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H.R. 1344: Helping Heroes Fly Act

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H.R. 1344: Helping Heroes Fly Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-21 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Became Public Law No: 113-27.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 166 (2013): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1344 (2013-05-21), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 113-27. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Helping Heroes Fly Act

Plain summary

Helping Heroes Fly Act - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to develop and implement a process to ease travel and to the extent possible provide expedited passenger screening services for severely injured or disabled Armed Forces members and veterans. Requires the Assistant Secretary also to maintain an operations center to provide for the movement of such members and veterans through screening before boarding a domestic or foreign passenger aircraft. Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish and publish certain protocols for severely injured or disabled Armed Forces members and veterans or their family members and others to contact the operations center to request expedited screening services for that member or veteran. Declares that nothing in this Act shall affect the Assistant Secretary's authority to require additional screening of such individuals, or their accompanying family members or nonmedical attendants, if intelligence, law enforcement, or other information indicates that it is necessary. Directs the Assistant Secretary to report annually to Congress on implementation of the program.

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Official text

Helping Heroes Fly Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] · 24 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

David P. Joyce (R-OH), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL)

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1344 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113