[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3212 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3212

     To provide certain personnel management requirements for the 
    Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2007

  Mrs. Lowey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide certain personnel management requirements for the 
    Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Elimination of Certain Personnel Management Authorities.--
Effective 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act--
            (1) section 111(d) of the Aviation and Transportation 
        Security Act (49 U.S.C. 44935 note) is repealed and any 
        authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security derived from 
        such section 111(d) shall terminate;
            (2) any personnel management system, to the extent 
        established or modified pursuant to such section 111(d) 
        (including by the Secretary through the exercise of any 
        authority derived from such section 111(d)) shall terminate; 
        and
            (3) the Secretary shall ensure that all TSA employees are 
        subject to the same personnel management system as described in 
        subsection (e)(1) or (e)(2).
    (b) Establishment of Certain Uniformity Requirements.--
            (1) System under subsection (e)(1).--The Secretary shall, 
        with respect to any personnel management system described in 
        subsection (e)(1), take any measures which may be necessary to 
        provide for the uniform treatment of all TSA employees under 
        such system.
            (2) System under subsection (e)(1).--Section 9701(b) of 
        title 5, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (4);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (5) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(6) provide for the uniform treatment of all TSA 
        employees (as defined in section 408(d) of the Implementing the 
        9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007).''.
            (3) Effective date.--
                    (A) Provisions relating to a system under 
                subsection (e)(1).--Any measures necessary to carry out 
                paragraph (1) shall take effect 90 days after the date 
                of the enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Provisions relating to a system under 
                subsection (e)(2).--Any measures necessary to carry out 
                the amendments made by paragraph (2) shall take effect 
                90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act or, 
                if later, the commencement date of the system involved.
    (c) Report to Congress.--
            (1) Report required.--Not later than 6 months after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Government 
        Accountability Office shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
        Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
        report on--
                    (A) the pay system that applies with respect to TSA 
                employees as of the date of the enactment of this Act; 
                and
                    (B) any changes to such system which would be made 
                under any regulations which have been prescribed under 
                chapter 97 of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Matters for inclusion.--The report required under 
        paragraph (1) shall include--
                    (A) a brief description of each pay system 
                described in paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B), 
                respectively;
                    (B) a comparison of the relative advantages and 
                disadvantages of each of those pay systems; and
                    (C) such other matters as the Government 
                Accountability Office considers appropriate.
    (d) TSA Employee Defined.--In this section, the term ``TSA 
employee'' means an individual who holds--
            (1) any position which was transferred (or the incumbent of 
        which was transferred) from the Transportation Security 
        Administration of the Department of Transportation to the 
        Department of Homeland Security by section 403 of the Homeland 
        Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 203); or
            (2) any other position within the Department of Homeland 
        Security the duties and responsibilities of which include 
        carrying out one or more of the functions that were transferred 
        from the Transportation Security Administration of the 
        Department of Transportation to the Secretary by such section.
    (e) Personnel Management System Described.--A personnel management 
system described in this subsection is--
            (1) any personnel management system, to the extent that it 
        applies with respect to any TSA employees by virtue of section 
        114(n) of title 49, United States Code; and
            (2) any human resources management system, established 
        under chapter 97 of title 5, United States Code.
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