,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adjc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ca1     
#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 facilitate
 the screening of severely injured or   
disabled members of the ,armed ,forces  
and severely injured or disabled        
veterans at airports1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,helping ,heroes    
,fly ,act4  #b4 ,facilitation of        
passenger screening 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 ,facilitation of passenger      
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 described in subsection   
7b71 shall develop and implement a      
process to support severely injured or  
disabled members of the ,armed ,forces  
and severely injured or disabled        
veterans during1 and to facilitate the  
movement of such members and veterans   
through1 the screening of passengers    
before boarding passenger aircraft      
required by section #ddija7;a7 7in this 
section referred to as passenger        
screening74 ,the process required under 
this subsection shall include offering  
private screening for such members and  

veterans to the maximum extent          
practicable4  7b7 ,organizations        
described ,organizations described in   
this subsection are organizations       
identified by the ,secretary of ,defense
 and the ,secretary of ,veterans        
,affairs that advocate on behalf of     
severely injured or disabled members of 
the ,armed ,forces and severely injured 
or disabled veterans4  7c7 ,operations  
center ,as part of the process required 
under subsection 7a71 the ,assistant    
,secretary shall maintain an operations 
center to provide support for severely  
injured or disabled members of the      
,armed ,forces and severely injured or  
disabled veterans during1 and to        
facilitate the movement of such members 
and veterans through1 passenger         
screening4  7d7 ,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 described in

 subsection 7b71 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 7c7  
and request support during and          
facilitation of passenger screening for 
the member or veteran2 and  7#b7 upon   
receipt of such a request1 require the  
operations center to notify the         
appropriate ,federal ,security ,director
 of the request4  7e7 ,training ,the    
,assistant ,secretary shall integrate   
training on the protocols established   
under subsection 7c7 into the training  
provided to all employees who will      
regularly conduct passenger screening4  
7f7 ,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
 ,forces or a severely injured or       

disabled veteran if intelligence1 law   
enforcement1 or other information       
indicates that additional screening is  
necessary4  7g7 ,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 described in subsection   
7b74  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 

,facilitation of passenger screening for
 severely injured or disabled members of
 the ,armed ,forces and severely injured
 or disabled veterans4  4