FAST Act

[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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