,i #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #aehc ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #af1 #bjac ,ms4 ,clarke 7for herself and ,mr4 ,blumenauer7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb to establish an appeal and redress process for individuals who are screened against the terrorist watchlist and wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight1 or denied a right1 benefit1 or privilege1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,fair1 ,accurate1 ,secure1 and ,timely ,redress ,act of #bjac or the ,,fast ,redress ,act of #bjac4 #b4 ,department of ,homeland ,security appeal and redress 7a7 ,in general ,subtitle ,h of title ,,viii of the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #dea et seq47 is amended by adding at the end the following new section3 #hij;,a4 ,appeal and redress 7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall establish an ,office of ,appeals and ,redress to implement and execute a redress process for individuals who believe they were wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a commercial aircraft or denied a right1 benefit1 or privilege by the ,department because they were wrongly identified as a threat when screened against the terrorist watchlist used by the ,transportation ,security ,administration1 ,united ,states ,customs and ,border ,protection1 or any office or component of the ,department4 7b7 ,director ,the ,office shall be headed by a ,director1 who shall be appointed by the ,secretary and shall report to the ,secretary4 7c7 ,responsibilities ,the ,director shall carry out the following responsibilities3 7#a7 ,implement and maintain a redress process that includes an information technology system for purposes of providing redress to individuals who believe they were misidentified against the terrorist watchlist and that addresses case management1 workflow1 document management1 recordkeeping1 and interoperability issues identified by audits of the redress process in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this section4 7#b7 ,review1 adjudicate1 and respond in writing1 within #cj days1 to the greatest extent possible1 to an individual who files an appeal and redress request with information relating to the disposition of such request4 7#c7 ,establish and maintain a ,comprehensive ,cleared ,list of individuals who1 upon providing all information required by the ,director to verify an individual's identity1 are determined by the ,director to be misidentified4 7#d7 ,perform such other responsibilities as the ,secretary may require4 7d7 ,comprehensive ,cleared ,list 7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall ensure that the ,comprehensive ,cleared ,list is electronically integrated into the systems for screening individuals against the terrorist watchlist maintained by the ,transportation ,security ,administration1 ,united ,states ,customs and ,border ,protection1 or any other office or component of the ,department and shall-- 7,a7 transmit to other ,federal1 ,state1 local1 and tribal agencies and entities that use any terrorist watchlist the ,comprehensive ,cleared ,list and any other information the ,secretary determines necessary to resolve misidentifications1 as appropriate2 and 7,b7 work with other ,federal1 ,state1 local1 and tribal agencies or entities that use any terrorist watchlist to ensure1 to the greatest extent practicable1 that the ,comprehensive ,cleared ,list is considered when assessing the security risk of an individual4 7e7 ,handling of personally identifiable information ,the ,secretary1 in conjunction with the ,chief ,privacy ,officer of the ,department1 shall-- 7#a7 require that ,federal employees of the ,department handling personally identifiable information of individuals 7in this paragraph referred to as ,,pii7 complete mandatory privacy and security training prior to being authorized to handle ,,pii2 7#b7 ensure that the information maintained under this subsection is secured by encryption1 including one-way hashing1 data anonymization techniques1 or such other equivalent technical security protections as the ,secretary determines necessary2 7#c7 limit the information collected from individuals to the minimum amount necessary to resolve an appeal and redress request2 7#d7 ensure that the information maintained under this subsection is shared or transferred via an encrypted data network that has been audited to ensure that the anti-hacking and other security related software functions perform properly and are updated as necessary2 7#e7 ensure that any employee of the ,department receiving the information maintained under this subsection handles such information in accordance with section #eeb;a of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 the ,federal ,information ,security ,management ,act of #bjjb 7,public ,law #ajg-bif71 and other applicable laws2 7#f7 only retain the information maintained under this subsection for as long as needed to assist the individual in the appeal and redress process2 7#g7 engage in cooperative agreements with appropriate ,federal agencies and entities1 on a reimbursable basis1 to ensure that legal name changes are properly reflected in any terrorist watchlist and the ,comprehensive ,cleared ,list to improve the appeal and redress process and to ensure the most accurate lists of identifications possible 7except that section #eeb;a of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 shall not prohibit the sharing of legal name changes among ,federal agencies and entities for the purposes of this section72 7#h7 ensure that the ,chief ,privacy ,officer publishes an updated privacy impact assessment of the appeal and redress process established under this section and submit to the appropriate congressional committees such assessment2 and 7#i7 submit1 on a quarterly basis1 to the appropriate congressional committees-- 7,a7 data on the number of individuals who have sought and successfully obtained redress through the ,office of ,appeals and ,redress during the immediately preceding quarter2 7,b7 data on the number of individuals who have sought and were denied redress through the ,office of ,appeals and ,redress during the immediately preceding quarter2 7,c7 the average length of time for adjudication of completed applications during the immediately preceding quarter2 and 7,d7 a list of the grounds for denials1 together with corresponding percentages for each such ground reflecting the frequency of use by the ,office of ,appeals and ,redress during the immediately preceding quarter4 7f7 ,initiation of appeal and redress process at airports and ports of entry ,at each airport and port of entry at which-- 7#a7 the ,department has a presence1 the ,office shall provide written information to individuals to begin the appeal and redress process established pursuant to subsection 7a72 and 7#b7 the ,department has a significant presence1 provide the written information referred to in subparagraph 7#a7 and ensure a ,transportation ,security ,administration or ,united ,states ,customs and ,border ,protection supervisor who is trained in such appeal and redress process is available to provide support to individuals in need of guidance concerning such process4 7g7 ,inspector ,general review ,not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section1 the ,inspector ,general of the ,department shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of implementation of this section4 ,the report shall include the following3 7#a7 ,an evaluation of the appeal and redress process established pursuant to this section4 7#b7 ,an assessment of the status of the ,comprehensive ,cleared ,list requirements1 including the extent to which systems for screening individuals against the terrorist watchlist maintained by the ,transportation ,security ,administration1 ,united ,states ,customs and ,border ,protection1 and other offices and components of the ,department have electronically integrated the ,comprehensive ,cleared ,list4 7#c7 ,an assessment of the impact of implementation of this section1 including the integration of the ,comprehensive ,cleared ,list into the systems for screening individuals against the terrorist watchlist maintained by the ,transportation ,security ,administration1 ,united ,states ,customs and ,border ,protection1 and other office or component of the ,department has had on misidentifications of individuals4 7h7 ,definitions 7#a7 ,appropriate congressional committee ,in this section1 the term appropriate congressional committee means the ,committee on ,homeland ,security of the ,house of ,representatives and ,committee on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate1 and any committee of the ,house of ,representatives or the ,senate having legislative jurisdiction under the rules of the ,house of ,representatives or ,senate1 respectively1 over the matter concerned4 7#b7 ,terrorist watch list ,in this section1 the term terrorist watchlist means any terrorist watchlist or database used by the ,transportation ,security ,administration1 ,united ,states ,customs and ,border ,protection1 or any office or component of the ,department of ,homeland ,security1 or specified in ,homeland ,security ,presidential ,directive-#f to screen individuals1 in effect as of the date of the enactment of this section4 4 7b7 ,authorization of appropriations ,there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the amendments made by this section4 7c7 ,incorporation of ,secure ,flight ,section #ddijc7;j77#b7 of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,c77iii7-- 7,a7 by redesignating subclauses 7,,ii7 through 7,,vii7 as subclauses 7,,iii7 through 7,,viii71 respectively2 and 7,b7 by inserting after subclause 7,i7 the following new subclause3 7,,ii7 ensure1 not later than #cj days after the date of the enactment of the ,,fast ,redress ,act of #bjac1 that the procedure established under subclause 7,i7 is incorporated into the appeals and redress process established under section #hij;,a of the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb2 2 7#b7 in subparagraph 7,e77iii71 by inserting before the period at the end the following3 1 in accordance with the appeals and redress process established under section #hij;,a of the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb2 and 7#c7 in subparagraph 7,g7-- 7,a7 in clause 7i71 by adding at the end the following new sentence3 ,the ,assistant ,secretary shall incorporate the process established pursuant to this clause into the appeals and redress process established under section #hij;,a of the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb42 and 7,b7 in clause 7ii71 by adding at the end the following new sentence3 ,the ,assistant ,secretary shall incorporate the record established and maintained pursuant to this clause into the ,comprehensive ,cleared ,list established and maintained under section #hij;,a of the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb44 7d7 ,conforming amendment ,title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by striking section #ddibf 7and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter #ddi of title #di74 7e7 ,clerical amendment ,section #a7;b7 of the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #aja7;b77 is amended by adding after the item relating to section #hij the following new item3 ,sec4 #hij;,a4 ,appeal and redress4 4