Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes key definitions for the Act including 'covered employee', 'covered position', 'screening agent', 'conversion date', and 'TSA personnel management system' to scope which employees and systems are affected, requires freezes current TSA personnel management systems upon enactment and mandates conversion of all covered employees to Title 5 U.S.C, and establishes transition rules protecting employee pay during conversion: no reduction in adjusted basic pay or availability pay. It relies on reporting requirements, compliance mandates, definition changes, and exemptions. The main policy areas are Transportation, Labor Relations, Labor, and Criminal Justice.
Who Benefits and How
Federal Air Marshals could gain revenue opportunities, Labor unions representing TSA workers (AFGE) could gain revenue opportunities, and TSA screening agents and employees could face fewer barriers.
Who Bears the Burden and How
TSA Administrator would take on compliance duties, Department of Homeland Security would take on compliance duties, and Federal taxpayers could face higher costs.
Key Provisions
- Establishes key definitions for the Act including 'covered employee', 'covered position', 'screening agent', 'conversion date', and 'TSA personnel management system' to scope which employees and systems are affected...
- Requires freezes current TSA personnel management systems upon enactment and mandates conversion of all covered employees to Title 5 U.S.C.
- Establishes transition rules protecting employee pay during conversion: no reduction in adjusted basic pay or availability pay.
- Requires grants full Chapter 71 collective bargaining rights to TSA employees.
- Creates clarifies that nothing in this Act repeals or affects existing federal prohibitions on government employee strikes under 18 U.S.C. 1918 and 5 U.S.C. 7311.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill establishes key definitions for the Act including 'covered employee', 'covered position', 'screening agent', 'conversion date', and 'TSA personnel management system' to scope which employees and systems are affected, requires freezes current TSA personnel management systems upon enactment and mandates conversion of all covered employees to Title 5 U.S.C, and establishes transition rules protecting employee pay during conversion: no reduction in adjusted basic pay or availability pay.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Labor Relations, Labor, Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
The bill establishes key definitions for the Act including 'covered employee', 'covered position', 'screening agent', 'conversion date', and 'TSA personnel management system' to scope which employees and systems are affected, requires freezes current TSA personnel management systems upon enactment and mandates conversion of all covered employees to Title 5 U.S.C, and establishes transition rules protecting employee pay during conversion: no reduction in adjusted basic pay or availability pay.
Policy Domains
Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
Identified Gains
- Federal Air Marshals
- Labor unions representing TSA workers (AFGE)
- TSA screening agents and employees
- TSA employees converting to Title 5
- Transportation Security Administration
Identified Costs
- TSA Administrator
- Department of Homeland Security
- Federal taxpayers
- TSA management and administrators
- TSA management
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Schatz (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Van …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
TSA employees, TSA employees (all covered positions), TSA employees and screening agents
Positive-direction: TSA employees, TSA employees and screening agents, TSA employees converting to Title 5, TSA screening agents, TSA screening agents and employees, Transportation Security Administration
Negative-direction: TSA management, TSA management and administrators
Department of Homeland Security, Government Accountability Office, TSA Administrator
Federal Air Marshal representative organizations, Labor unions representing TSA workers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration
- "the_administration"
- → Transportation Security Administration
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
An employee who occupies a covered position within the Transportation Security Administration
A position within the Administration (TSA)
A full- or part-time non-supervisory covered employee carrying out screening functions under section 44901 of title 49, United States Code
The date on which the conversion provisions of section 3(c)(1) take effect (no later than December 31, 2025)
Any personnel management system established or modified under section 111(d) of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act or section 114(n) of title 49
The rate of pay fixed by law or administrative action for a position before deductions, plus any regular supplemental payment for non-overtime hours creditable as basic pay for retirement purposes
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