Sec. 564. Priority processing of applications for Transportation Worker Identification Credentials for members undergoing discharge or release from the Armed Forces
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The Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security to afford a priority in the processing of applications for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential
(TWIC)to applications submitted by members of the Armed Forces who are undergoing separation, discharge, or release from the Armed Forces under honorable conditions, with such priority to provide for the review and adjudication of such an application by not later than 14 days after submittal, unless an appeal or waiver applies or further application documentation is necessary. The priority shall be so afforded commencing not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act to members who undergo separation, discharge, or release from the Armed Forces after the date on which the priority so commences being afforded. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter into a memorandum of understanding in connection with achieving the requirement in subsection (a). Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the implementation of the requirements of this section. The report shall set forth the following: The memorandum of understanding required pursuant to subsection (b). A description of the number of individuals who applied for, and the number of individuals who have been issued, a Transportation Worker Identification Credential pursuant to the memorandum of understanding as of the date of the report. If any applications for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential covered by paragraph
(2)were not reviewed and adjudicated within the deadline specified in subsection (a), a description of the reasons for the failure and of the actions being taken to assure that future applications for a Credential are reviewed and adjudicated within the deadline. In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.