Sec. 102. PreCheck and general passenger biometric identification
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall conduct a pilot project to establish a secure, automated, biometric-based system at airports to verify the identity of passengers who are members of TSA PreCheck. Such system shall— reduce the need for security screening personnel to perform travel document verification for individuals enrolled in TSA PreCheck; reduce the average wait time of individuals enrolled in TSA PreCheck; reduce overall operating expenses of the Administration; be integrated with the Administration’s watch list and trusted traveler matching program; be integrated with other checkpoint technologies to further facilitate risk-based passenger screening at the checkpoint, to the extent practicable and consistent with security standards; and consider capabilities and policies of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection’s Global Entry Program, as appropriate. Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code is amended— by redesignating subsections
(c)through
(l)as subsections
(d)through (m), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(b)the following new subsection: Not later than December 31, 2017, in accordance with the requirements of the Transportation Security Administration Reform and Improvement Act of 2015, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall establish a secure, automated system at all large hub airports for verifying travel and identity documents of passengers who are not members of the Administration’s risk-based aviation passenger screening program, known as TSA PreCheck . Such system shall— assess the need for security screening personnel to perform travel document verification for such passengers, thereby assessing the overall number of such screening personnel; assess the average wait time of such passengers; assess overall operating expenses of the Administration; be integrated with the Administration’s watch list matching program; and be integrated with other checkpoint technologies to further facilitate risk-based passenger screening at the checkpoint, to the extent practicable and consistent with security standards. .