,in the ,senate of the ,united ,states1 
,august #a1 #bjac4  ,amendment3  ,that  
the bill from the ,house of             
,representatives 7,h4,r4 #acdd7 entitled
 ,an ,act to amend title #di1 ,united   
,states ,code1 to direct the ,assistant 
,secretary of ,homeland ,security       
7,transportation ,security              
,administration7 to provide expedited   
air passenger screening to severely     
injured or disabled members of the      
,armed ,forces and severely injured or  
disabled veterans1 and for other        
purposes41 do pass with the following   
,strike all after the enacting clause   
and insert the following3  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,helping ,heroes ,fly ,act4  #b4        
,operations center program for severely 
injured or disabled members of the      
,armed ,forces and severely injured or  
disabled veterans  7a7 ,in general      
,subchapter ,i of chapter #ddi of title 
#di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3     

#ddibg4 ,expedited screening for        
severely injured or disabled members of 
the ,armed ,forces and severely injured 
or disabled veterans  7a7 ,passenger    
screening ,the ,assistant ,secretary1 in
 consultation with the ,secretary of    
,defense1 the ,secretary of ,veterans   
,affairs1 and organizations identified  
by the ,secretaries of ,defense and     
,veteran ,affairs that advocate on      
behalf of severely injured or disabled  
members of the ,armed ,forces and       
severely injured or disabled veterans1  
shall develop and implement a process to
 support and facilitate the ease of     
travel and to the extent possible       
provide expedited passenger screening   
services for severely injured or        
disabled members of the ,armed ,forces  
and severely injured or disabled        
veterans through passenger screening4   
,the process shall be designed to offer 
the individual private screening to the 
maximum extent practicable4  7b7        
,operations center ,as part of the      

process under subsection 7a71 the       
,assistant ,secretary shall maintain an 
operations center to provide support and
 facilitate the movement of severely    
injured or disabled members of the      
,armed ,forces and severely injured or  
disabled veterans through passenger     
screening prior to boarding a passenger 
aircraft operated by an air carrier or  
foreign air carrier in air              
transportation or intrastate air        
transportation4  7c7 ,protocols ,the    
,assistant ,secretary shall--  7#a7     
establish and publish protocols1 in     
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,defense1 the ,secretary of ,veterans   
,affairs1 and the organizations         
identified under subsection 7a71 under  
which a severely injured or disabled    
member of the ,armed ,forces or severely
 injured or disabled veteran1 or the    
family member or other representative of
 such member or veteran1 may contact the
 operations center maintained under     
subsection 7b7 and request the expedited

 passenger screening services described 
in subsection 7a7 for that member or    
veteran2 and  7#b7 upon receipt of a    
request under paragraph 7#a71 require   
the operations center to notify the     
appropriate ,federal ,security ,director
 of the request for expedited passenger 
screening services1 as described in     
subsection 7a71 for that member or      
veteran4  7d7 ,training ,the ,assistant 
,secretary shall integrate training on  
the protocols established under         
subsection 7c7 into the training        
provided to all employees who will      
regularly provide the passenger         
screening services described in         
subsection 7a74  7e7 ,rule of           
construction ,nothing in this section   
shall affect the authority of the       
,assistant ,secretary to require        
additional screening of a severely      
injured or disabled member of the ,armed
 ,forces1 a severely injured or disabled
 veteran1 or their accompanying family  
members or nonmedical attendants1 if    

intelligence1 law enforcement1 or other 
information indicates that additional   
screening is necessary4  7f7 ,report    
,not later than #a year after the date  
of enactment of this section1 and       
annually thereafter1 the ,assistant     
,secretary shall submit to ,congress a  
report on the implementation of this    
section4 ,each report shall include each
 of the following3  7#a7 ,information on
 the training provided under subsection 
7d74  7#b7 ,information on the          
consultations between the ,assistant    
,secretary and the organizations        
identified under subsection 7a74  7#c7  
,the number of people who accessed the  
operations center during the period     
covered by the report4  7#d7 ,such other
 information as the ,assistant          
,secretary determines is appropriate4  4
  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of 
sections at the beginning of subchapter 
,i of chapter #ddi of title #di1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section      

#ddibf the following new item3  #ddibg4 
,expedited screening for severely       
injured or disabled members of the      
,armed ,forces and severely injured or  
disabled veterans4  4  ,secretary