Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018
Public Law 115–230
Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018
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115–230
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Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018
[(Public Law 115–230)]
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AN ACTTo restrict the department in which the Coast Guard is operating from implementing any rule requiring the use of biometric readers for biometric transportation security cards until after submission to Congress of the results of an assessment of the effectiveness of the transportation security card program.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 Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 2018”.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION WORKER IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL BIOMETRIC READER RULE. The department in which the Coast Guard is operating may not implement the rule entitled “Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)-Reader Requirements” (81 Fed. Reg. 57651), and may not propose or issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for any revision to such rule except to extend its effective date, or for any other rule requiring the use of biometric readers for biometric transportation security cards under section 70105(k)(3) of title 46, United States Code, before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of the submission under paragraph (5) of section 1(b) of Public Law 114-278 (130 Stat. 1411 to 1412) of the results of the assessment required by that section.
SEC. 3. PROGRESS UPDATES. Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until the submission under paragraph (5) of section 1(b) of Public Law 114-278 (130 Stat. 1411 et seq.) of the results of the assessment required by that section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate regarding the implementation of that section.