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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced March 12, 2025 by Brian Emanuel Schatz · Last progress March 12, 2025
Makes major changes to how TSA employees are managed and overseen: it moves TSA employees (including screening agents and Federal Air Marshals) onto the Title 5 federal personnel system, protects pay and benefits during the transition, and sets rules for labor representation and bargaining. The bill also requires repeated reporting and briefings to Congress on workforce issues, assaults against screening agents, staffing and morale, and directs GAO reviews of recruitment, promotions, harassment protections, and implementation.
Directs the Administration to consult representative organizations for Federal Air Marshals, to submit a plan harmonizing background-check rules, to preserve key pay/overtime and appeal rights, and authorizes whatever funding is necessary to implement these changes (no specific dollar amount). It also includes deadlines (notably converting to Title 5 by December 31, 2025) and preserves existing criminal restrictions on strikes and allegiance-related activities.
