,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #degg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ae1
 #bjbj,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself and 
,mr4 ,thune7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require online enrollment for the 
,pre,check ,program of the              
,transportation ,security               
,administration4  #a4 ,online enrollment
 for ,pre,check ,program  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #ddiai of title #di1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 by redesignating subsections 7e7       
through 7l7 as subsections 7f7 through  
7m71 respectively2  7#b7 by inserting   
after subsection 7d7 the following3  7e7
 ,online enrollment process             
,notwithstanding subsections 7c7 and    
7d71 before a private sector entity with
 which the ,administrator enters into an
 agreement under subsection 7b7 may     
operate under that agreement1 the       

,administrator shall ensure that the    
entity provides1 as the entity's primary
 enrollment technology solution1 a      
secure end-to-end online web or mobile  
application enrollment capability that  
leverages electronic technologies to    
remotely capture biometrics and validate
 identity documents4  2 and  7#c7 by    
adding at the end the following3  7n7   
,eligibility of certain individuals for 
renewal of enrollment  7#a7 ,in general 
,in carrying out subsection 7e71 the    
,administrator shall ensure that any    
individual who enrolled in the          
,pre,check ,program under the ,universal
 ,enrollment ,services program is       
eligible for renewal of the individual's
 enrollment under the renewal process of
 the ,universal ,enrollment ,services   
program 7as in effect on the day before 
the date of the enactment of this       
subsection74  7#b7 ,sharing of          
information ,the ,administrator shall   
share with a private sector entity with 
which the ,administrator enters into an 

agreement under subsection 7b7          
information about an individual who     
enrolled in the ,pre,check ,program     
under the ,universal ,enrollment        
,services program and whose enrollment  
has expired only after-- 7,a7 the       
,administrator provides to the          
individual-- 7i7 full disclosure        
regarding collection1 maintenance1 and  
sharing of the information2 and  7ii7   
the option to opt out of sharing that   
information2 and  7,b7 the individual   
provides affirmative consent for the    
sharing of that information4  4  7b7    
,implementation  7#a7 ,memorandum of    
understanding required ,not later than  
#abj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,homeland ,security and the ,attorney
 ,general shall enter into a memorandum 
of understanding with respect to        
cooperatively evaluating and approving a
 capability for remote collection of    
biometric information from a mobile     
device and associated vetting of        

individuals' criminal histories for     
trusted traveler enrollment programs of 
the ,transportation ,security           
,administration4  7#b7 ,progress report 
,not later than #ahj days after entering
 into the memorandum of understanding   
required under paragraph 7#a71 the      
,secretary of ,homeland ,security and   
the ,attorney ,general shall jointly    
submit to the ,committee on ,commerce1  
,science1 and ,transportation of the    
,senate and the ,committee on ,homeland 
,security of the ,house of              
,representatives a report on-- 7,a7 the 
progress made in establishing the       
standard for the capability described in
 paragraph 7#a72 and  7,b7 the timeline 
for approval of the standard by the     
,secretary of ,commerce and the         
,director of the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation4  7#c7 ,implementation   
plan ,not later than #ahj days after the
 standard described in paragraph 7#b7   
has been approved by the ,secretary of  
,commerce and the ,director of the      

,federal ,bureau of ,investigation1 the 
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration shall submit  
to ,congress and the ,comptroller       
,general of the ,united ,states a plan  
for the implementation of the enrollment
 capability required by subsection 7e7  
of section #ddiai of title #di1 ,united 
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a71 that-- 7,a7 identifies appropriate 
security and privacy protections2 and   
7,b7 includes a strategy for ensuring   
that the private sector entities with   
which the ,administrator enters into    
agreements under subsection 7b7 of such 
section #ddiai will-- 7i7 operate       
locations for enrollment in the         
,pre,check ,program that are            
geographically dispersed from locations 
required for enrollment under the       
,universal ,enrollment ,services        
program2 or  7ii7 otherwise increase    
enrollment beyond existing capabilities 
and current geographic markets4  7#d7   
,review by ,government ,accountability  

,office  7,a7 ,review of standard ,not  
later than #ahj days after the standard 
described in paragraph 7#b7 has been    
approved by the ,secretary of ,commerce 
and the ,director of the ,federal       
,bureau of ,investigation1 the          
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall-- 7i7 review the standard2
 and  7ii7 assess its efficacy to be    
used for vetting for enrollment in the  
,pre,check program4  7,b7 ,review of    
implementation plan ,not later than #ahj
 days after receiving the plan required 
by paragraph 7#c71 the ,comptroller     
,general shall conduct a review of the  
plan and the implementation of the plan 
to ensure that appropriate privacy and  
security protections are maintained4    
7c7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in   
this section or an amendment made by    
this section may be construed to        
preclude an individual enrolled in the  
,pre,check ,program as of the date of   
the enactment of this ,act from choosing
 to enroll in another trusted traveler  

program of the ,transportation ,security
 ,administration4