VETS Safe Travel Act
Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe Travel Act or the VETS Safe Travel Act This act makes certain veterans eligible for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) PreCheck Program at no cost if they meet the program's background check and security requirements. Veterans who are eligible for this fee waiver are those who the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has determined to have a service-connected disability and require the use of a wheelchair, prosthetic limb, or other device to aid with mobility due to (1) loss, or loss of use, of an extremity; (2) full or partial paralyzation; or (3) permanent blindness. The veteran must also be in the patient enrollment system of the VA. The act specifies that the TSA may not increase enrollment fees for the PreCheck Program in order to carry out this fee waiver program. The VA and the TSA must implement a process under which eligible veterans may receive the PreCheck Program benefit. Further, the VA and the TSA must implement a process to provide disabled veterans with effective outreach about programs that are designed to improve the screening process for passengers with disabilities. The VA and the TSA must also assess the awareness of veterans of relevant TSA programs and examine the need and feasibility of other measures to improve travel security procedures for disabled veterans.
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The reported version adds a new limitation stating that TSA implementation of the free PreCheck program for severely disabled veterans is subject to available appropriations and cannot increase PreCheck fees to fund it. The reported version also restructures the outreach provisions by moving them under Section 2 instead of creating a separate Section 3, and changes the language from "develop and implement" to "implement" in the coordination requirements, removing the explicit requirement to develop a process. Additionally, the Paperwork Reduction Act citation is slightly refined from "section 3501 et seq." to "subchapter I of chapter 35."
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The current version tightens eligibility criteria by requiring that veterans have a service-connected disability officially determined by the VA Secretary under specific statutory sections, rather than simply meeting general injury criteria. Additionally, the briefing requirements were made more specific by designating four particular congressional committees (House and Senate committees on Homeland Security and Veterans' Affairs) rather than just reporting to Congress generally.
These two versions are identical. There are no substantive policy changes between the referred and enrolled versions of the VETS Safe Travel Act.
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These two versions are identical. There are no substantive policy changes between the referred and enrolled versions of the VETS Safe Travel Act.
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