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the enactment of this Act— (1)section 111(d) of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 44935 note) is repealed and any authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security derived from such section 111(d) shall terminate; (2)any personnel management system, to the extent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.