H.R. 8842

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8842 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8842

To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide eligibility for 
Federal law enforcement officers for certain expedited security 
screening, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 15, 2026

Mr. Rutherford (for himself and Mr. Cuellar) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide eligibility for 
Federal law enforcement officers for certain expedited security 
screening, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Agents Secure Travel Act'' 
or the ``FAST Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR CERTAIN 
EXPEDITED SECURITY SCREENING.

Section 44919 of title 49, United States Code is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (j), (k), and (l) as 
subsections (k), (l), and (m), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new 
subsection:
``(j) Eligibility of Federal Law Enforcement Officers for Expedited 
Security Screening.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), an individual 
specified in paragraph (2) is eligible for expedited security 
screening under the PreCheck Program at no cost to such 
individual.
``(2) Individuals specified.--An individual specified in 
this subsection is any of the following:
``(A) A Federal law enforcement officer.
``(B) A family member of an individual specified in 
subparagraph (A) who is younger than 12 years old and 
accompanying the individual.
``(3) Implementation.--The eligibility of an individual 
specified in paragraph (2) for expedited security screening 
under the PreCheck Program is subject to such policies and 
procedures as the Administrator may prescribe to carry out this 
subsection.
``(4) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `Federal 
law enforcement officer' has the meaning given such term in 
section 2 of the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery 
Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 50301).''.
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