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H.R. 903 - Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022
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Bill Text
Rules Committee Print 117-40 PDF XML
Showing the text of H.R. 903, as ordered reported by the Committee on Homeland Security, with modifications.
(as reported)
H. Rept. 117–310, Part I PDF
Report from the Committee on Homeland Security to accompany H.R. 903
Comparative Print PDF
Showing the differences between H.R. 903, as reported by the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rules Committee Print 117-40.
Hearing Documents
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-2 on Tuesday, May 10, 2022.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 1097:
Agreed to by record vote of 217-202, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 218-203, on May 10, 2022.
MANAGERS: Raskin/Fischbach
1. Structured rule for H.R. 903
2. Provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Homeland Security and or their designees.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-40, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Section 3 provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Homeland Security or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
8. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the report and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution.
9. Provides one motion to recommit.
10. Structured rule for H.R. 2499.
11. Provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor or their designees.
12. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
13. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-41, modified by the amendment printed in part C of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
14. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
15. Provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part D of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 7 shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
16. Section 7 provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Education and Labor or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part D of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
17. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part D of the report and amendments en bloc described in section 7 of the resolution.
18. Provides one motion to recommit.
19. Structured rule for H.R. 5129.
20. Provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor or their designees.
21. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
22. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-42, modified by the amendment printed in part E of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
23. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
24. Provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part F of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 11 shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
25. Section 11 provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Education and Labor or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part F of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
26. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part F of the report and amendments en bloc described in section 11 of the resolution.
27. Provides one motion to recommit.
28. Provides that House Resolution 1096 is hereby adopted.
29. Provides that House Resolution 188, agreed to March 8, 2021 (as most recently amended by House Resolution 1065, agreed to April 28, 2022), is amended by striking “May 13, 2022” each place it appears and inserting (in each instance) “June 10, 2022”.
30. Provides that proceedings may be postponed through May 18, 2022, on measures that were the object of motions to suspend the rules on the legislative day of May 10 and 11, 2022, and on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
31. Closed rule for H.R. 7691.
32. Provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees.
33. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
34. Provides that the amendment printed in part G of the Rules Committee Report shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
35. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
36. Provides one motion to recommit.
Amendments (click headers to sort)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Cammack, Kat (FL) | Republican | Clarifies that nothing in the bill should be construed to limit the TSA Administrator’s authority to immediately impose new security screening procedures or requirements or to address a national security or public safety threat. | Made in Order |
| 2 | Version 1 | Tlaib (MI) | Democrat | Adds a GAO study to examine the current promotion policies and leadership diversity at the TSA and provide recommendations as necessary aimed at making TSA leadership more reflective of the demographics of the U.S. writ large, as well as how the TSA can better retain and promote current employees into leadership positions. | Made in Order |
| 3 | Version 1 | Tlaib (MI) | Democrat | Adds a GAO report on the efforts of the TSA to ensure the safety of its staff with regards to harassment and assault in the workplace, such as incidents of sexual harassment and violence and harassment and violence motivated by an individual’s perceived race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity or sexuality, and including incidents where the alleged perpetrator or perpetrators are members of the general public. The report shall include, as appropriate, recommendations for steps the TSA can take to better protect its employees from harassment and violence in their workplace and would take employee input into account. | Made in Order |
| 4 | Version 1 | Torres, Ritchie (NY) | Democrat | Requires the TSA Administrator to provide an annual report on (1) An analysis of the Office of Personnel Management's Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) to determine job satisfaction rates of covered employees, (2) retention rates of covered employees, and (3) TSA intended actions to improve TSA workforce morale and retention rates. | Made in Order |
| 5 | Version 1 | Gimenez (FL) | Republican | Prevents funds from the Department of Homeland Security from being utilized to carry out this Act unless specifically appropriated. | Submitted |
| 6 | Version 1 | Guest (MS) | Republican | Requires that if sufficient funds are not specifically appropriated to carry out this Act, funds will sunset at the end of fiscal year 2022. | Made in Order |
| 7 | Version 1 | Harshbarger (TN) | Republican | States that nothing in this act shall limit or affect the TSA Administrator's ability to use the “one-step process” to immediately fire an officer engaged in sexual assault or sexual harassment of a traveler, gross misconduct, or used their official position to knowingly allow or facilitate the passage of contraband or persons into the secure area of an airport or onto an aircraft. | Submitted |
| 8 | Version 1 | Mrvan (IN) | Democrat | Requires the TSA Administrator to brief appropriate Congressional Committees on attacks by passengers on covered employees, steps TSA has taken to mitigate and respond to these attacks, and any additional authorities needed to better respond to these attacks. | Made in Order |
| 9 | Version 1 | Wexton (VA) | Democrat | Includes work schedules and shifts and equipment and training for the Administrator to address for federal Air Marshals. | Made in Order |
| 10 | Version 1 | Greene (GA) | Republican | Strikes a section directing the TSA administrator to provide employees guidance and resources to fight COVID-19, and replaces that section with a prohibition on requiring TSA employees to wear face coverings in connection with the COVID-19 National Emergency or enforce face-covering mandates on airplanes or in airports. Clarifies that the amendment shall not be construed to prohibit voluntary wearing of face coverings. | Submitted |
| 11 | Version 2 | Thompson, Bennie (MS) | Democrat | MANAGER’S AMENDMENT Revised Makes technical corrections to the underlying bill and enhances it by positively resolving an ambiguity with respect to Federal Air Marshal pay, preserving TSA’s authority to continue to use certain authorities to the benefit of the workforce in the future when transitioned to title 5, allowing TSA to bargain with local bargaining units on some matters, and conditioning the $3000 payments to frontline screening workers who served during COVID on appropriations. | Considered as Adopted |
| 12 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Withdrawn Prohibits the Transportation Security Administration from granting or renewing an employee's security clearance with a history of holocaust denial or antisemitism. | Withdrawn |
| 13 | Version 1 | Case (HI), González-Colón, Jenniffer (PR) | Bi-Partisan | Late Requires a GAO study on Federal Recruitment and Hiring in the Non-Contiguous States and Territories. | Submitted |
| 14 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Late Requires TSA to carry out a feasibility assessment on using technology to allow officers to claim duty time for commuting to and from airport parking lots and bus and transit stops to duty posts at screening checkpoints. | Made in Order |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 220
Motion by Mr. Reschenthaler to strike the language in the rule that would continue all the pandemic authorities implemented on May 19, 2020. Defeated: 2–8
Majority Member
Vote
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Ms. Ross
Nay
Mr. Neguse
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
No Vote
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
No Vote
Mr. Burgess
No Vote
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 221
Motion by Mr. Reschenthaler to add language to the rule that would strike the tolling of days for motions to instruct conferees. Defeated: 2–8
Majority Member
Vote
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Ms. Ross
Nay
Mr. Neguse
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
No Vote
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
No Vote
Mr. Burgess
No Vote
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 222
Motion by Mr. Reschenthaler to strike the language in the rule that deems House Resolution 1096 as passed and instead consider that resolution under an open rule. Defeated: 2–8
Majority Member
Vote
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Ms. Ross
Nay
Mr. Neguse
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
No Vote
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
No Vote
Mr. Burgess
No Vote
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 224
Motion by Mrs. Fischbach to amend the rule to H.R. 903 to make in order amendment #7, offered by Rep. Harshbarger (TN), which states that nothing in this act shall limit or affect the TSA Administrator's ability to use the “one-step process” to immediately fire an officer engaged in sexual assault or sexual harassment of a traveler, gross misconduct, or used their official position to knowingly allow or facilitate the passage of contraband or persons into the secure area of an airport or onto an aircraft. Defeated: 2–8
Majority Member
Vote
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Ms. Ross
Nay
Mr. Neguse
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
No Vote
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
No Vote
Mr. Burgess
No Vote
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 225
Motion by Mr. Raskin to report the rule. Adopted: 8–2
Majority Member
Vote
Mrs. Torres
Yea
Mr. Perlmutter
Yea
Mr. Raskin
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Morelle
Yea
Mr. DeSaulnier
Yea
Ms. Ross
Yea
Mr. Neguse
Yea
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
No Vote
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
No Vote
Mr. Burgess
No Vote
Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay