H.R. 8842

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Sponsor: John H. Rutherford

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Sec. 2. Eligibility for Federal law enforcement officers for certain expedited security screening

Section 44919 of title 49, United States Code is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (j), (k), and (l) as subsections (k), (l), and (m), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new subsection:

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(j) Eligibility of Federal law enforcement officers for expedited security screening

(1) In general. Subject to paragraph (3), an individual specified in paragraph (2) is eligible for expedited security screening under the PreCheck Program at no cost to such individual.

(2) Individuals specified. An individual specified in this subsection is any of the following:

(A) A Federal law enforcement officer.

(B) A family member of an individual specified in subparagraph (A) who is younger than 12 years old and accompanying the individual.

(3) Implementation. The eligibility of an individual specified in paragraph (2) for expedited security screening under the PreCheck Program is subject to such policies and procedures as the Administrator may prescribe to carry out this subsection.

(4) Definition. In this subsection, the term Federal law enforcement officer has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 50301).