US Congress Senate Bill 944 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-1)
Status: Introduced on March 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of Congress that the personnel system used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) provides insufficient workplace protections for its workforce and such personnel should be entitled to protections under the civil service system applicable to all federal employees. Among other things, the bill eliminates personnel authorities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Transportation governing the conditions of employment for TSA employees, thus making TSA employees subject to the personnel management system applicable to other federal employees; sets forth transition rules that protect the pay rates and other rights of TSA employees; requires DHS to consult with the labor organization certified by the Federal Labor Relations Authority to carry out the conversion of such positions; and does not affect the prohibitions against disloyalty and asserting the right to strike against the federal government.

Strengthening American Transportation Security Act of 2019

Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB1140 (Related) 2020-03-05 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
HR877 (Similar To) 2020-03-04 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/944/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s944/BILLS-116s944is.pdf