[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 10, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TSA CREDENTIAL AND ENDORSEMENT HARMONIZATION ACT OF 2019

  Mr. CASSIDY. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee be discharged from 
further consideration of S. 2035 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 legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2035) to require the Transportation Security 
     Administration to develop a strategic plan to expand 
     eligibility for the PreCheck Program to individuals with 
     Transportation Worker Identification Credentials or Hazardous 
     Materials Endorsements.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate 
proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. CASSIDY. Madam President, I further 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 with no 
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2035) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 2035

       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 ``TSA Credential and 
     Endorsement Harmonization Act of 2019''.

     SEC. 2. STRATEGIC PLAN TO EXPAND PRECHECK PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
     Transportation Security Administration shall develop a 
     strategic plan to expand eligibility for the PreCheck Program 
     under section 44919 of title 49, United States Code, to 
     individuals who have--
       (1) a Transportation Worker Identification Credential 
     issued under section 70105 of title 46, United States Code; 
     or
       (2) a Hazardous Materials Endorsement under the Hazardous 
     Materials Endorsement Threat Assessment Program on the State-
     issued commercial driver's license of the individual.
       (b) Elements.--In developing the strategic plan required by 
     subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure that the 
     plan--
       (1) allows individuals described in subsection (a) to opt 
     in to the PreCheck Program; and
       (2) provides the Transportation Security Administration 
     with the discretion--
       (A) to determine whether an individual described in 
     subsection (a) meets the eligibility requirements for the 
     Program; and
       (B) to establish alternative fee structures for the 
     Program.
       (c) Briefing to Congress.--Not later than 30 days after 
     developing the strategic plan required by subsection (a), the 
     Administrator shall brief the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security of the House of Representatives on the 
     strategic plan.

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