Honorably Discharged Transportation Worker Identification Credential Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4552
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2019-09-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Navigation, waterways, harbors

Transportation employees

Transportation safety and security

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2019-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Honorably Discharged Transportation Worker Identification Credential Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a process for issuing provisional transportation security cards to covered veterans for use on a vessel or in a facility to give access to areas designated as secure by DHS. Such provisional transportation security cards are for use beginning on the date a covered veteran applies for a transportation security card and ending on the date on which such card is issued or denied. </p> <p>A covered veteran is an individual who (1) served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released under honorable conditions; and (2) during such service was subjected to a rigorous security screening. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4552 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 27, 2019 Mr. Babin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To amend title 46, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of provisional transportation security cards to veterans who have been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honorably Discharged Transportation Worker Identification Credential Act of 2019 . 2. Issuance of provisional TWIC cards to veterans who have been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces Section 70105 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (r) Provisional security cards (1) The Secretary shall establish a process under which the Secretary shall issue provisional transportation security cards to covered veterans to be used during the beginning on the date a covered veteran applies for a transportation security card issued under subsection (b) and ending on the date on which such card is issued or denied to such veteran. (2) A provisional transportation security card issued to a covered veteran under this subsection shall authorize such covered veterans to have access to secure areas in the same manner as transportation security cards issued under subsection (b). (3) In this subsection, a covered veteran is an individual who— (A) served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions; and (B) during such service was subjected to a rigorous security screening. (4) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, may prescribe a time period following discharge or separation from service in the Armed Forces during which an individual may be considered a covered veteran under paragraph (3). .