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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
VETERANS EXPEDITED TSA SCREENING SAFE TRAVEL ACT
Mr. CASSIDY. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee be discharged from
further consideration of S. 1881 and the Senate proceed to its
immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant bill clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 1881) to provide PreCheck to certain severely
injured or disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate
proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. CASSIDY. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill
be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (S. 1881) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading,
was read the third time, and passed as follows:
S. 1881
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 ``Veterans Expedited TSA
Screening Safe Travel Act'' or the ``VETS Safe Travel Act''.
SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF PRECHECK PROGRAM TO CERTAIN SEVERELY
INJURED OR DISABLED VETERANS.
(a) In General.--Section 44927 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Availability of PreCheck Program to Certain Severely
Injured or Disabled Veterans.--
``(1) In general.--A veteran described in paragraph (2) is
eligible for security screening under the PreCheck Program
under section 44919 at no cost to the veteran if the veteran
is able to meet the background check and other security
requirements for participation in the program.
``(2) Veterans described.--A veteran described in this
paragraph is a veteran determined by the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs--
``(A)(i) to have had a loss, or loss of use, of a limb;
``(ii) to have become paralyzed or partially paralyzed; or
``(iii) to have incurred permanent blindness; and
``(B) as a result of that loss, paralyzation or partial
paralyzation, or blindness, to require the use of a
wheelchair, prosthetic limb, or other assistive device to aid
with mobility.''.
(b) Coordination on Implementation.--Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly--
(1) develop and implement a process for providing the
Transportation Security Administration with access to the
data needed to validate the eligibility of a veteran for the
PreCheck Program under section 44927(g) of title 49, United
States Code, as added by subsection (a); and
(2) submit to Congress a report on the status of
implementing the process required by paragraph (1).
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