TSA Commuting Fairness Act

Summary#

This bill, the TSA Commuting Fairness Act, requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to complete a study within 270 days. The study must look at whether time TSA employees spend traveling between their regular duty locations and airport parking lots or bus and transit stops can be counted as on‑duty hours. The study must examine travel times at small, medium, and large hub airports; average commuting time; potential benefits; ways to record arrival and departure (such as mobile phones or location data); and estimated costs, including effects on retirement pay. The Administrator may consider other relevant factors.

What it means for you#

• For TSA employees: the study could lead to changes in how some travel time is treated, but it only directs a study — it does not change work rules yet.
• For airport operations and managers: the bill asks TSA to look at travel patterns at different airport sizes, which might inform future rule changes.
• For the public: No immediate changes; this bill only requires a feasibility study and reporting to Congress.

Expenses#

The bill directs the TSA to estimate costs of treating the travel time as on‑duty, including whether those hours would count as basic pay for retirement. The bill text does not provide specific dollar amounts or budget figures. No publicly available information on overall implementation costs is included in the bill text.

Proponents' View#

The bill is presented to reduce commuting burdens on TSA employees by studying whether certain travel time should be on duty. It asks the TSA to consider potential benefits to employees and the agency and to study feasible ways to record arrival and departure times.

Opponents' View#

No publicly available information.