Summary#
This bill requires the TSA Administrator to complete a study, within 270 days, on whether travel time that TSA employees spend going between their regular work locations and airport parking lots or bus and transit stops should be treated as on duty. The study must look at travel times at small, medium, and large hub airports; average commuting time outside that travel; potential benefits of counting that travel as on duty; ways to use mobile phones, location data, or other methods for employees to report arrival and departure at those parking or transit sites; and the estimated costs of treating that time as on duty, including whether those hours would count as basic pay for retirement. The study must be sent to House and Senate committees named in the bill.
What it means for you#
- The bill itself does not change pay or work rules. It only requires a study about those changes.
- The study could inform future changes that would affect TSA employees who work at airport locations, especially those who park at or use transit stops offsite.
- The Administrator must consider differences by airport size and whether technology can track arrivals and departures at parking or transit sites.
- The study is due 270 days after the law is enacted and must be sent to the specified House and Senate committees.
Expenses#
- The bill requires the Administrator to estimate the costs of treating the travel time as on duty, including whether such hours would be creditable as basic pay for retirement purposes.
- No publicly available information on total costs or estimated dollar amounts is included in the bill text provided.
Proponents' View#
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Opponents' View#
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