{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-duckworth-bill-to-provide-tsa-precheck-to-disabled-veterans-passes-senate/", "Young, Duckworth Bill to Provide TSA PreCheck to Disabled Veterans Passes Senate", "2022-06-16", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Today, bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) to provide disabled veterans Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Pre\u221a\u00ae passed the Senate by unanimous consent.\n\nTSA Pre\u221a\u00ae is already offered to active duty, reserves, and National Guard service members at no cost. The Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act will expand this program to include veterans who are amputees, paralyzed, or blind. Currently, there are approximately 70,000 amputee veterans, 100,000 paralyzed, and 130,000 blind veterans in the United States. Passing through airport security with prosthetics, wheelchairs, or other mobility aids presents a challenge to these individuals when traveling.\n\n\u201cThe VETS Safe Travel Act was written for veterans with disabilities who dread the airport because of the indignities they will endure at security checkpoints. This bill will help veterans travel easier by providing them with Pre\u221a\u00ae benefits. I\u2019m glad our bill finally passed the Senate, and I urge the House to pass it quickly,\u201d said Senator Young.\n\n\u201cMillions of Veterans have sacrificed a great deal in service to our nation and returned home with service-connected disabilities. For those of us who rely on prosthetics and wheelchairs for mobility, air travel and passing through airport security can be a challenge,\u201d said Senator Duckworth. \u201cI\u2019m proud the Senate passed this bipartisan legislation to make TSA PreCheck available at no cost to these Veterans and make flying and passing through airports a little easier and less intrusive, and I hope we can get it to President Biden\u2019s desk soon.\u201d\n\nUnder the VETS Safe Travel Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and TSA would be directed to work together to provide these benefits at no cost to eligible veterans upon request. The VA would be required to conduct outreach to ensure that eligible veterans are aware of this potential benefit before they travel. Additionally, TSA advises that these veterans use TSA Pre\u221a\u00ae in conjunction with calling the TSA Cares hotline 72-hours prior to departure to ensure expedited screening.\n\nSenators Young and Duckworth were joined by Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in reintroducing the bill last year.\n\nThe legislation is supported by the Wounded Warrior Project, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Honor Flight Network, Disabled American Veterans, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of American, VetsFirst, and the American Legion.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-duckworth-bill-to-provide-tsa-precheck-to-disabled-veterans-passes-senate/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9661149233579636, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}