,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ba1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,gabbard 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,joyce1
 and ,mr4 ,richmond7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
,a ,,bill  ,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        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may 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        

following new section3  #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 that        
advocate on behalf of members of the    
,armed ,forces and veterans1 including  
organizations 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 provide         
expedited passenger screening services  
for severely injured or disabled members
 of the ,armed ,forces and severely     
injured or disabled veterans4 ,such     
process shall be designed to protect the
 privacy of the individual being        
screened to the maximum extent          
practicable4  7b7 ,operations center ,as
 part of the process required 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 screening prior to     
boarding a passenger aircraft operated  
by an air carrier or foreign air carrier
 in air transportation or intrastate air
 transportation4 ,such operations center
 shall be operational at all times4  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 organizations
 that advocate on behalf of members of  
the ,armed ,forces and veterans1        
including organizations that advocate on
 behalf of severely injured or disabled 
members of the ,armed ,forces and       
severely injured or disabled veterans1  
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 a member or      
veteran1 may contact the operations     
center maintained under subsection 7b7  
and request expedited screening services
 described in subsection 7a7 for the    
member or veteran2 and  7#b7 upon       
receipt of such a request1 require such 
operations center to notify the         
appropriate ,federal security director  
of the request to facilitate the        
expedited passenger screening services  
described in subsection 7a7 for the     
member or veteran4  7d7 ,training ,the  
,assistant ,secretary shall integrate   
training on the protocols established   
under subsection 7c7 into the training  
provided to new employees and recurrent 
training for all employees who provide  
passenger screening services4  7e7      
,report ,not later than one year after  
the date of the enactment of this       
section1 and annually thereafter1 the   
,assistant ,secretary shall submit to   

,congress a report on the implementation
 of this section4 ,each such 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   
organizations that advocate on behalf of
 members of the ,armed ,forces and      
veterans as described in 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 such chapter is amended by inserting
 after the item relating to section     
#ddibf following new item3  #ddibg4     
,expedited screening for severely       
injured or disabled members of the      
,armed ,forces and severely injured or  
disabled veterans4  4