To require the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration of the United States to develop guidelines to improve returning citizens' access to the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, to assist individuals in custody of Federal, State, and local prisons in pre-applying or preparing applications for Transportation Worker Identification Credential cards, and to assist individuals requesting an appeal or waiver of preliminary determination of ineligibility, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7223.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 20, February 5, 2024, Page H431):
  Spending Clause Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 along with the Necessary and Proper Clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18. The single subject of this legislation is: Judiciary and re-entry issues.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2024 ↗

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  H.R. 7223, 118th Congress

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  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 7, 2026

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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