US Senate Approves Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act

On November 21, the Senate approved the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act by unanimous consent, S. 3959, that would eliminate costly background check redundancies within the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), Hazardous Materials Endorsement (HME), and TSA PreCheck programs. Now it is up to the House to approve the bill before the end of this year.

“By combining each of the different steps along the credentialing process into one cohesive process, this legislation will help eliminate this logjam and get these drivers out on the road more quickly while, at the same time, maintaining the same levels of scrutiny,” said EMA President Rob Underwood. In fact, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) had recommended these steps be taken in 2007 especially since all it does is smooth out an unnecessarily cumbersome credentialing process.

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