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House Panel Approves Aviation Security Bills

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 23rd, 2015

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House Panel Approves Aviation Security Bills

The House Homeland Security subcommittee on transportation security approved Thursday two bills and additional language related to aviation security, including a measure that would establish a pilot program for a biometric-based system at airports to identify passengers who are members of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) PreCheck trusted traveler program.The measures were approved by voice vote.The Transportation Security Administration Reform and Improvement Act of 2015, a committee print, would authorize the PreCheck program in addition to pilot testing the automated…

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