112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H.R. 1801
In the Senate of the United
States,
December 12, 2011.
Amendment:
That the bill from the House of Representatives
(H.R. 1801) entitled An Act to amend title 49, United States Code, to
provide for expedited security screenings for members of the Armed
Forces.
, do pass with the following
Strike all after
the enacting clause and insert the
following:
1.This Act may be cited as
the Risk-Based Security Screening for Members of the Armed
Forces Act
.
2.Security screening for
members of the Armed Forces
(a)Section 44903 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
(m)Security
screening for members of the Armed Forces
(1)The Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
(Transportation Security Administration), in consultation with the Department
of Defense, shall develop and implement a plan to provide expedited security
screening services for a member of the armed forces, and, to the extent
possible, any accompanying family member, if the member of the armed forces,
while in uniform, presents documentation indicating official orders for air
transportation departing from a primary airport (as defined in section
47102).
(2)In
developing the plan, the Assistant Secretary shall consider—
(A)leveraging
existing security screening models used to reduce passenger wait times;
(B)establishing
standard guidelines for the screening of military uniform items, including
combat boots; and
(C)incorporating any new screening protocols
into an existing trusted passenger program, as established pursuant to section
109(a)(3) of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 114 note),
or into the development of any new credential or system that incorporates
biometric technology and other applicable technologies to verify the identity
of individuals traveling in air transportation.
(3)Nothing in this subsection shall affect the
authority of the Assistant Secretary to require additional screening of a
member of the armed forces if intelligence or law enforcement information
indicates that additional screening is necessary.
(4)The Assistant Secretary shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on the implementation of the
plan.
.
(b)Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall
implement the plan required by this Act.
Secretary