{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-903","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 903","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration who provide screening of all passengers and property, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration who provide screening of all passengers and property, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Rights for the Transportation Security Administration Workforce Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Rights for the Transportation Security Administration Workforce Act of 2022"},{"type":"Official Titles as Amended by House","title":"To enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce  by  applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Rights for the Transportation Security Administration Workforce Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Rights for the Transportation Security Administration Workforce Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-02-05","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-05-12","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h172","question":"On Passage","title":"Rights for the Transportation Security Administration Workforce Act","result":"Passed","yea":220,"nay":201,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll172.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.","date":"2022-05-16"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 198","sponsor":"Rep. 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employees, and credits years of service in a TSA pay band as service in an equivalent General Schedule position when setting the step within a grade.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/903/text/eh#HEF76002243EE4EEB8814BBE9B6ECA9AB"}},{"text":"Treats the labor organization certified by the Federal Labor Relations Authority on June 29, 2011, or its successor, as exclusive representative of non-supervisory screening personnel, and requires the Secretary to consult it on conversion plans within seven days of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/903/text/eh#H80347254DDBC46C9B4A2AA2979046BFA"}},{"text":"Provides, subject to the availability of appropriations, a one-time bonus payment of $3,000 to each at-risk employee, to be paid within 90 days after the appropriations are received.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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investigation laws.","amount":null,"quote":"a plan to the appropriate congressional committees on a proposal to harmonize and update, for the purposes of hiring and for authorizing or entering into any contract for service, the restrictions"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 11","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/903/text/eh#HBC19E0F0605B4D63A6795289B3CAA984"},"heading":"Prevention and protection against certain illness","effect":"Directs the Administrator, in coordination with two health agency directors, to ensure covered employees get guidance and resources on prevention and protection related to the COVID-19 national emergency.","amount":null,"quote":"shall ensure that covered employees are provided proper guidance regarding prevention and protections against the COVID–19 National Emergency, including appropriate resources."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 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excepts pay-adjustment policies, new policy on matters not yet addressed, and policies on emerging threats such as national emergencies or public health threats, which may still be modified or established until the conversion date.","amount":null,"quote":"Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any TSA personnel management policy, letter, guideline, or directive related to an emerging threat to transportation security"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-05-12","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/903/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/903","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/903/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-903.png","v":"0ec20e145b1e","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 903, 117th Congress: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022. House: 220 Yea, 201 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 12 May 2022."}}