Health Care Opportunities for Transportation Security Administration Employees Act
Latest action · May 1, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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.
- IntroducedMay 1, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Care Opportunities for Transportation Security Administration Employees Act
This bill allows employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to enroll or change their enrollment in a health insurance plan during a national emergency, such as the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, and during the 30-day period following the end of the emergency.
The bill also increases the biweekly government contribution towards health insurance plans for part-time TSA employees to match that contributed for full-time employees.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 1, 2020 to May 8, 2020; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Original | May 1, 2020 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | May 8, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred May 1, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 1, 2020Introduced in House
- May 1, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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. 166, no. 82, May 1, 2020, page H1972.
Printed hearings 1
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. 116-70 | BUSINESS AS USUAL? ASSESSING HOW DHS CAN RESUME OPERATIONS SAFELY42 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jun 16, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 5, United States Code, to lower health care costs for part-time Transportation Security Administration employees and allow Transportation Security Administration employees to change health care plans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Health Care Opportunities for Transportation Security Administration Employees Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Aviation and airports
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Dental care
- Department of Homeland Security
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Hearing, speech, and vision care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Transportation employees
- Transportation safety and security
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 1, 2020Introduced 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.
