119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 862
AN ACT
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 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘TSA Commuting Fair-2
ness Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON TSA COMMUTING BENE-4
FITS. 5
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 6
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 7
the Transportation Security Administration shall submit 8
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 9
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 10
Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Home-11
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 12
study on the feasibility of treating as on-duty hours the 13
time Transportation Security Administration employees 14
working at airport locations spend traveling between reg-15
ular duty locations and airport parking lots and bus and 16
transit stops. 17
(b) C
ONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the feasibility 18
study required under subsection (a), the Administrator of 19
the Transportation Security Administration shall consider 20
the following with respect to Transportation Security Ad-21
ministration employees: 22
(1) The amount of time needed by such employ-23
ees to travel between regular duty locations and air-24
port parking lots and bus and transit stops at small 25
hub airports, medium hub airports, and large hub 26 3
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airports (as such terms are defined in section 40102 1
of title 49, United States Code). 2
(2) The amount of time such employees spend 3
commuting, on average, exclusive of the time de-4
scribed in paragraph (1). 5
(3) The potential benefits to such employees 6
and the Administration of treating as on-duty hours 7
the time described in such paragraph. 8
(4) The feasibility of using mobile phones, loca-9
tion data, and any other means to allow such em-10
ployees to report their arrival to and departure from 11
the airport parking lots and bus and transit stops 12
concerned. 13
(5) The estimated costs of treating as on-duty 14
hours the time described in such paragraph, includ-15
ing by considering such hours creditable as basic pay 16
for retirement purposes. 17
(6) Other considerations determined appro-18
priate by the Administrator. 19
Passed the House of Representatives March 10,
2025.
Attest:
Clerk. 119
TH
CONGRESS
1
ST
S
ESSION
H. R. 862
AN ACT
To reduce commuting burdens on Transportation
Security Administration employees, and for other
purposes.