Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem will announce Tuesday afternoon that airline passengers no longer have to remove their shoes while going through security checks run by the Transportation Security Administration.

TSA WILL ALLOW AIR TRAVELERS TO KEEP THEIR SHOES ON THROUGH SECURITY

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The rule change “will make screening easier for passengers, improve traveler satisfaction, and reduce wait times,” the Department of Homeland Security said. The no-shoes policy was instituted in 2006, five years after “shoe bomber” Richard Reid unsuccessfully tried to blow up a flight from Paris to Miami.

Noem will deliver the press conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday.