TSA Commuting Fairness Act

This bill tells the TSA to study whether the time its airport workers spend getting from airport parking lots or nearby bus/train stops to their duty posts should count as paid, on‑duty time. It does not make that change now; it only orders a report on whether and how it could work. The study must look at how long this walk/ride typically takes at small, medium, and large airports; possible benefits to workers and TSA; costs (including effects on retirement pay); and whether tools like phone location data could be used to track start and end times at parking or transit points. A short summary from the Library of Congress describes the same goal: a feasibility study on treating this commute segment as on‑duty hours for TSA employees at airports.

Key points

• Who is affected: TSA employees who work at airports.
• What changes: No immediate change; TSA must deliver a detailed feasibility study on counting the parking‑to‑post travel time as paid work and how to verify it (including possible use of mobile phones/location data).
• When: The study is due within 270 days after the law takes effect.