Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2016
Latest action · Feb 16, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2016
This bill repeals: (1) provisions authorizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a human resources management system for some or all of its organizational units, and (2) the authority granted to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish or modify a personnel management system for TSA employees engaged in airport security screening.
Within 60 days after the enactment date of this bill: (1) any such human resources management system and all TSA personnel management policies, directives, letters, and guidelines shall cease to be effective, and (2) all TSA positions and DHS positions that provide transportation security in furtherance of the purposes of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act shall become subject to general civil service provisions.
This bill sets forth transition rules that protect the pay rates and other rights of such employees. DHS shall consult with the labor organization certified by the Federal Labor Relations Authority to carry out the conversion of such positions.
The provisions of this bill do not affect the prohibitions against disloyalty and asserting the right to strike against the federal government.
Cosponsors 73
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2016 to Sep 21, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Feb 8, 2016 |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Apr 15, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Apr 15, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 26, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | May 26, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Jun 13, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jul 25, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Sep 21, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Feb 8, 2016 |
| Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee | Referred Feb 16, 2016 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 8, 2016 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
- Feb 8, 2016Introduced in House
- Feb 8, 2016Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E131)
- Feb 8, 2016Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E131 | Bennie G. Thompson D-MS | Feb 8, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 22, February 8, 2016, page H595.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-78 | HOW PERVASIVE IS MISCONDUCT AT TSA: EXAMINING FINDINGS FROM A JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE INVESTIGATION58 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jul 7, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-74 | LONG LINES, SHORT PATIENCE: LOCAL PERSPECTIVES44 pages | Homeland Security Committee | May 26, 2016 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3525 | Strengthening American Transportation Security Act of 2016 | Related bill | Dec 8, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system of Title 5 of the U.S. Code to employees of the Transportation Security Administration who provide screening of all passengers and property, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2016Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
