VETS Safe Travel Act

United States116th CongressHR-3356House of Representatives
Updated: Sep 12, 2019

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.

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S-1881: VETS Safe Travel Act

Held at the desk.

  1. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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  2. Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.

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

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  4. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 160.

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