Development of guidelines and procedures to improve access to the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program

(a) In general The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall develop guidelines to improve returning citizens’ access to the TWIC program. (b) Guidelines Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall develop guidelines to assist individuals in custody of Federal, State, and local prisons in pre-applying or preparing applications for TWIC cards and guidelines to assist individuals requesting an appeal or waiver of preliminary determination of ineligibility for TWIC cards. (c) Briefing Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Transportation Security Administration of the United States shall brief Congress on improvements to addressing access to the TWIC program. (d) Transmission The clerk of the House of Representatives shall transit a copy of this Act to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, and the presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.