Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- +31
- Latest action
- Mar 12, 2025
What it does
The bill would transition Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees from the agency’s current personnel management system to the federal civil service system under Title 5 of the U.S. Code, effective no later than December 31, 2025. It affects all TSA covered employees, including Transportation Security Officers and screening agents, by applying federal pay, leave, retirement, and collective bargaining rules, while preserving existing pay rates, service credits, and certain law enforcement benefits during the transition. The bill also requires OPM to establish new job classifications and payroll systems, allows limited exceptions for emerging security threats, and ensures…
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Where it stands
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Brian Schatz
- Adam Schiff
- Alejandro Padilla
- Amy Klobuchar
- Angela Alsobrooks
- Angus King
- Ben Luján
- Bernard Sanders
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Chris Van Hollen
- Christopher Coons
- Christopher Murphy
- Cory Booker
- Edward Markey
- Elizabeth Warren
- Gary Peters
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Jeff Merkley
- John Fetterman
- John Hickenlooper
- John Reed
- Lisa Blunt Rochester
- Mark Kelly
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie Hirono
- Michael Bennet
- Patty Murray
- Richard Blumenthal
- Richard Durbin
- Ron Wyden
- Ruben Gallego
- Tammy Baldwin
- Tammy Duckworth
- Timothy Kaine
- Tina Smith
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.