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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 997 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administra- |
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| 6 | 6 | | tion and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying |
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| 7 | 7 | | the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees |
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| 8 | 8 | | of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH12, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHATZ(for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. VANHOLLEN, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. H |
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| 14 | 14 | | ICKENLOOPER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MARKEY, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Mr. F |
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| 16 | 16 | | ETTERMAN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. MERKLEY, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Mr. R |
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| 18 | 18 | | EED, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. KAINE, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. KING, Ms. |
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| 20 | 20 | | IRONO, Ms. SMITH, Mr. COONS, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. |
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| 22 | 22 | | ELLY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. BOOKER, and Ms. CORTEZMASTO) intro- |
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| 23 | 23 | | duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 24 | 24 | | mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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| 25 | 25 | | A BILL |
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| 26 | 26 | | To enhance the security operations of the Transportation |
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| 27 | 27 | | Security Administration and stability of the transpor- |
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| 28 | 28 | | tation security workforce by applying the personnel sys- |
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| 29 | 29 | | tem under title 5, United States Code, to employees |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the Transportation Security Administration, and for |
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| 31 | 31 | | other purposes. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 38 | 38 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rights for the Trans-2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | portation Security Administration Workforce Act’’ or the 3 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘Rights for the TSA Workforce Act’’. 4 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 5 |
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| 42 | 42 | | In this Act— 6 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) the term ‘‘2022 Determination’’ means the 7 |
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| 44 | 44 | | publication, entitled ‘‘Determination on Transpor-8 |
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| 45 | 45 | | tation Security Officers and Collective Bargaining’’, 9 |
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| 46 | 46 | | issued on December 30, 2022, by Administrator 10 |
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| 47 | 47 | | David P. Pekoske, as modified, or any superseding 11 |
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| 48 | 48 | | subsequent determination; 12 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (2) the term ‘‘adjusted basic pay’’ means— 13 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (A) the rate of pay fixed by law or admin-14 |
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| 51 | 51 | | istrative action for a position occupied by a cov-15 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ered employee before any deductions; and 16 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (B) any regular, fixed supplemental pay-17 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ment for non-overtime hours of work creditable 18 |
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| 55 | 55 | | as basic pay for retirement purposes, including 19 |
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| 56 | 56 | | any applicable locality payment and any special 20 |
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| 57 | 57 | | rate supplement; 21 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (3) the term ‘‘Administration’’ means the 22 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Transportation Security Administration; 23 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (4) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-24 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ministrator of the Administration; 25 |
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| 64 | 64 | | •S 997 IS |
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| 65 | 65 | | (5) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | mittees’’ means— 2 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 3 |
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| 68 | 68 | | and Transportation of the Senate; 4 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 6 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (C) the Committee on Homeland Security 7 |
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| 72 | 72 | | of the House of Representatives; and 8 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (D) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ernment Reform of the House of Representa-10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tives; 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (6) the term ‘‘conversion date’’ means the date 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | on which subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | 3(c)(1) take effect; 14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (7) the term ‘‘covered employee’’ means an em-15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ployee who occupies a covered position; 16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (8) the term ‘‘covered position’’ means a posi-17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | tion within the Administration; 18 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (9) the term ‘‘employee’’ has the meaning given 19 |
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| 84 | 84 | | the term in section 2105 of title 5, United States 20 |
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| 85 | 85 | | Code; 21 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (10) the term ‘‘screening agent’’ means a full- 22 |
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| 87 | 87 | | or part-time non-supervisory covered employee car-23 |
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| 88 | 88 | | rying out screening functions under section 44901 of 24 |
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| 89 | 89 | | title 49, United States Code; 25 |
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| 92 | 92 | | •S 997 IS |
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| 93 | 93 | | (11) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 1 |
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| 94 | 94 | | of Homeland Security; and 2 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (12) the term ‘‘TSA personnel management 3 |
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| 96 | 96 | | system’’ means any personnel management system 4 |
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| 97 | 97 | | established or modified under— 5 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (A) section 111(d) of the Aviation and 6 |
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| 99 | 99 | | Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 44935 7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | note); or 8 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (B) section 114(n) of title 49, United 9 |
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| 102 | 102 | | States Code. 10 |
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| 103 | 103 | | SEC. 3. CONVERSION OF TSA PERSONNEL. 11 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (a) R |
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| 105 | 105 | | ESTRICTIONS ON CERTAINPERSONNELAU-12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | THORITIES.— 13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (1) I |
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| 108 | 108 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 14 |
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| 109 | 109 | | provision of law, effective as of the date of enact-15 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ment of this Act— 16 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (A) any TSA personnel management sys-17 |
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| 112 | 112 | | tem in use for covered employees and covered 18 |
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| 113 | 113 | | positions on the day before that date of enact-19 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ment, and any personnel management policy, 20 |
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| 115 | 115 | | letter, guideline, or directive of the Administra-21 |
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| 116 | 116 | | tion in effect on that day, may not be modified; 22 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (B) no personnel management policy, let-23 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ter, guideline, or directive of the Administration 24 |
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| 119 | 119 | | that was not established before that date issued 25 |
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| 122 | 122 | | •S 997 IS |
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| 123 | 123 | | pursuant to section 111(d) of the Aviation and 1 |
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| 124 | 124 | | Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 44935 2 |
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| 125 | 125 | | note) or section 114(n) of title 49, United 3 |
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| 126 | 126 | | States Code, may be established; and 4 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (C) any authority to establish or adjust a 5 |
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| 128 | 128 | | human resources management system under 6 |
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| 129 | 129 | | chapter 97 of title 5, United States Code, shall 7 |
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| 130 | 130 | | terminate with respect to covered employees 8 |
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| 131 | 131 | | and covered positions. 9 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (2) E |
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| 133 | 133 | | XCEPTIONS.— 10 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (A) P |
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| 135 | 135 | | AY.—Notwithstanding paragraph 11 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (1)(A), the limitation in that paragraph shall 12 |
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| 137 | 137 | | not apply to any personnel management policy, 13 |
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| 138 | 138 | | letter, guideline, or directive of the Administra-14 |
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| 139 | 139 | | tion relating to annual adjustments to pay 15 |
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| 140 | 140 | | schedules and locality-based comparability pay-16 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ments in order to maintain parity with those 17 |
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| 142 | 142 | | adjustments authorized under sections 5303, 18 |
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| 143 | 143 | | 5304, 5304a, and 5318 of title 5, United States 19 |
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| 144 | 144 | | Code. 20 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (B) A |
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| 146 | 146 | | DDITIONAL POLICY .—Notwith-21 |
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| 147 | 147 | | standing paragraph (1)(B), new personnel man-22 |
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| 148 | 148 | | agement policy of the Administration may be 23 |
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| 149 | 149 | | issued if— 24 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (i) that policy is needed to resolve a 1 |
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| 154 | 154 | | matter not specifically addressed in policy 2 |
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| 155 | 155 | | in effect on the date of enactment of this 3 |
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| 156 | 156 | | Act; and 4 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (ii) the Secretary provides that policy, 5 |
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| 158 | 158 | | with an explanation of the necessity of that 6 |
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| 159 | 159 | | policy, to the appropriate congressional 7 |
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| 160 | 160 | | committees not later than 7 days after the 8 |
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| 161 | 161 | | date on which the policy is issued. 9 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (C) E |
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| 163 | 163 | | MERGING THREATS TO TRANSPOR -10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | TATION SECURITY DURING TRANSITION PE -11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | RIOD.— 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (i) I |
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| 167 | 167 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 13 |
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| 168 | 168 | | paragraph (1), any personnel management 14 |
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| 169 | 169 | | policy, letter, guideline, or directive of the 15 |
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| 170 | 170 | | Administration relating to an emerging 16 |
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| 171 | 171 | | threat to transportation security, including 17 |
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| 172 | 172 | | national emergencies or disasters and pub-18 |
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| 173 | 173 | | lic health threats to transportation secu-19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | rity, may be modified or established until 20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | the conversion date. 21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (ii) S |
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| 177 | 177 | | UBMISSION TO CONGRESS .—Not 22 |
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| 178 | 178 | | later than 7 days after the date on which 23 |
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| 179 | 179 | | any personnel management policy, letter, 24 |
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| 180 | 180 | | guideline, or directive of the Administra-25 |
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| 184 | 184 | | tion is modified or established under clause 1 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (i), the Secretary shall provide to the ap-2 |
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| 186 | 186 | | propriate congressional committees that es-3 |
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| 187 | 187 | | tablished or modified policy, letter, guide-4 |
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| 188 | 188 | | line, or directive, as applicable, which shall 5 |
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| 189 | 189 | | contain an explanation of the necessity of 6 |
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| 190 | 190 | | that establishment or modification. 7 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (b) P |
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| 192 | 192 | | ERSONNELAUTHORITIESDURINGTRANSITION 8 |
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| 193 | 193 | | P |
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| 194 | 194 | | ERIOD.—Any TSA personnel management system in use 9 |
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| 195 | 195 | | for covered employees and covered positions on the day 10 |
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| 196 | 196 | | before the date of enactment of this Act, and any per-11 |
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| 197 | 197 | | sonnel management policy, letter, guideline, or directive 12 |
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| 198 | 198 | | of the Administration in effect on the day before the date 13 |
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| 199 | 199 | | of enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect until the 14 |
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| 200 | 200 | | conversion date. 15 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (c) T |
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| 202 | 202 | | RANSITION TOTITLE5.— 16 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (1) I |
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| 204 | 204 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-17 |
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| 205 | 205 | | graph (2), effective beginning on a date determined 18 |
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| 206 | 206 | | by the Secretary, but in no event later than Decem-19 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ber 31, 2025— 20 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (A) all TSA personnel management sys-21 |
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| 209 | 209 | | tems shall cease to be in effect; 22 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (B) section 114(n) of title 49, United 23 |
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| 211 | 211 | | States Code, is repealed; 24 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (C) section 111(d) of the Aviation and 1 |
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| 216 | 216 | | Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107– 2 |
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| 217 | 217 | | 71; 49 U.S.C. 44935 note) is repealed; 3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (D) any personnel management policy, let-4 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ter, guideline, or directive of the Administra-5 |
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| 220 | 220 | | tion, including the 2022 Determination, shall 6 |
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| 221 | 221 | | cease to be effective; 7 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (E) any human resources management sys-8 |
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| 223 | 223 | | tem established or adjusted under chapter 97 of 9 |
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| 224 | 224 | | title 5, United States Code, with respect to cov-10 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ered employees or covered positions shall cease 11 |
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| 226 | 226 | | to be effective; and 12 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (F) covered employees and covered posi-13 |
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| 228 | 228 | | tions shall be subject to the provisions of title 14 |
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| 229 | 229 | | 5, United States Code. 15 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (2) C |
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| 231 | 231 | | HAPTERS 71 AND 77 OF TITLE 5 .—Not 16 |
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| 232 | 232 | | later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 17 |
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| 233 | 233 | | this Act— 18 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (A) chapters 71 and 77 of title 5, United 19 |
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| 235 | 235 | | States Code, shall apply to covered employees 20 |
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| 236 | 236 | | carrying out screening functions pursuant to 21 |
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| 237 | 237 | | section 44901 of title 49, United States Code; 22 |
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| 238 | 238 | | and 23 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (B) any policy, letter, guideline, or direc-24 |
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| 240 | 240 | | tive issued under section 111(d) of the Aviation 25 |
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| 244 | 244 | | and Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 1 |
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| 245 | 245 | | 44935 note) relating to matters otherwise cov-2 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ered by chapter 71 or 77 of title 5, United 3 |
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| 247 | 247 | | States Code, shall cease to be in effect. 4 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (3) A |
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| 249 | 249 | | SSISTANCE OF OTHER AGENCIES .—Not 5 |
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| 250 | 250 | | later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 6 |
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| 251 | 251 | | this Act, or December 31, 2025, whichever is ear-7 |
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| 252 | 252 | | lier— 8 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (A) the Director of the Office of Personnel 9 |
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| 254 | 254 | | Management shall establish a position series 10 |
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| 255 | 255 | | and classification standard for the positions of 11 |
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| 256 | 256 | | Transportation Security Officer, Federal air 12 |
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| 257 | 257 | | marshal, Transportation Security Inspector, 13 |
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| 258 | 258 | | and other positions requested by the Adminis-14 |
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| 259 | 259 | | trator; and 15 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (B) the National Finance Center of the 16 |
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| 261 | 261 | | Department of Agriculture shall make nec-17 |
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| 262 | 262 | | essary changes to Financial Management Serv-18 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ices and Human Resources Management Serv-19 |
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| 264 | 264 | | ices to ensure payroll, leave, and other per-20 |
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| 265 | 265 | | sonnel processing systems for covered employees 21 |
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| 266 | 266 | | are consistent with chapter 53 of title 5, United 22 |
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| 267 | 267 | | States Code, and provide functions as needed to 23 |
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| 268 | 268 | | implement this Act. 24 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (d) S |
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| 270 | 270 | | AFEGUARDS ON GRIEVANCES ANDAPPEALS.— 25 |
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| 274 | 274 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Each covered employee with 1 |
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| 275 | 275 | | a grievance or appeal pending within the Adminis-2 |
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| 276 | 276 | | tration on the date of enactment of this Act, or initi-3 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ated during the 90-day period beginning on the date 4 |
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| 278 | 278 | | of enactment of this Act, may have that grievance 5 |
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| 279 | 279 | | or appeal removed to proceedings pursuant to title 6 |
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| 280 | 280 | | 5, United States Code, or continued within TSA. 7 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (2) A |
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| 282 | 282 | | UTHORITY.—With respect to any griev-8 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ance or appeal continued within the Administration 9 |
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| 284 | 284 | | under paragraph (1), the Administrator may con-10 |
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| 285 | 285 | | sider and finally adjudicate that grievance or appeal 11 |
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| 286 | 286 | | notwithstanding any other provision of this Act. 12 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (3) P |
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| 288 | 288 | | RESERVATION OF RIGHTS .—Notwith-13 |
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| 289 | 289 | | standing any other provision of law, any appeal or 14 |
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| 290 | 290 | | grievance continued under this subsection that is not 15 |
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| 291 | 291 | | finally adjudicated under paragraph (2) shall be pre-16 |
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| 292 | 292 | | served and all timelines tolled until the rights af-17 |
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| 293 | 293 | | forded by application of chapters 71 and 77 of title 18 |
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| 294 | 294 | | 5, United States Code, are made available under 19 |
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| 295 | 295 | | subsection (c)(2). 20 |
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| 296 | 296 | | SEC. 4. TRANSITION RULES. 21 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (a) N |
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| 298 | 298 | | ONREDUCTION IN PAY ANDCOMPENSATION.— 22 |
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| 299 | 299 | | Under such pay conversion rules as the Secretary may pre-23 |
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| 300 | 300 | | scribe to carry out this Act, a covered employee converted 24 |
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| 301 | 301 | | from a TSA personnel management system to the provi-25 |
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| 305 | 305 | | sions of title 5, United States Code, under section 1 |
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| 306 | 306 | | 3(c)(1)(F)— 2 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (1) may not be subject to any reduction in ei-3 |
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| 308 | 308 | | ther the rate of adjusted basic pay payable or law 4 |
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| 309 | 309 | | enforcement availability pay payable to that covered 5 |
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| 310 | 310 | | employee; and 6 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (2) shall be credited for years of service in a 7 |
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| 312 | 312 | | specific pay band under a TSA personnel manage-8 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ment system as if the covered employee had served 9 |
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| 314 | 314 | | in an equivalent General Schedule position at the 10 |
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| 315 | 315 | | same grade, for purposes of determining the appro-11 |
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| 316 | 316 | | priate step within a grade at which to establish the 12 |
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| 317 | 317 | | converted rate of pay of the covered employee. 13 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (b) R |
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| 319 | 319 | | ETIREMENTPAY.— 14 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (1) I |
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| 321 | 321 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 15 |
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| 322 | 322 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 16 |
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| 323 | 323 | | shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-17 |
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| 324 | 324 | | mittees a proposal, including proposed legislative 18 |
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| 325 | 325 | | changes if needed, for determining the average pay 19 |
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| 326 | 326 | | of any covered employee who retires not later than 20 |
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| 327 | 327 | | 3 years after the conversion date for purposes of cal-21 |
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| 328 | 328 | | culating the retirement annuity of the covered em-22 |
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| 329 | 329 | | ployee. 23 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The proposal required 1 |
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| 334 | 334 | | under paragraph (1) shall be structured in a manner 2 |
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| 335 | 335 | | that— 3 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (A) is consistent with title 5, United States 4 |
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| 337 | 337 | | Code; and 5 |
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| 338 | 338 | | (B) appropriately accounts for the service 6 |
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| 339 | 339 | | of a covered employee to which the proposal ap-7 |
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| 340 | 340 | | plies, and the annual rate of basic pay of such 8 |
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| 341 | 341 | | a covered employee, following the conversion 9 |
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| 342 | 342 | | date. 10 |
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| 343 | 343 | | (c) L |
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| 344 | 344 | | IMITATION ONPREMIUMPAY.— 11 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (1) I |
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| 346 | 346 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 12 |
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| 347 | 347 | | 5547 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 13 |
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| 348 | 348 | | provision of law, a Federal air marshal or criminal 14 |
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| 349 | 349 | | investigator who is appointed to that position before 15 |
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| 350 | 350 | | the date of enactment of this Act may be eligible for 16 |
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| 351 | 351 | | premium pay up to the maximum level allowed by 17 |
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| 352 | 352 | | the Administrator before the date of enactment of 18 |
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| 353 | 353 | | this Act. 19 |
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| 354 | 354 | | (2) OPM |
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| 355 | 355 | | RECOGNITION.—The Director of the 20 |
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| 356 | 356 | | Office of Personnel Management shall recognize pre-21 |
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| 357 | 357 | | mium pay paid pursuant to paragraph (1) as fully 22 |
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| 358 | 358 | | creditable for the purposes of calculating pay and re-23 |
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| 359 | 359 | | tirement benefits. 24 |
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| 364 | 364 | | ABILITYPAY ANDOVERTIMEPAYRATES FORFEDERAL 2 |
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| 365 | 365 | | A |
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| 366 | 366 | | IRMARSHALS.— 3 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (1) LEAP.—Section 5545a of title 5, United 4 |
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| 368 | 368 | | States Code, is amended— 5 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (A) in subsection (a)(2), in the matter pre-6 |
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| 370 | 370 | | ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-7 |
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| 371 | 371 | | section (k)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (l)’’; 8 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (B) by redesignating subsection (k) as sub-9 |
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| 373 | 373 | | section (l); and 10 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (C) by inserting after subsection (j) the 11 |
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| 375 | 375 | | following: 12 |
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| 376 | 376 | | ‘‘(k) The provisions of subsections (a) through (h) 13 |
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| 377 | 377 | | providing for availability pay shall apply to any Federal 14 |
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| 378 | 378 | | air marshal who is an employee of the Transportation Se-15 |
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| 379 | 379 | | curity Administration.’’. 16 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (2) O |
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| 381 | 381 | | VERTIME.—Section 5542 of title 5, United 17 |
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| 382 | 382 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 18 |
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| 383 | 383 | | following: 19 |
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| 384 | 384 | | ‘‘(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 20 |
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| 385 | 385 | | Federal air marshal who is an employee of the Transpor-21 |
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| 386 | 386 | | tation Security Administration shall receive overtime pay 22 |
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| 387 | 387 | | under this section, at such a rate and in such a manner 23 |
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| 388 | 388 | | so that such Federal air marshal does not receive less 24 |
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| 389 | 389 | | overtime pay than such Federal air marshal would receive 25 |
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| 394 | 394 | | provisions of section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act 2 |
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| 395 | 395 | | of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207).’’. 3 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (3) E |
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| 397 | 397 | | FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 4 |
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| 398 | 398 | | by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply beginning on 5 |
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| 399 | 399 | | the conversion date. 6 |
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| 400 | 400 | | (e) C |
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| 401 | 401 | | OLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT.—Notwith-7 |
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| 402 | 402 | | standing section 7112 of title 5, United States Code, fol-8 |
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| 403 | 403 | | lowing the application of chapter 71 of that title pursuant 9 |
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| 404 | 404 | | to section 3(c)(2) of this Act, screening agents shall re-10 |
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| 405 | 405 | | main eligible to form a collective bargaining unit. 11 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (f) P |
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| 407 | 407 | | RESERVATION OF OTHERRIGHTS.—The Sec-12 |
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| 408 | 408 | | retary shall take any actions necessary to ensure that the 13 |
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| 409 | 409 | | following rights are preserved and available for each cov-14 |
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| 410 | 410 | | ered employee beginning on the conversion date, and for 15 |
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| 411 | 411 | | any covered employee appointed after the conversion date, 16 |
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| 412 | 412 | | and continue to remain available to covered employees 17 |
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| 413 | 413 | | after the conversion date: 18 |
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| 414 | 414 | | (1) Any annual leave, sick leave, or other paid 19 |
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| 415 | 415 | | leave accrued, accumulated, or otherwise available to 20 |
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| 416 | 416 | | a covered employee immediately before the conver-21 |
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| 417 | 417 | | sion date shall remain available to the covered em-22 |
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| 418 | 418 | | ployee until used, subject to any limitation on accu-23 |
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| 419 | 419 | | mulated leave under chapter 63 of title 5, United 24 |
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| 420 | 420 | | States Code. 25 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (2) Part-time screening agents pay premiums 1 |
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| 425 | 425 | | under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, on 2 |
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| 426 | 426 | | the same basis as full-time covered employees. 3 |
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| 427 | 427 | | (3) Notwithstanding section 6329a of title 5, 4 |
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| 428 | 428 | | United States Code, covered employees are provided 5 |
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| 429 | 429 | | appropriate leave during national emergencies to as-6 |
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| 430 | 430 | | sist the covered employees and ensure the Adminis-7 |
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| 431 | 431 | | tration meets mission requirements. 8 |
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| 432 | 432 | | (4) Eligible screening agents receive a split-shift 9 |
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| 433 | 433 | | differential for regularly scheduled split-shift work 10 |
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| 434 | 434 | | as well as regularly scheduled overtime and irregular 11 |
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| 435 | 435 | | and occasional split-shift work. 12 |
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| 436 | 436 | | (5) Notwithstanding sections subsections (c), 13 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (e), and (f) of section 5754 of title 5, United States 14 |
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| 438 | 438 | | Code, eligible covered employees receive group reten-15 |
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| 439 | 439 | | tion incentives, as appropriate. 16 |
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| 440 | 440 | | SEC. 5. CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT. 17 |
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| 441 | 441 | | (a) E |
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| 442 | 442 | | XCLUSIVEREPRESENTATIVE.— 18 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (1) I |
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| 444 | 444 | | N GENERAL.— 19 |
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| 445 | 445 | | (A) A |
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| 446 | 446 | | PPLICATION.—Beginning on the date 20 |
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| 447 | 447 | | that chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code 21 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (referred to in this subsection as ‘‘chapter 71’’), 22 |
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| 449 | 449 | | begins to apply to covered employees under sec-23 |
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| 450 | 450 | | tion 3(c)(2), the labor organization certified by 24 |
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| 451 | 451 | | the Federal Labor Relations Authority on June 25 |
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| 455 | 455 | | 29, 2011, or any successor labor organization, 1 |
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| 456 | 456 | | shall be treated as the exclusive representative 2 |
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| 457 | 457 | | of screening agents and shall be the exclusive 3 |
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| 458 | 458 | | representative for screening agents under chap-4 |
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| 459 | 459 | | ter 71, with full rights under chapter 71. 5 |
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| 460 | 460 | | (B) R |
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| 461 | 461 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 6 |
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| 462 | 462 | | this subsection may be construed to prevent 7 |
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| 463 | 463 | | covered employees from selecting an exclusive 8 |
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| 464 | 464 | | representative other than the labor organization 9 |
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| 465 | 465 | | described in paragraph (1) for purposes of col-10 |
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| 466 | 466 | | lective bargaining under chapter 71. 11 |
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| 467 | 467 | | (2) N |
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| 468 | 468 | | ATIONAL LEVEL.— 12 |
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| 469 | 469 | | (A) I |
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| 470 | 470 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 13 |
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| 471 | 471 | | provision of chapter 71, collective bargaining 14 |
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| 472 | 472 | | for any unit of covered employees shall occur at 15 |
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| 473 | 473 | | the national level, but may be supplemented by 16 |
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| 474 | 474 | | local level bargaining and local level agreements 17 |
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| 475 | 475 | | in furtherance of elements of a national agree-18 |
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| 476 | 476 | | ment or on issues of any local unit of covered 19 |
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| 477 | 477 | | employees not otherwise covered by a national 20 |
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| 478 | 478 | | agreement. 21 |
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| 479 | 479 | | (B) M |
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| 480 | 480 | | UTUAL CONSENT REQUIRED .—Local- 22 |
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| 481 | 481 | | level bargaining and local-level agreements de-23 |
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| 482 | 482 | | scribed in subparagraph (A) shall occur only by 24 |
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| 483 | 483 | | mutual consent of the exclusive representative 25 |
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| 487 | 487 | | of screening agents and the Federal Security 1 |
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| 488 | 488 | | Director (or a designee of such an official) of 2 |
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| 489 | 489 | | those screening agents. 3 |
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| 490 | 490 | | (3) C |
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| 491 | 491 | | URRENT AGREEMENT .—Any collective bar-4 |
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| 492 | 492 | | gaining agreement covering such personnel in effect 5 |
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| 493 | 493 | | on the date of enactment of this Act shall remain in 6 |
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| 494 | 494 | | effect until a collective bargaining agreement is en-7 |
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| 495 | 495 | | tered into under chapter 71, unless the Adminis-8 |
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| 496 | 496 | | trator and exclusive representative mutually agree to 9 |
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| 497 | 497 | | revisions to such an agreement. 10 |
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| 498 | 498 | | (b) C |
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| 499 | 499 | | ONSULTATIONPROCESS.— 11 |
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| 500 | 500 | | (1) I |
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| 501 | 501 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 7 days after 12 |
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| 502 | 502 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 13 |
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| 503 | 503 | | shall consult with the exclusive representative for the 14 |
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| 504 | 504 | | screening agents described in subsection (a)(1) 15 |
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| 505 | 505 | | under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, on 16 |
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| 506 | 506 | | the formulation of plans and deadlines to carry out 17 |
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| 507 | 507 | | the conversion, under this Act, of those screening 18 |
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| 508 | 508 | | agents. 19 |
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| 509 | 509 | | (2) W |
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| 510 | 510 | | RITTEN PLANS.—Before the date that 20 |
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| 511 | 511 | | chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, begins to 21 |
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| 512 | 512 | | apply under section 3(c)(2), the Secretary shall pro-22 |
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| 513 | 513 | | vide (in writing) to the exclusive representative de-23 |
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| 514 | 514 | | scribed in paragraph (1) the plans for how the Sec-24 |
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| 515 | 515 | | retary intends to carry out the conversion of covered 25 |
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| 519 | 519 | | employees under this Act, including with respect to 1 |
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| 520 | 520 | | such matters as— 2 |
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| 521 | 521 | | (A) the anticipated conversion date; and 3 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (B) measures to ensure compliance with 4 |
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| 523 | 523 | | sections 3 and 4. 5 |
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| 524 | 524 | | (c) R |
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| 525 | 525 | | EQUIREDAGENCYRESPONSE.—If any views or 6 |
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| 526 | 526 | | recommendations are presented under subsection (b) by 7 |
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| 527 | 527 | | the exclusive representative described in that subsection, 8 |
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| 528 | 528 | | the Secretary shall— 9 |
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| 529 | 529 | | (1) consider the views or recommendations be-10 |
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| 530 | 530 | | fore taking final action on any matter with respect 11 |
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| 531 | 531 | | to which the views or recommendations are pre-12 |
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| 532 | 532 | | sented; and 13 |
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| 533 | 533 | | (2) provide the exclusive representative a writ-14 |
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| 534 | 534 | | ten statement of the reasons for the final actions to 15 |
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| 535 | 535 | | be taken. 16 |
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| 536 | 536 | | SEC. 6. NO RIGHT TO STRIKE. 17 |
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| 537 | 537 | | Nothing in this Act may be considered— 18 |
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| 538 | 538 | | (1) to repeal or otherwise affect— 19 |
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| 539 | 539 | | (A) section 1918 of title 18, United States 20 |
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| 540 | 540 | | Code (relating to disloyalty and asserting the 21 |
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| 541 | 541 | | right to strike against the Government); or 22 |
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| 542 | 542 | | (B) section 7311 of title 5, United States 23 |
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| 543 | 543 | | Code (relating to loyalty and striking); or 24 |
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| 548 | 548 | | not permitted under a provision of law described in 2 |
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| 549 | 549 | | subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1). 3 |
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| 550 | 550 | | SEC. 7. PROPOSAL ON HIRING AND CONTRACTING BACK-4 |
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| 551 | 551 | | GROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS. 5 |
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| 552 | 552 | | Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 6 |
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| 553 | 553 | | of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 7 |
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| 554 | 554 | | congressional committees a plan to harmonize and update, 8 |
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| 555 | 555 | | for the purposes of making appointments and for author-9 |
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| 556 | 556 | | izing or entering into any contract for service, the restric-10 |
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| 557 | 557 | | tions under section 70105(c) of title 46, United States 11 |
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| 558 | 558 | | Code, (relating to the issuance of transportation security 12 |
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| 559 | 559 | | cards) and section 44936 of title 49, United States Code, 13 |
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| 560 | 560 | | (relating to employment investigations and restrictions). 14 |
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| 561 | 561 | | SEC. 8. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEWS. 15 |
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| 562 | 562 | | (a) R |
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| 563 | 563 | | EVIEW OFRECRUITMENT.— 16 |
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| 564 | 564 | | (1) I |
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| 565 | 565 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 17 |
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| 566 | 566 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 18 |
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| 567 | 567 | | General of the United States shall submit to Con-19 |
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| 568 | 568 | | gress a report on the efforts of the Administration 20 |
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| 569 | 569 | | regarding recruitment, including recruitment efforts 21 |
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| 570 | 570 | | relating to veterans, the dependents of veterans, 22 |
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| 571 | 571 | | members of the Armed Forces, and the dependents 23 |
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| 572 | 572 | | of such members. 24 |
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| 577 | 577 | | paragraph (1) shall include recommendations re-2 |
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| 578 | 578 | | garding how the Administration may improve the re-3 |
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| 579 | 579 | | cruitment efforts described in that paragraph. 4 |
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| 580 | 580 | | (b) R |
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| 581 | 581 | | EVIEW OFIMPLEMENTATION.—The Comptroller 5 |
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| 582 | 582 | | General of the United States shall— 6 |
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| 583 | 583 | | (1) not later than 60 days after the conversion 7 |
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| 584 | 584 | | date, commence a review of the implementation of 8 |
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| 585 | 585 | | this Act; and 9 |
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| 586 | 586 | | (2) not later than 1 year after the conversion 10 |
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| 587 | 587 | | date, submit to Congress a report on the review con-11 |
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| 588 | 588 | | ducted under paragraph (1). 12 |
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| 589 | 589 | | (c) R |
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| 590 | 590 | | EVIEW OFPROMOTIONPOLICIES ANDLEADER-13 |
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| 591 | 591 | | SHIPDIVERSITY.—Not later than 1 year after the date 14 |
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| 592 | 592 | | of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 15 |
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| 593 | 593 | | United States shall submit to Congress a report— 16 |
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| 594 | 594 | | (1) on the efforts of the Administration to en-17 |
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| 595 | 595 | | sure that recruitment, appointment, promotion, and 18 |
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| 596 | 596 | | advancement opportunities within the Administra-19 |
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| 597 | 597 | | tion are equitable and provide for demographics 20 |
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| 598 | 598 | | among senior leadership that are reflective of the 21 |
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| 599 | 599 | | workforce demographics of the United States; and 22 |
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| 600 | 600 | | (2) that, to the extent possible, includes— 23 |
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| 601 | 601 | | (A) an overview and analysis of the current 24 |
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| 602 | 602 | | (as of the date on which the report is sub-25 |
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| 607 | 607 | | Administration; and 2 |
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| 608 | 608 | | (B) as appropriate, recommendations to 3 |
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| 609 | 609 | | improve appointment and promotion procedures 4 |
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| 610 | 610 | | and diversity in leadership roles, which may in-5 |
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| 611 | 611 | | clude recommendations for how the Administra-6 |
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| 612 | 612 | | tion can better promote from within the Admin-7 |
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| 613 | 613 | | istration and retain and advance covered em-8 |
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| 614 | 614 | | ployees. 9 |
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| 615 | 615 | | (d) R |
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| 616 | 616 | | EVIEW OFHARASSMENT AND ASSAULTPOLI-10 |
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| 617 | 617 | | CIES ANDPROTECTIONS.— 11 |
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| 618 | 618 | | (1) I |
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| 619 | 619 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 12 |
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| 620 | 620 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 13 |
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| 621 | 621 | | General of the United States shall submit to Con-14 |
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| 622 | 622 | | gress a report on the efforts of the Administration 15 |
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| 623 | 623 | | to ensure the safety of the staff of the Administra-16 |
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| 624 | 624 | | tion with respect to harassment and assault in the 17 |
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| 625 | 625 | | workplace, such as incidents— 18 |
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| 626 | 626 | | (A) of sexual harassment and violence and 19 |
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| 627 | 627 | | harassment and violence motivated by the per-20 |
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| 628 | 628 | | ceived race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, 21 |
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| 629 | 629 | | or sexuality of an individual; and 22 |
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| 630 | 630 | | (B) in which the alleged perpetrator is a 23 |
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| 631 | 631 | | member of the general public. 24 |
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| 635 | 635 | | (2) INCLUSIONS.—The report required under 1 |
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| 636 | 636 | | paragraph (1) shall include— 2 |
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| 637 | 637 | | (A) an overview and analysis of the current 3 |
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| 638 | 638 | | (as of the date on which the report is sub-4 |
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| 639 | 639 | | mitted) policies and response procedures of the 5 |
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| 640 | 640 | | Administration; 6 |
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| 641 | 641 | | (B) a detailed description of if, when, and 7 |
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| 642 | 642 | | how the policies described in subparagraph (A) 8 |
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| 643 | 643 | | fail to adequately protect covered employees; 9 |
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| 644 | 644 | | and 10 |
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| 645 | 645 | | (C) as appropriate, recommendations for 11 |
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| 646 | 646 | | steps the Administration can take to better pro-12 |
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| 647 | 647 | | tect covered employees from harassment and vi-13 |
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| 648 | 648 | | olence in the workplace. 14 |
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| 649 | 649 | | (3) O |
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| 650 | 650 | | PPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT .—In con-15 |
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| 651 | 651 | | ducting the review required under this subsection, 16 |
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| 652 | 652 | | the Comptroller General of the United States shall 17 |
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| 653 | 653 | | provide opportunities for covered employees of all 18 |
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| 654 | 654 | | levels and positions, and labor organizations and as-19 |
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| 655 | 655 | | sociations representing those covered employees, to 20 |
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| 656 | 656 | | submit comments, including in an anonymous form, 21 |
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| 657 | 657 | | and take those comments into account in the final 22 |
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| 658 | 658 | | recommendations of the Comptroller General. 23 |
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| 659 | 659 | | SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 24 |
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| 660 | 660 | | It is the sense of Congress that— 25 |
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| 664 | 664 | | (1) TSA personnel management systems pro-1 |
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| 665 | 665 | | vide insufficient benefits and workplace protections 2 |
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| 666 | 666 | | to the workforce that secures the transportation sys-3 |
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| 667 | 667 | | tems of the United States; 4 |
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| 668 | 668 | | (2) covered employees should be provided pro-5 |
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| 669 | 669 | | tections and benefits under title 5, United States 6 |
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| 670 | 670 | | Code; and 7 |
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| 671 | 671 | | (3) the provision of the protections and benefits 8 |
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| 672 | 672 | | described in paragraph (2) should not result in a re-9 |
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| 673 | 673 | | duction of pay or benefits to current covered employ-10 |
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| 674 | 674 | | ees. 11 |
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| 675 | 675 | | SEC. 10. ASSISTANCE FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERV-12 |
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| 676 | 676 | | ICE. 13 |
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| 677 | 677 | | The Administrator shall communicate with organiza-14 |
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| 678 | 678 | | tions representing a significant number of Federal air 15 |
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| 679 | 679 | | marshals, to the extent provided by law, to address con-16 |
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| 680 | 680 | | cerns regarding Federal Air Marshals related to the fol-17 |
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| 681 | 681 | | lowing: 18 |
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| 682 | 682 | | (1) Mental health. 19 |
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| 683 | 683 | | (2) Suicide rates. 20 |
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| 684 | 684 | | (3) Morale and recruitment. 21 |
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| 685 | 685 | | (4) Equipment and training. 22 |
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| 686 | 686 | | (5) Work schedules and shifts, including man-23 |
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| 687 | 687 | | dated periods of rest. 24 |
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| 692 | 692 | | trator determines appropriate. 2 |
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| 693 | 693 | | SEC. 11. BRIEFING ON ASSAULTS AND THREATS ON TSA EM-3 |
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| 694 | 694 | | PLOYEES. 4 |
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| 695 | 695 | | Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 5 |
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| 696 | 696 | | of this Act, the Administrator shall brief the appropriate 6 |
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| 697 | 697 | | congressional committees regarding the following: 7 |
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| 698 | 698 | | (1) Reports to the Administrator of instances of 8 |
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| 699 | 699 | | physical or verbal assaults or threats made by mem-9 |
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| 700 | 700 | | bers of the general public against screening agents 10 |
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| 701 | 701 | | since January 1, 2019. 11 |
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| 702 | 702 | | (2) Procedures for reporting the assaults and 12 |
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| 703 | 703 | | threats described in paragraph (1), including infor-13 |
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| 704 | 704 | | mation on how the Administrator communicates the 14 |
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| 705 | 705 | | availability of those procedures. 15 |
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| 706 | 706 | | (3) Any steps taken by the Administration to 16 |
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| 707 | 707 | | prevent and respond to the assaults and threats de-17 |
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| 708 | 708 | | scribed in paragraph (1). 18 |
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| 709 | 709 | | (4) Any related civil actions and criminal refer-19 |
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| 710 | 710 | | rals made annually since January 1, 2019. 20 |
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| 711 | 711 | | (5) Any additional authorities needed by the 21 |
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| 712 | 712 | | Administrator to better prevent or respond to the as-22 |
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| 713 | 713 | | saults and threats described in paragraph (1). 23 |
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| 718 | 718 | | Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 2 |
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| 719 | 719 | | of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator 3 |
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| 720 | 720 | | shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 4 |
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| 721 | 721 | | a report that contains the following: 5 |
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| 722 | 722 | | (1) An analysis of the Federal Employee View-6 |
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| 723 | 723 | | point Survey of the Office of Personnel Management 7 |
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| 724 | 724 | | to determine job satisfaction rates of covered em-8 |
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| 725 | 725 | | ployees. 9 |
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| 726 | 726 | | (2) Information relating to retention rates of 10 |
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| 727 | 727 | | covered employees at each airport, including trans-11 |
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| 728 | 728 | | fers, in addition to aggregate retention rates of cov-12 |
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| 729 | 729 | | ered employees across the workforce of the Adminis-13 |
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| 730 | 730 | | tration. 14 |
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| 731 | 731 | | (3) Information relating to actions taken by the 15 |
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| 732 | 732 | | Administration intended to improve workforce mo-16 |
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| 733 | 733 | | rale and retention. 17 |
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| 734 | 734 | | SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 18 |
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| 735 | 735 | | There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as 19 |
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| 736 | 736 | | may be necessary, to remain available until expended, to 20 |
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| 737 | 737 | | carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 21 |
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