HR 5109
Passed a chamber
Requires the Transportation Security Administration to develop guidelines within one year to help released prisoners, incarcerated people, and applicants facing ineligibility determinations gain access to the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program.
Official title: Transportation Worker Identification Credential Efficiency Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-SEP-2025
Referred
03-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
24-JUN-2026
Reported
15-SEP-2026
On the calendar
15-SEP-2026
Passed
16-SEP-2026
Senate
Received
16-SEP-2026
- Requires the TSA Administrator to develop guidelines within one year to improve access to the TWIC program for returning citizens, meaning people released from incarceration who are otherwise eligible.
- Directs guidelines to help incarcerated individuals prepare TWIC applications and to help people request appeals or waivers of preliminary ineligibility determinations.
- Requires the TSA to brief the House Homeland Security Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee within 180 days after the guidelines are developed.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 16-SEP-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Homeland Security Committee (House)
- Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)
Transportation and Public Works
■ 4 R■ 3 D
4 Republicans
3 Democrats