Review – HR 5109 Introduced – Felons and TWIC

Earlier this month, Rep Carter (D,LA) introduced HR 5109, a bill requiring TSA to “develop guidelines to improve returning [from incarceration] citizens’ access to the TWIC program.” No new funding is authorized by the bill. No new funding is authorized.

This bill is essentially identical to HR 7223 that was introduced by Carter in February 2024. No action was taken on that bill in the 118th Congress.

Moving Forward

Carter is a member of the House Homeland Security Committee to which this bill was assigned for consideration. This means that there may be sufficient influence to see this bill considered in Committee. I suspect that there will be some ‘soft on crime’ opposition to this bill from many Republicans. Whether it will be sufficient to derail this bill in committee is not clear. While I suspect that there would be some level of bipartisan support for the measure, I do not think that it would be enough to allow consideration under the suspension of the rules process which requires a super majority for passage.

For more information on the provisions of this bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-5109-introduced-felons-and-twic - subscription required -