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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 862
To reduce commuting burdens on Transportation Security Administration
employees, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY31, 2025
Mr. K
ENNEDYof New York (for himself and Mr. GARBARINO) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
A BILL
To reduce commuting burdens on Transportation Security
Administration employees, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘TSA Commuting Fair-4
ness Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON TSA COMMUTING BENE-6
FITS. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 8
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 9
the Transportation Security Administration shall submit 10
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to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 1
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 2
Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Home-3
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 4
study on the feasibility of treating as on-duty hours the 5
time Transportation Security Administration employees 6
working at airport locations spend traveling between reg-7
ular duty locations and airport parking lots and bus and 8
transit stops. 9
(b) C
ONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the feasibility 10
study required under subsection (a), the Administrator of 11
the Transportation Security Administration shall consider 12
the following with respect to Transportation Security Ad-13
ministration employees: 14
(1) The amount of time needed by such employ-15
ees to travel between regular duty locations and air-16
port parking lots and bus and transit stops at small 17
hub airports, medium hub airports, and large hub 18
airports (as such terms are defined in section 40102 19
of title 49, United States Code). 20
(2) The amount of time such employees spend 21
commuting, on average, exclusive of the time de-22
scribed in paragraph (1). 23
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(3) The potential benefits to such employees 1
and the Administration of treating as on-duty hours 2
the time described in such paragraph. 3
(4) The feasibility of using mobile phones, loca-4
tion data, and any other means to allow such em-5
ployees to report their arrival to and departure from 6
the airport parking lots and bus and transit stops 7
concerned. 8
(5) The estimated costs of treating as on-duty 9
hours the time described in such paragraph, includ-10
ing by considering such hours creditable as basic pay 11
for retirement purposes. 12
(6) Other considerations determined appro-13
priate by the Administrator. 14
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