HR 5534 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

TSA Workforce Flexibility Act

Introduced Jun 20, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Tammy Duckworth D-IL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 28, 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.

  1. IntroducedJun 20, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

TSA Workforce Flexibility Act

This bill amends the Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 to repeal a provision that limits the number of full-time equivalent Transportation Security Administration screeners to 45,000.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 20, 2016 to Jul 5, 2016; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-AZAnn KirkpatrickOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-ILCheri BustosOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalJun 20, 2016
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-FLPatrick MurphyOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJun 20, 2016
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJun 24, 2016
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeJun 24, 2016
D-CATony CárdenasJul 5, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseHomeland Security Committee
Referred Jun 20, 2016
Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee
Referred Jun 28, 2016

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 28, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
  2. Jun 20, 2016Introduced in House
  3. Jun 20, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 98, June 20, 2016, page H3975.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 by repealing a limitation on the number of full-time equivalent screeners of the Transportation Security Administration.
Short Titles as Introduced
TSA Workforce Flexibility Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2016Introduced in House

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