[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5534 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5534

To amend the Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 by repealing a 
   limitation on the number of full-time equivalent screeners of the 
                Transportation Security Administration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2016

  Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mr. 
   Lewis, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Quigley, Mr. 
 Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Rush, Mr. Smith of Washington, 
 Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Jeffries, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, 
Ms. Norton, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, and Mr. 
   Conyers) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 by repealing a 
   limitation on the number of full-time equivalent screeners of the 
                Transportation Security Administration.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``TSA Workforce Flexibility Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT 
              SCREENERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

    The Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 (division F of 
Public Law 114-113) is amended under the heading ``aviation security'' 
by striking ``: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
in this Act may be used for any recruiting or hiring of personnel into 
the Transportation Security Administration that would cause the agency 
to exceed a staffing level of 45,000 full-time equivalent screeners: 
Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply to 
personnel hired as part-time employees''.
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