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The bill would give TSA employees paid on‑duty credit and simplify timekeeping (including via location reporting), improving pay and administrative clarity, but it creates privacy risks for employees, raises payroll costs for taxpayers, and adds implementation complexity.
TSA employees would receive paid on‑duty credit for travel between duty stations and airport parking/transit, increasing take‑home pay and retirement service credit.
Clearer on‑duty rules would reduce disputes and administrative burden over work hours and timekeeping for TSA staff.
Use of location‑based arrival/departure reporting could streamline timekeeping and reduce manual recordkeeping errors for TSA timekeeping systems.
Using mobile phone or other location data to track arrivals/departures raises employee privacy and civil‑liberties concerns and would require strong safeguards.
Treating additional travel time as on‑duty would increase TSA payroll and retirement costs, potentially raising budgetary pressure on taxpayers or requiring reallocation of funds.
Implementing new on‑duty definitions and location‑based tracking could create administrative complexity and require IT/operational changes at many airports.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator to produce a feasibility study, due within 270 days of enactment, on treating TSA employees’ travel between their regular duty locations and airport parking lots or bus/transit stops as on-duty time. The study must examine travel at small, medium, and large hub airports, average commuting times, methods for verifying arrival/departure (including mobile phone/location data), estimated costs (including pay and retirement implications), potential benefits, and other relevant considerations, and must be delivered to specified congressional committees.
Introduced January 31, 2025 by Timothy M. Kennedy · Last progress March 11, 2025