H.R. 3356: VETS Safe Travel Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-19 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 160.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-19 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 160. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

VETS Safe Travel Act

Plain summary

Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe Travel Act or the VETS Safe Travel Act This bill makes certain veterans eligible for the Transportation Security Administration PreCheck Program at no cost if they meet the program's background check and security requirements. Veterans who are eligible for this fee waiver are those who have been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to have incurred permanent blindness, or those who have been determined to require the use of a wheelchair, prosthetic limb, or other assistive device to aid with mobility due to (1) loss, or loss of use, of a limb; or (2) full or partial paralyzation.

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Official text

VETS Safe Travel Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House, Part I)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] · 44 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3356, VETS Safe Travel Act (2019-10-30)

Cosponsors on this site

David Rouzer (R-NC), Andy Harris (R-MD), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), James R. Baird (R-IN), John Joyce (R-PA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Scott Perry (R-PA), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] reported raising $813,542 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House, Part I)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr3356.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3356 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116