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[H.R. 3202 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 394
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3202

                          [Report No. 113-528]

      To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare a 
 comprehensive security assessment of the transportation security card 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2013

  Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and Mrs. 
 Miller of Michigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Homeland Security

                             July 17, 2014

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                          September 27, 2013]


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                                 A BILL


 
      To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare a 
 comprehensive security assessment of the transportation security card 
                    program, and for other purposes.


 


    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 ``Essential Transportation Worker 
Identification Credential Assessment Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY ASSESSMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION 
              SECURITY CARD PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 
and the Comptroller General of the United States a comprehensive 
assessment of the effectiveness of the transportation security card 
program under section 70105 of title 46, United States Code, at 
enhancing security and reducing security risks for facilities and 
vessels regulated pursuant to section 102 of Public Law 107-295. Such 
assessment shall be conducted by a national laboratory that, to the 
extent practicable, is within the Department of Homeland Security 
laboratory network with expertise in maritime security or by a maritime 
security university-based center within the Department of Homeland 
Security centers of excellence network.
    (b) Contents.--The comprehensive assessment shall include--
            (1) an evaluation of the extent to which the program, as 
        implemented, addresses known or likely security risks in the 
        maritime environment;
            (2) an evaluation of the extent to which deficiencies 
        identified by the Comptroller General have been addressed; and
            (3) a cost-benefit analysis of the program, as implemented.
    (c) Corrective Action Plan; Program Reforms.--Not later than 60 
days after the Secretary submits the assessment under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall submit a corrective action plan to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate that responds to 
the assessment under subsection (b). The corrective action plan shall 
include an implementation plan with benchmarks, may include 
programmatic reforms, revisions to regulations, or proposals for 
legislation, and shall be considered in any rule making by the 
Department relating to the transportation security card program.
    (d) Comptroller General Review.--Not later than 120 days after the 
Secretary issues the corrective action plan under subsection (c), the 
Comptroller General shall--
            (1) review the extent to which such plan implements--
                    (A) recommendations issued by the national 
                laboratory or maritime security university-based 
                center, as applicable, in the assessment submitted 
                under subsection (a); and
                    (B) recommendations issued by the Comptroller 
                General before the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) inform the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
        of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate as to the responsiveness of such 
        plan to such recommendations.
    (e) Transportation Security Card Reader Rule.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may not 
        issue a final rule requiring the use of transportation security 
        card readers until--
                    (A) the Comptroller General informs the Committees 
                on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
                and Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate 
                that the submission under subsection (a) is responsive 
                to the recommendations of the Comptroller General; and
                    (B) the Secretary issues an updated list of 
                transportation security card readers that are 
                compatible with active transportation security cards.
            (2) Limitation on application.--Paragraph (1) shall not 
        apply with respect to any final rule issued pursuant to the 
        notice of proposed rulemaking on Transportation Worker 
        Identification Credential (TWIC)-Reader Requirements published 
        by the Coast Guard on March 22, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 17781)
    (f) Comptroller General Oversight.--Not less than 18 months after 
the date of the issuance of the corrective action plan under subsection 
(c), and every six months thereafter during the 3-year period following 
the date of the issuance of the first report under this subsection, the 
Comptroller General shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate regarding implementation of the 
corrective action plan.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 394

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3202

                          [Report No. 113-528]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

      To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare a 
 comprehensive security assessment of the transportation security card 
                    program, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 17, 2014

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed