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119-s-1483119th CongressWALLET

TSA Commuting Fairness Act

Sponsored By: Senator Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would require the Transportation Security Administration to study whether certain travel time should be treated as on-duty hours for TSA employees. It focuses on time spent going between regular duty locations and airport parking lots, bus stops, and transit stops at small, medium, and large hub airports.

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  • Workers: TSA employees would get a study of whether commute segments to airport parking and transit could count as paid on-duty time and potentially as basic pay for retirement if adopted.
  • Agency operations: TSA would analyze costs, potential benefits to staff and the agency, and the technical feasibility of using mobile phones or location data to track arrival and departure times.
  • Congress and oversight: The Administrator would deliver the feasibility study to relevant House and Senate committees within 270 days for lawmakers to consider next steps.

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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

TSA study on commuting time

This bill would require the TSA Administrator to complete a feasibility study within 270 days of enactment. The study would look at whether time TSA employees spend traveling between their regular duty locations and airport parking lots, bus stops, and transit stops could be treated as on-duty. It must consider travel times at small, medium, and large hub airports (as defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102) and average commuting time exclusive of those travel segments. The study would evaluate potential benefits to employees and the Administration, costs (including whether such hours could count as basic pay for retirement), and the feasibility of using mobile phones, location data, or other means to report arrivals and departures. The Administrator would send the study to the House Committee on Homeland Security and to the Senate Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. This is only a study and would not itself change pay or retirement rules.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]

IL • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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