,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bg1      
#bjai,mr4 ,babin introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #df1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to provide for the       
issuance of provisional transportation  
security cards to veterans who have been
 honorably discharged from the ,armed   
,forces4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,honorably          
,discharged ,transportation ,worker     
,identification ,credential ,act of     
#bjai4  #b4 ,issuance of provisional    
,,twic cards to veterans who have been  
honorably discharged from the ,armed    
,forces ,section #gjaje of title #df1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7r7 ,provisional security  
cards  7#a7 ,the ,secretary shall       
establish a process under which the     
,secretary shall issue provisional      

transportation security cards to covered
 veterans to be used during the         
beginning on the date a covered veteran 
applies for a transportation security   
card issued under subsection 7b7 and    
ending on the date on which such card is
 issued or denied to such veteran4  7#b7
 ,a provisional transportation security 
card issued to a covered veteran under  
this subsection shall authorize such    
covered veterans to have access to      
secure areas in the same manner as      
transportation security cards issued    
under subsection 7b74  7#c7 ,in this    
subsection1 a covered veteran is an     
individual who-- 7,a7 served in the     
active military1 naval1 or air service1 
and who was discharged or released      
therefrom under honorable conditions2   
and  7,b7 during such service was       
subjected to a rigorous security        
screening4  7#d7 ,the ,secretary1 in    
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,defense and the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs1 may prescribe a time period  

following discharge or separation from  
service in the ,armed ,forces during    
which an individual may be considered a 
covered veteran under paragraph 7#c74  4