[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Public Law 115-230
115th Congress

An Act


 
To 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.

Approved August 2, 2018.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 5729:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 115-790, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Homeland Security).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):
July 10, considered and passed House.
July 26, considered and passed Senate.