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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1703
5	5	To direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration
6	6	to prohibit the use of certain identification documents at airport security
7	7	checkpoints, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH22, 2023
10	10	Mr. G
11	11	OODENof Texas (for himself, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. VAN
12	12	D
13	13	REW, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. BABIN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mrs. MILLERof Illi-
14	14	nois, Mr. V
15	15	ANORDEN, and Mr. MANN) introduced the following bill;
16	16	which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security
19	19	Administration to prohibit the use of certain identifica-
20	20	tion documents at airport security checkpoints, and for
21	21	other purposes.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
25	25	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening En-4
26	26	forcement and Criminalizing Unlawful Records Enabling 5
27	27	Flights Act’’ or the ‘‘SECURE Flights Act’’. 6
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31	31	SEC. 2. PROHIBITED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS AT AIR-1
32	32	PORT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS; NOTIFICA-2
33	33	TION TO IMMIGRATION AGENCIES. 3
34	34	(a) I
35	35	NGENERAL.—The Administrator may not ac-4
36	36	cept as valid proof of identification a prohibited identifica-5
37	37	tion document at an airport security checkpoint. 6
38	38	(b) N
39	39	OTIFICATION TOIMMIGRATIONAGENCIES.—If 7
40	40	an individual presents a prohibited identification docu-8
41	41	ment to an officer of the Transportation Security Admin-9
42	42	istration at an airport security checkpoint, the Adminis-10
43	43	trator shall promptly notify the Director of U.S. Immigra-11
44	44	tion and Customs Enforcement, the Commissioner of U.S. 12
45	45	Customs and Border Protection, and the head of the ap-13
46	46	propriate local law enforcement agency to determine 14
47	47	whether the individual is in violation of any term of release 15
48	48	from the custody of any such agency. 16
49	49	(c) E
50	50	NTRYINTOSTERILEAREAS.— 17
51	51	(1) I
52	52	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-18
53	53	graph (2), if an individual is found to be in violation 19
54	54	of any term of release under subsection (b), the Ad-20
55	55	ministrator shall not permit such individual to enter 21
56	56	a sterile area. 22
57	57	(2) E
58	58	XCEPTION.—An individual presenting a 23
59	59	prohibited identification document under this section 24
60	60	may enter a sterile area if the individual— 25
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64	64	(A) is leaving the United States for the 1
65	65	purposes of removal or deportation; or 2
66	66	(B) presents a covered identification docu-3
67	67	ment. 4
68	68	SEC. 3. COLLECTION OF BIOMETRIC INFORMATION FROM 5
69	69	CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS SEEKING ENTRY INTO 6
70	70	THE STERILE AREA OF AN AIRPORT. 7
71	71	(a) I
72	72	NGENERAL.—Beginning not later than 120 8
73	73	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-9
74	74	ministrator shall collect biometric information from an in-10
75	75	dividual described in subsection (b) prior to authorizing 11
76	76	such individual to enter into a sterile area. 12
77	77	(b) I
78	78	NDIVIDUALDESCRIBED.—An individual de-13
79	79	scribed in this subsection is an individual who— 14
80	80	(1) is seeking entry into the sterile area of an 15
81	81	airport; 16
82	82	(2) does not present a covered identification 17
83	83	document; and 18
84	84	(3) the Administrator cannot verify is a na-19
85	85	tional of the United States. 20
86	86	(c) P
87	87	ARTICIPATION INIDENT.—Beginning not later 21
88	88	than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 22
89	89	the Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of 23
90	90	Homeland Security, shall submit biometric data collected 24
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94	94	under this section to the Automated Biometric Identifica-1
95	95	tion System (IDENT). 2
96	96	SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 3
97	97	In this Act: 4
98	98	(1) A
99	99	DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-5
100	100	trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor-6
101	101	tation Security Administration. 7
102	102	(2) B
103	103	IOMETRIC INFORMATION .—The term ‘‘bio-8
104	104	metric information’’ means any of the following: 9
105	105	(A) A fingerprint. 10
106	106	(B) A palm print. 11
107	107	(C) A photograph, including— 12
108	108	(i) a photograph of an individual’s 13
109	109	face for use with facial recognition tech-14
110	110	nology; and 15
111	111	(ii) a photograph of any physical or 16
112	112	anatomical feature, such as a scar, skin 17
113	113	mark, or tattoo. 18
114	114	(D) A signature. 19
115	115	(E) A voice print. 20
116	116	(F) An iris image. 21
117	117	(3) C
118	118	OVERED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT .— 22
119	119	The term ‘‘covered identification document’’ means 23
120	120	any of the following, if the document is valid and 24
121	121	unexpired: 25
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125	125	(A) A United States passport or passport 1
126	126	card. 2
127	127	(B) A biometrically secure card issued by 3
128	128	a trusted or registered traveler program of the 4
129	129	Department of Homeland Security, including— 5
130	130	(i) Global Entry; 6
131	131	(ii) NEXUS; 7
132	132	(iii) Secure Electronic Network for 8
133	133	Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI); 9
134	134	and 10
135	135	(iv) Free and Secure Trade (FAST). 11
136	136	(C) An identification card issued by the 12
137	137	Department of Defense, including such a card 13
138	138	issued to a dependent. 14
139	139	(D) Any document required for admission 15
140	140	to the United States under section 211(a) of 16
141	141	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 17
142	142	1181(a)). 18
143	143	(E) An enhanced driver’s license issued by 19
144	144	a State. 20
145	145	(F) A photo identification card issued by a 21
146	146	federally recognized Indian Tribe. 22
147	147	(G) A personal identity verification creden-23
148	148	tial issued in accordance with Homeland Secu-24
149	149	rity Presidential Directive 12. 25
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153	153	(H) A driver’s license issued by a province 1
154	154	of Canada. 2
155	155	(I) A Secure Certificate of Indian Status 3
156	156	issued by the Government of Canada. 4
157	157	(J) A Transportation Worker Identifica-5
158	158	tion Credential. 6
159	159	(K) An Employment Authorization Docu-7
160	160	ment issued by United States Citizenship and 8
161	161	Immigration Services. 9
162	162	(L) A Merchant Mariner Credential issued 10
163	163	by the Coast Guard. 11
164	164	(M) A Veteran Health Identification Card 12
165	165	issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 13
166	166	(N) Any other document that the Adminis-14
167	167	trator determines, pursuant to a rule making in 15
168	168	accordance with section 553 of title 5, United 16
169	169	States Code, will satisfy the identity verification 17
170	170	procedures of the Transportation Security Ad-18
171	171	ministration. 19
172	172	(4) P
173	173	ROHIBITED IDENTIFICATION DOCU -20
174	174	MENT.—The term ‘‘prohibited identification docu-21
175	175	ment’’ means any of the following (or any applicable 22
176	176	successor form): 23
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180	180	(A) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-1
181	181	forcement Form I–200, Warrant for Arrest of 2
182	182	Alien. 3
183	183	(B) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-4
184	184	forcement Form I–205, Warrant of Removal/ 5
185	185	Deportation. 6
186	186	(C) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-7
187	187	forcement Form I–220A, Order of Release on 8
188	188	Recognizance. 9
189	189	(D) U.S. Immigration and Customs En-10
190	190	forcement Form I–220B, Order of Supervision. 11
191	191	(E) Department of Homeland Security 12
192	192	Form I–862, Notice to Appear. 13
193	193	(F) U.S. Customs and Border Protection 14
194	194	Form I–94, Arrival/Departure Record (includ-15
195	195	ing a print-out of an electronic record). 16
196	196	(G) Department of Homeland Security 17
197	197	Form I–385, Alien Booking Record. 18
198	198	(5) S
199	199	TERILE AREA.—The term ‘‘sterile area’’ 19
200	200	has the meaning given that term in section 1540.5 20
201	201	of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc-21
202	202	cessor regulation. 22
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