[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3959 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3959

To require the Transportation Security Administration to streamline the 
  enrollment processes for individuals applying for a Transportation 
    Security Administration security threat assessment for certain 
programs, including the Transportation Worker Identification Credential 
 and Hazardous Materials Endorsement Threat Assessment programs of the 
                Administration, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 14, 2024

   Mr. Wicker (for himself, Mr. King, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. Tester) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Transportation Security Administration to streamline the 
  enrollment processes for individuals applying for a Transportation 
    Security Administration security threat assessment for certain 
programs, including the Transportation Worker Identification Credential 
 and Hazardous Materials Endorsement Threat Assessment programs of the 
                Administration, 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 ``Transportation Security Screening 
Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. STREAMLINING OF APPLICATIONS FOR CERTAIN SECURITY THREAT 
              ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
              ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Streamlining.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
        Transportation Security Administration (in this section 
        referred to as the ``TSA'') shall take such actions as are 
        necessary, including issuance of an interim final rule if 
        needed, to streamline the procedures for individuals applying 
        for or renewing enrollment in more than one TSA security threat 
        assessment program, in particular, the TWIC and HAZMAT 
        Endorsement programs, and any other credentialing programs as 
        determined by the Administrator, by--
                    (A) permitting an individual to enroll at any TSA 
                authorized enrollment center once for a threat 
                assessment program endorsement and use the application, 
                including associated biometric and biographic data, as 
                well as information generated by TSA's vetting, for one 
                of such programs to enroll in any other of such 
                programs;
                    (B) permitting an individual to visit any TSA 
                authorized enrollment center and enroll in more than 
                one TSA security threat assessment program at the same 
                time for a fee that is less than the cumulative fee 
                that would otherwise be incurred for each such program 
                separately;
                    (C) permitting an individual to undergo a 
                streamlined and expeditious renewal process;
                    (D) aligning the expiration of an individual's 
                successful, valid eligibility determination with the 
                expiration of that individual's eligibility to 
                participate in subsequent TSA security threat 
                assessment programs to which the individual applies;
                    (E) providing to States the expiration dates for 
                each individual's TSA security threat assessment to 
                ensure a commercial driver's license of an individual 
                who holds a HAZMAT Endorsement does not indicate the 
                individual is authorized to transport hazardous 
                materials after the expiration date of the enrollment 
                of the individual in the HAZMAT Endorsement security 
                threat assessment program if such commercial driver's 
                license has an expiration date that is different from 
                the expiration date of such enrollment; and
                    (F) enrolling an individual in a subsequent TSA 
                security threat assessment program at the minimum cost 
                necessary for the TSA to cover printing costs and costs 
                associated with the collection of any additional 
                biometric and biographic data in accordance with 
                paragraph (3).
            (2) State requirements for streamlining.--Not later than 6 
        months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the States 
        shall carry out the responsibilities of the States pursuant to 
        section 5103a of title 49, United States Code.
            (3) Special rule.--If an individual under this subsection 
        is at different times applying for or renewing enrollment in 
        more than one TSA security threat assessment program, such 
        individual may be required to revisit a TSA authorized 
        enrollment center for the collection of additional data, such 
        as biometrics, necessary for any such program that were not so 
        collected in connection with any other such program.
    (b) Publication.--The Administrator of the TSA shall post on a 
publicly available website of the TSA information relating to the 
streamlining of the enrollment processes for individuals applying for 
more than one TSA security threat assessment program described in 
subsection (a).
    (c) Expedited Rulemaking.--Notwithstanding sections 551 through 559 
of title 5, United States Code, nothing in this section shall require 
notice and comment rulemaking, and to the extent it is necessary to add 
additional requirements for which limited rulemaking may be advisable, 
the Administrator of the TSA shall implement such requirements through 
publication of an interim final rule.
    (d) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the TSA shall brief 
Congress on progress made toward the implementation of this section.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) HAZMAT endorsement.--The term ``HAZMAT Endorsement'' 
        means the Hazardous Materials Endorsement Threat Assessment 
        program authorized under section 5103a of title 49, United 
        States Code.
            (2) TWIC.--The term ``TWIC'' means the Transportation 
        Worker Identification Credential authorized under section 70105 
        of title 46, United States Code.
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