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A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reform the process for enrolling, activating, issuing, and renewing Transportation Worker Identification Credentials so that applicants are not…

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A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reform the process for enrolling, activating, issuing, and renewing Transportation Worker Identification Credentials so that applicants are not required to visit a designated enrollment center more than once.

Introduced: December 8, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Dec 8, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Dec 8, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that it is urgent that the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) application process be reformed by the end of 2012, when many of the more than 1 million current TWIC holders will be required to renew their TWICs.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to reform the process for the enrollment, activation, issuance, and renewal of TWICs to require not more than one in-person visit to a designated enrollment center.

What's happening now December 8, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Sep 11, 2012
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Sep 11, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1966: A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reform the process for enrolling, activating, issuing, and renewing Transportation Worker Identification Credentials so that applicants are not required to visit a designated enrollment center more than once.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1966/
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"S. 1966: A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reform the process for enrolling, activating, issuing, and renewing Transportation Worker Identification Credentials so that applicants are not required to visit a designated enrollment center more than once.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1966/.
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S. 1966, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1966/.
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