Congress 116 - HR 3356 - VETS Safe Travel Act

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Armed Forces and National Security Aviation and airports Congressional oversight Disability and paralysis Disability assistance Transportation safety and security Veterans' pensions and compensation

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Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe Travel Act or the VETS Safe Travel Act

This bill makes certain veterans eligible for the Transportation Security Administration 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 have been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to have incurred permanent blindness, or those who have been determined to require the use of a wheelchair, prosthetic limb, or other assistive device to aid with mobility due to (1) loss, or loss of use, of a limb; or (2) full or partial paralyzation.

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Sep 12, 2019

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 160.
Sep 12, 2019

Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
Sep 12, 2019

Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-203, Part I.
Jul 17, 2019

Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 17, 2019

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 16, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jun 19, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 19, 2019

Introduced in House

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