WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to provide veterans with service-connected disabilities with expedited screening under the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) PreCheck program.
TSA PreCheck is already offered to active duty, reserves, and National Guard service members at no cost. The Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act will expand this program to include veterans who are blind, paralyzed, or amputees. Passing through airport security with prosthetics, wheelchairs, or other mobility aids presents a challenge to these veterans when traveling.
“Airports can be a dreaded experience for veterans with service-connected disabilities because of the invasive screenings at security checkpoints. Our bill will bring dignified travel to thousands of wounded warriors by ensuring PreCheck benefits are easily available to them,” said Sen. Young.
The full text of the legislation can be found here.
