,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #be1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,pryor 7for himself and ,ms4 
,ayotte7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation  ,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 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 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 ,secretary of 
,homeland ,security 7,transportation    
,security ,administration71 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 facilitate the  
ease of travel and to the extent        
possible provide expedited passenger    
screening services for severely injured 
or disabled members of the ,armed       
,forces1 severely injured or disabled   
veterans1 and their accompanying family 
members or nonmedical attendants4 ,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 all employees who will      
provide the screening services described

 in subsection 7a74  7e7 ,rule of       
construction ,nothing in this section   
affects 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 
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 the following new item3  #ddibg4 
,expedited screening for severely       
injured or disabled members of the      
,armed ,forces and severely injured or  
disabled veterans4  4