guard from: (1) implementing the rule titled &quot;Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)-Reader Requirements,&quot; 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.</p> <p>These prohibitions end 60 days after the Department of Homeland Security submits to Congress an assessment of the transportation security card program.</p>

action_date: 2018-07-19
action_desc: Reported to Senate without amendment
text: <p><b>Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the U.S. Coast Guard from: (1) implementing the rule titled &quot;Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)-Reader Requirements,&quot; 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.</p> <p>These prohibitions end 60 days after the Department of Homeland Security submits to Congress an assessment of the transportation security card program.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3094 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018 . 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.

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 524 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3094 [Report No. 115–305] 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 July 19, 2018 Reported by Mr. Thune , without amendment 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018 . 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.

July 19, 2018 Reported without amendment