FLY Act

Fast Lane for Youths Act or the FLY Act

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to allow caregivers, parents, and guardians who already qualify for the TSA PreCheck program to accompany minors and passengers needing assistance to their flights. The TSA PreCheck program expedites traveler screening through participating TSA security checkpoints. 

Specifically, the FAA and the TSA must collaborate to establish a system to expedite gate passes and flight access procedures for these individuals. The system must ensure that these caregivers, parents, and guardians are provided up to two gate passes.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6565 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6565

    To establish a system to expedite gate passes and flight access 
  procedures to allow caregivers, parents, and guardians to accompany 
       minors and passengers needing assistance to their flights.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2023

  Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
    Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish a system to expedite gate passes and flight access 
  procedures to allow caregivers, parents, and guardians to accompany 
       minors and passengers needing assistance to their flights.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fast Lane for Youths Act'' or the 
``FLY Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM TO EXPEDITE GATE PASSES AND FLIGHT 
              ACCESS PROCEDURES TO ALLOW CAREGIVERS, PARENTS, AND 
              GUARDIANS TO ACCOMPANY MINORS AND PASSENGERS NEEDING 
              ASSISTANCE TO THEIR FLIGHTS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shall 
collaborate to establish a system to better expedite gate passes and 
flight access procedures to allow caregivers, parents, and guardians to 
accompany minors and passengers needing assistance to their flights. 
Such system shall ensure up to two such gate passes are provided to 
such caregivers, parents, and guardians who already qualify for TSA 
Pre-Check, and such gate passes note such status in the same manner and 
to the same extent as such status would be noted on a ticket issued to 
such caregivers, parents, and guardians.
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