Summary
Gives certain veterans with serious service-related injuries free access to the faster TSA PreCheck airport security screening program.
What problem does this solve?
Veterans with serious injuries, especially those using wheelchairs or prosthetics, often have a hard time with long airport security lines. This law gives them free access to the faster PreCheck line to make travel easier.
Who does this affect?
- Severely disabled U.S. military veterans
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
What does this law do?
Free TSA PreCheck for eligible disabled veterans
Provides free access to the TSA PreCheck program for veterans with specific severe service-connected disabilities, like loss of a limb, paralysis, or blindness, who use a mobility device.
Requires a process for veteran enrollment
The TSA and Department of Veterans Affairs must create a way for eligible veterans to sign up for the benefit within one year of the law's passage.
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Outreach for disabled veterans on availability of Transportation Security Administration programs
Mandates outreach to disabled veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs and the TSA must work together to tell disabled veterans about all TSA programs that can make screening easier for them.
What is the real world impact?
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Eases travel for severely disabled veterans
Makes airport security screening faster and less difficult for veterans with serious service-related injuries, such as those who use wheelchairs or prosthetic limbs, by giving them free access to TSA PreCheck.
When does this start?
This law sets several deadlines for government agencies to act.
Veteran enrollment process
The TSA and VA must create a process for veterans to receive the PreCheck benefit no later than one year after the law is enacted.
Briefing on enrollment process
The TSA and VA must brief Congress on the status of the enrollment process no later than one year after the law is enacted.
Briefing on outreach efforts
The VA and TSA must brief Congress on their outreach efforts to disabled veterans no later than 180 days after the law is enacted.