S 944
116th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health
Strengthening American Transportation Security Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 28, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Strengthening American Transportation Security Act of 2019
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the personnel system used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) provides insufficient workplace protections for its workforce and such personnel should be entitled to protections under the civil service system applicable to all federal employees.
Among other things, the bill
- eliminates personnel authorities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Transportation governing the conditions of employment for TSA employees, thus making TSA employees subject to the personnel management system applicable to other federal employees;
- sets forth transition rules that protect the pay rates and other rights of TSA employees;
- requires DHS to consult with the labor organization certified by the Federal Labor Relations Authority to carry out the conversion of such positions; and
- does not affect the prohibitions against disloyalty and asserting the right to strike against the federal government.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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