H.R. 1344 113th Congress House

Helping Heroes Fly Act

Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to provide expedited air passenger screening to severely injured or disabled members of the Armed Forces and severely injured or disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 16, 2013 See on congress.gov

Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airportsCongressional oversightDisability and paralysisMilitary medicine

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Military personnel and dependentsTransportation safety and securityVeterans' medical careVeterans' organizations and recognition

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Everywhere this bill has been 23 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Aug 9, 2013

Became Public Law No: 113-27.

Aug 9, 2013

Signed by President.

Aug 6, 2013

Presented to President.

Aug 2, 2013

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Aug 2, 2013

On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection. (text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H5376-5377)

Aug 2, 2013

Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.(text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H5376-5377)

Aug 2, 2013

Mr. Hudson asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H5376-5377)

Aug 2, 2013

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Aug 1, 2013

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Aug 1, 2013

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Aug 1, 2013

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6257-6258)

Aug 1, 2013

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.

May 22, 2013

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

May 21, 2013

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

May 21, 2013

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 166). (text: CR H2819-2820)

May 21, 2013

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2831-2832)

May 21, 2013

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

May 21, 2013

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1344.

May 21, 2013

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2819-2825)

May 21, 2013

Mrs. Brooks (IN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Apr 1, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.

Mar 21, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Mar 21, 2013

Introduced in House

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
May 21, 2013	House · vote #166	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed	413–0	See who voted →

Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
SAMDT 1,848	–	In the nature of a substitute.	Agreed to	Aug 1, 2013

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Latest action August 9, 2013

Became Public Law No: 113-27.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Heroes Fly Act - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to develop and implement a process to ease travel and to the extent possible provide expedited passenger screening services for severely injured or disabled Armed Forces members and veterans.

Requires the Assistant Secretary also to maintain an operations center to provide for the movement of such members and veterans through screening before boarding a domestic or foreign passenger aircraft.

Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish and publish certain protocols for severely injured or disabled Armed Forces members and veterans or their family members and others to contact the operations center to request expedited screening services for that member or veteran.

Declares that nothing in this Act shall affect the Assistant Secretary's authority to require additional screening of such individuals, or their accompanying family members or nonmedical attendants, if intelligence, law enforcement, or other information indicates that it is necessary.

Directs the Assistant Secretary to report annually to Congress on implementation of the program.

Related & companion bills 2

Bill text 6 versions

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 3

Homeland Security Committee
House of Representatives
Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Homeland Security Committee
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 15

Brooks, Susan

· May 20, 2013

Schneider, Bradley Scott

Illinois · May 20, 2013

O'Rourke, Beto

· May 17, 2013

Hudson, Richard

North Carolina · May 16, 2013

Wisconsin · Apr 25, 2013

Bordallo, Madeleine

· Apr 15, 2013

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · Apr 15, 2013

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