VETS Safe Travel Act
Latest action · Sep 12, 2019 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 160.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 19, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 19, 2019 to Sep 12, 2019; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| R-IN | Greg Pence | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Jul 12, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Jul 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jul 23, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Aug 6, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Aug 6, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Xochitl Torres Small | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Aug 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| R-VA | Denver Riggleman | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Sep 12, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jun 19, 2019Markup Jul 17, 2019Reported Sep 12, 2019 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 19, 2019Discharged Sep 12, 2019 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jul 16, 2019 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2019Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-203, Part I.
- Sep 12, 2019Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
- Sep 12, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 160.
- Jul 17, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 17, 2019Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 30, 2019H.R. 3356, VETS Safe Travel ActAs reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 12, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 103, June 19, 2019, page H4919.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46783 | Trusted Traveler Programs | Report | May 5, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1881 | VETS Safe Travel Act | Related bill | Sep 11, 2019 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide PreCheck to certain severely injured or disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- VETS Safe Travel Act
- Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe Travel Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- VETS Safe Travel Act
- Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe Travel Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2019Reported in House
- Jun 19, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
