HR862-119

In Committee

TSA Commuting Fairness Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 31, 2025

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 11, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, …

Mar 11, 2025 (inferred)

Passed House (inferred from eh version)

Jan 31, 2025

Mr. Kennedy of New York (for himself and Mr. Garbarino) …

Summary

What This Bill Does

Directs TSA to study whether time spent traveling between airport duty stations and parking lots or transit stops should count as on-duty hours for TSA employees.

Who Benefits and How

TSA employees at airports could benefit if study leads to counting commute time as paid work time. Employees at large hub airports with long walks from parking benefit most.

Who Bears the Burden and How

TSA must complete study within 270 days. Federal budget would bear costs if policy is implemented. Taxpayers would fund additional compensation if commute time becomes creditable for retirement.

Key Provisions

  • Feasibility study due within 270 days
  • Must analyze travel time at small, medium, and large hub airports
  • Consider mobile phone/location tracking for time reporting
  • Estimate costs including retirement benefit implications
Model: claude-opus-4
Generated: Jan 9, 2026 18:29

Evidence Chain:

This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

Primary Purpose

Requires TSA feasibility study on treating airport commute time as on-duty hours for employees

Policy Domains

Transportation Security Federal Employment Labor

Legislative Strategy

"Explore compensation fairness for TSA airport employees"

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Security Federal Employment
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ Administrator of TSA

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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